Tile a bathroom
Tile a bathroom floor and walls, cutting tiles with a wet saw.
- Check the waterproofing is complete
- Set up the wet saw outdoors or in a ventilated area
- Lay the tiles with adhesive
- Grout and clean the tiles
Gate Ready for tilers
Write your tiling SWMS on your phone.
Start from a job you do every week, check the silica dust, chemical and manual handling controls, add photos of the room and get your crew to sign. Your first SWMS is free.
- Suggested controls for silica dust from cutting tiles
- Adhesive, grout, noise and lifting hazards ready to check
- Draft, sign on and save your PDF when the signal drops
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Gate Ready is a drafting tool. It doesn't certify or check compliance, and you review every SWMS.
Sample SWMS, page 1 of 8
Plan, photos and sign-on, all in one PDF
Page 1 is above. Here are the site plan and a marked-up photo page. The sample is for tiling a bathroom, with a wet saw in the carport, at a house in Queensland. It is for a fictional business and not for use on site. The photos are illustrations.
Start from a job you actually do
Pick Tiling when you set up the app and the common tasks match your work. Each one comes with the steps and hazards already suggested. You check and change them.
Replace floor tiles
Remove old floor tiles and lay new tiles in an existing house.
- Check the age of the house: old tiles, adhesive or underlay may contain asbestos (test if unsure)
- Remove the old tiles with dust controls
- Prepare the floor
- Lay, grout and clean the new tiles
Do plastering, painting or floor work too?
Pick every trade you do when you set up. Common tasks, hazards and ticket suggestions for each one show up together.
- Plastering
- Painting
- Floor laying
- Floor sanding and polishing
- Kitchen and bathroom installation
Tiling hazards and controls, ready to check
When the job involves cutting tiles, Gate Ready adds the hazards (silica dust, chemicals, lifting and noise) and controls like these. Each one shows its type.
- EngineerWater suppression (wet cutting) or on-tool dust extraction to an H-class vacuum used whenever silica material is cut, ground, drilled or chased
- IsolateSilica work done away from others, with the area signposted and others kept out while dust is generated
- AdminClean-up by H-class vacuum or wet methods; no dry sweeping or compressed air
- PPEP2 respirator (fit-tested) at minimum; higher protection where exposure could be high
- EngineerGood ventilation where adhesives, primers and sealants are used; mechanical ventilation in enclosed areas
- AdminCurrent safety data sheet (SDS) easy to get for each hazardous chemical, and its precautions followed
- AdminTeam lift for long, heavy or awkward items, with the route planned and cleared before carrying
Noise, slips and trips are in the list too. You choose the ones that fit your job. Engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs can no longer be processed or installed, and high risk silica work needs a written silica risk control plan before it starts, so check your regulator. Gate Ready suggests, you review.
Cutting tiles? Keep the dust wet.
Cutting, grinding or drilling tile makes crystalline silica dust. Breathing it in can lead to silicosis, lung cancer and kidney disease years later. Gate Ready suggests wet cutting or on-tool extraction, a fitted P2 respirator and H-class vacuum clean-up. Check your regulator for the rules in your state.
Photograph the room and the cutting spot
Before you start, take photos of the room from the door and from the far end, and of the spot where the wet saw will go. Then mark up the exclusion zone, the saw station and the wash-out area, and pin each photo on a site plan to show where it was taken. They print with your SWMS. Photos stay on your phone. We can’t see them.
Keep your licences and tickets in one place
Add your silica training, White Card, licence and insurance details. Add the dates and Gate Ready reminds you before they run out.
- Silica training
- White Card
- Licence
- CPR
- Insurance
How much does it cost?
Your first SWMS is free. Then you get a one-month free trial. After that it's $24.99 a month, GST included.
The App Store or Google Play bills you. You can cancel any time in your store account. Try the sample jobs first. They don't use your free SWMS.
Common questions from tilers
What silica controls does Gate Ready suggest for cutting tiles?
It suggests wet cutting or on-tool dust extraction, keeping others away, H-class vacuum clean-up, training and a fitted P2 respirator. You tick the ones that fit the job and add your own.
Can I mark the wet saw and exclusion zone on photos?
Yes. Add symbols such as a saw, an exclusion zone and a laydown area, then pin each photo to your site plan. They print with your SWMS.
Does it help with an asbestos check when I replace old tiles?
Yes. The Replace floor tiles task starts with checking the age of the house, because old tiles, adhesive or underlay may contain asbestos. Gate Ready asks the questions and suggests controls.
Does it work when the signal drops?
Yes. You can draft, sign on and save the PDF without a signal.
What if I do plastering or painting too?
Pick every trade you do when you set up. The tasks, hazards and ticket suggestions for each one show up together.
More answers on the FAQ page. Not a tiler? Gate Ready covers more than 70 trades. See the full list.
Samples for other trades
Get Gate Ready for tiling work
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. Your first SWMS is free.
