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I've got these tiles in my kitchen, diy type cutter did not work, builder used an electric thing in the end.
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I just did my first tiling project, made a planter from tile backer board and tiled it.
You'll need a bucket and a drill and a mixing paddle also..
Tiling sponge for cleaning the grout was also handy.
These kind of tiles were all held together using a kind of webbing, so could cut to size easily. But for some I just used a 4 inch grinder with a masonry blade, cut it like butter.
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@CYOA
Where do you get your tiling supplies? Any shops / any specific brands?
Tiles are: 209 x Porcelain (240X60X10MM) kind of mishmash finish ones.
It's for an area in kitchen so presume I need:
adhesive (waterproof? It'll be behind sink and on an exterior wall)
grout (pale green paint, mid green tiles, dark green units, white upstand and surface, white sills- so presume white grout to match upstand but who tf knows.
Am presuming grout and adhesive can come pre-mixed - don't mind paying extra if so as can't be bothered with having half a sack of leftover powder for some potential future job.
spacers
float?
trim (what kind - corner/tile to wall/presume there are different types based on where it's going? what material - metal/plastic/other - what's the difference? Why would I choose one over other? The windows are recessed and presume there'll be tiles on the main wall, then on the inside vertical of the window recess, but not the inside horizontal part as that's where the sill is. Tiling only going halfway up the window)
Do I need a wedge? What are crosses for - to take the place of spacers?
trowel - with notches on one side?
other gadgets ? anything that'll make it more likely I won't make a mess of it (never tiled before, 38m, don't hate me)
cutter - prefer the look of a scoring wheel if the technique of score against metal ruler / stick a pencil under it and force down is legit/achievable (I have 20% spare). i.e. I don't think I want a big electric or manual thing that's going to take up space in a cupboard for the next 15 years. If a scoring wheel, what size -8mm? 18mm? Why would I opt for a specific size?
grout finisher? (Saw a video of someone running a little ball thing along the grout which gave consistent depth to the finish)
Anything I'm missing? Assume I have literally nothing else.
Most likely will be vertical rather than horizontal but let's see.