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I'm in desperate need of advice
So my builder who I let go due to poor work has made a absolute shambles of tiling work he done .
Floor tiles in the kitchen he firstly laid a tile backer board on top of my floorboards. He only screwed the board down to the floor with washers ...
Hi everyone I am building my own house and now I'm ready to tile the floor downstairs. I have underfloor heating (wet system) with the calcium screed on top. Its about 65 mm thick the screed is. I was advised by the company that installed the screed to sand the top to get the film off, I have...
Hi, hoping for some advice.... Had a anhydrite screed laid early Feb. Looking at laying 20mm thick limestone at the end of march. The floor has UFH but the heating system can't be commissioned until the floor is laid-so can't get any heat in the floor.
The stone company advise Kerakoll BIOTEX...
Hey. I doing my first walk-in tiled shower. The shower is 4’x8’. Most of the floor is covered with a Kerd pre-sloped shower tray. I’m going to make up the remainder with drypack (4’x 3’)
What I didn’t consider is that, to maintain proper slope, the drypack at its highest point will be 5/16”...
Hey everyone.
Hope you are well.
I want to learn how to tile and do a fairly basic bit of tiling in my kitchen, mainly having 6 rows of white metro tiles, which will go around the wall behind the sink, behind the hob and then to the left of the hob.
I have a few questions, I imagine they are...
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Homeowner here who recently had my kitchen tiled by a professional tiler. We’ve been left with some untidy edges to tiles and I’m looking for an easy solution to fix and improve the appearance myself.
The tile had to be cut and the edge that has been left is not neat. The tiles are...
Hi all,
I've laid some Arditex NA over the kitchen floor area (not under cabinets. The area is 4.5m x 1.8m.
The top third of the room is totally level. The remainder of the room has a slope, left to right with a max difference of 7mm in an isolated area and 5mm for average. (1mm-7mm left to...
Hi all, I want to tile over a completely new floor. New floor joists have been installed with new 22mm flooring sheets over.
I’m thinking I need to install 6mm NoMorePly then tile.
I’m assuming the following: -
1) PU adhesive and cement screw fixing for the NoMorePly?
2) primer NoMorePly?
3)...
Hello!
We have quarry tiles which we used iron wax satin on. I did one coat. We then had some plaster come down when the builders fitted some spotlights and we couldn’t get it clean after three mops. I therefore tried the HG grout remover I had again which we used before the wax. This has left...
Hi all, I’m after a new hand held wet & dry saw cos my dewalts had it, and been looking at the Rubi tc125 kit that’s out at the minute as it comes with cutting guides. The Rubi mitres but that isn’t a deal breaker. I generally seem to be doing up to 600 x 1200 mm tiles, sometimes larger. Looking...
Hi Everyone. I'm after some advice with regard large format Tiles with water fed underfloor heating.
I'm about to lay 100m2 of plank style (1500mm x 240mm) on chipboard floorboards with integrated underfloor heating.
I was planning on using Durabase C1++ decoupling matting but saw that it may...
Hi there,
Has anyone had any experience with this product and what was you opinion on it? I’m well aware that it’s not going to be a miracle fix in all situations but I have a couple of loose tiles on a concrete floor that I’d like to stabilise and it would be great to not have to go through the...
Hi, first time I’m posting 👋🏽
I’m after some advice please.
Is this area going to need plastering before tiling or will tile backerboards be ok to use? Not looking for a quick fix as I want to do it properly but I know plastering will delay the tiling.
Thanks ☺️
Hello, All. I found you just now, and needing a bit of advice I thought I'd join up. So far the forum looks like just what I need. See you in the forums. Cheers.
What is the best way to tile this section?
Hi.
Looking for some opinions or advice. Currently renovating the bathroom and put in a new door lining etc. So when it's come to tiling I've gone straight to the door lining (small gap) and then will put the new architrave on top. But I'm going to...
I would like some advise. We booked a tiler for a new build with quite a lot of work to be done. I asked him for a price and I remember I asked in square metres. Now the jobs done he said that price is in yards. Can anyone tell me if that’s common or if he’s trying to squeeze more out of us. He...
Hi, new to forum and after some advice after a professional install. Just had kitchen splashbacks tiled and the finish of the corners on the edge trim is really bothering me. I've spent a lot of money on the kitchen and this is bothering me to the point where I'd be willing to rip all the...
Hi All,
I am wondering if someone would be able to help me out/explain something. We had a patio laid back in Feb/March time by the building firm doing our extension, onto a new concrete base around the new extension. The porcelain tiles were 20mm thick and 600x900 so quite large. Ditra mat was...
Hi all.
I came across this forum searching for info so my first post.
I'm renovating 1890's Victorian house with suspended floors. Joists are traditional 16" centres.
I want to install wet UFH to bathroom on 1st floor and finished floor to ceiling height is tight so trying not to lose any...
I’ve got 3/4” MDF over 1-1/2” t&g car decking, over 6x8” joists on 48” centers. All solid, good shape. Specs for cement board and ditra seems to suggest I should give up hope of successful tiling because of wide joist spacing. But I want to believe. And think the thickness of Mdf+ car decking...
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