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Here I am going to attempt to guide you through a the cutting of a 3 way mitre.
picture 1 is of the 3 way mitre.
trim for the top of the mitre is laid flat in the mitre box as in pic 2,
after...
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How to Tile a Floor using Ceramic Floor Tiles
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Measuring up for Floor Tiles
You will need a tape measure and a pen and paper for this, sometimes a square and other...
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10 Tiling Tips for Fixing Tiles to Bathroom Walls = From UKTilingForum.co.uk
There are a few ways to fix tile to bathroom walls. First you need to prepare the walls for tiling. Note that...
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Hi.
I have just finished laying a 30mtr floor using 600 x 600 CIMIC polished porcelain tiles.(Hards as nails and a nightmare to cut. :grin:)
The customer purchased the tiles and was told that they...
- grumpygit
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Apologies mods of this needs to go elsewhere.. please feel free to move it or bin it!
Riiiight.. here goes....
We've been in our first house nearly 2 years now. We've (well ... more like I'VE!)...
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Hello,
I have just laid black indian limestone in my garden. I am halfway through grouting it all but tested the jet washer on the finished bits to see how it came out. Unfortunaley the slabs...
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i have done loads of jobs in bathrooms were the complete bathroom is painted.most of my customers supply the addhesive grout etc.to tell the truth i hardly ever even look to see what type it...
- smokey1234x
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There seems to be a few people on here talking about unrealistic wages and things are quiet, it can only be yourself at fault, dont want to come accross as arrogant and put anyone down, but when...
- UKTT Darren
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Normal Threads
Anyone used them and is the Colour Enhancer version worth it?
Doing a Saltillo Terracotta floor in a weeks time and the customer just wants a matt finish. But does the enhancing version really...
- merlecollins
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Has any one any rules/preferences on where colour silicon is used. For example do you use colour match to grout in corners and between tiles and shower tray? If so what do you use around shower...
- Marksmithtiling
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I'm currently just over half way through having some tiling done with travertine tiles and have noticed that the tiler appears to have 'grouted' with tile adhesive, as the limestone grout I've...
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I have laid a 22 mm Plywood floor in my bathroom and now need to tank it. I have bought a Durabase WP membrane to do the job. I will be using Mapei Keraquick Adhesive to lay the membrane...
- cgadmin23
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Hi to all you tilers - we have a villa in Monte Cassino, Italy, (halfway between Rome and Naples), which we rent out during the summer season.
We need to get 4 rooms tiled with a course of 2 tiles...
- johnclapton
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hi fellow tilers i just want to know if any other tilers have had failures while using dunlop single part flexible rapid set (white)...i have been tiling for 23 yrs and have had a big failure on a...
- strummertime
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Has anyone come across 145mm x 145mm white tiles. have just done a repair job but had to use 150mm x 150mm. was only a small patch up so was fine. Could do with finding this tile as have more...
- murray
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Hey guys and girls,
Went out to a job last night. The couple have an extension that was built on their bungalow mid 80's.
Basically the job entails taking out the WC and basin and installing...
- AliGage
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Hi all, would really appreciate any advice you can give with a bit of a problem!
I've just about finished laying a slate patio, but haven't yet grouted.
The tiles are 600x600x~12mm. I've...
- Chris Blackwell
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Down on the Costa del Sol, it gets very hot and sometimes it pours down and the rain seeps through the grout and collects and helps lift the paint from the walls and fills the lift shaft with...
- spanishden
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Hi, I'm looking for ideas or opinions. Have recently started a 400sq. mtr job of sandstone 22mm thick with a rough quarry finish (more like slabs). Sealing, cutting and fixing no problem. The...
- SandyFloor
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From other posts I've found that 600 x 600 Porcelain tiles are suitable for worktops but which adhesive and what thickness?
If I diy do I need a longer setting time?
The grout suggested is...
- Shultzy
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hi all who among us have tiled on a ship before?. I did last year in spain. Jesus what a shock. No spirit levels or lasers everything by eye. Only true line is a plumb. Floor is cambered left to...
- groucho
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We've just been asked to tile the inside of a touring caravan. Its to tile the walls, which appear to be built with really thin plywood. Any ideas if this can be tiled and what adhesives i could...
- little eagle
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Evening folks. Things seem to be taking off again after the Christmas lull, hope it's the same for you guys.
Looked at a job today where customer wants new flooring. Present floor is covered in...
- Gentleman Jim
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Can anyone suggest a supplier - preferable with showroom in either Glasgow, Stirling or Edinburgh for Travertine floor tiles. I've searched online but can't find anything. I know the Hillington...
- gontarek
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Has anybody got, or kn ow a customer of theirs that might have a single Domino Monsaraz Castanho floor tile, MZ43 165x333mm. Its bang in the eyeline of a kitchen and the customer has removed it...
- spooner68
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Hi all
I was wondering if tiling onto respatex shower panels is a good idea?
Thanks
Paul
- paul83finlay
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Hi This is a Victorian tiled floor in a detached house. The floor in front of the stairs had been ripped up approx 20 years ago filled in with a mortar mix.
The front porch floor was in better...
- Tenchman
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just wondering if any one has any suggestions
tiling for ten years now hands have never been so bad skin flaking itching hands swollen and very red &sore skin opening up and bleeding can't grip...
- d noulton
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We have just had our bathroom floor tiled onto 6mm ply by a tiler. He was adamant that if the floor shows no signs of movement and the ply is attached every *** mm (forget the number), that it...
- theskiingbear
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Hi Guys
You may remember my last thread on the bathroom bodge-up. Well we appear to have found some new tilers (Finesse of Chester) however, I want to draw up a contract of works so there can be...
- lawrenso
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Hi
Im trying to source a tile anywhere in the country
its manfactured by a polish company Opoczno and is a metalic silver textured 30x60 tile
Can anyone help
- ross1873
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Am confused by so much conflicting advice info about what needs to be done first to tile onto moisture resistant plasterboard.
Completely refitting bathroom. Internal partition walls are new...
- lovellypink
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Evening all!
I'm tiling my bathroom. Should the wall tiles should go down to the floor with the skirting then put on over them, or should they sit on top of the (in place) skirting? It's triggered...
- LennyW
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hi guys,
i have been asked to come out and price a job that a previous tiler has done at christmas time,but customer does not like the job that has been left!
In one bathroom the grout has come...
- spenny
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Hi All,
need to tile a small splashback (using 10x10 tiles) roughly 60cm wide x 50cm high on the wall behind my cooker. The cooker is the freestanding slot in type. My question is what is...
- spook123_uk
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Hi Folks,
Anyone know where I can get a spare cutting wheel for the 610mm Big Clinker. Got the tile cutter from screwfix and its good but I cant find spares anywhere.
The cutting wheel is 22mm...
- jason23
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Hi all
I have an exterior job coming up and want to use the absolute(tried and tested) best adhesive for it.
The job basically entails tiling brick-slips on WBP that are going to be attached...
- Ceramico tiling
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How do you deal with uneven walls, ive packed out walls with adhesive but the tiles look wonky, i dont have any plastering skill but im going to do a intensive plastering course after xmas
What...
- tysfoot
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