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    600 x 600 Porcelain tiles on a worktop

    I write this reply as it's 10 years since I had these porcelain floor tiles fitted as a work surface. There have been no issues and no staining on either the tiles or the epoxy grout.
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    Laying an Anti-fracture mat

    Yes,it will be tanked. I'm just unclear about the anti fracture mat.
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    Laying an Anti-fracture mat

    Its the green plasterboard.
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    Laying an Anti-fracture mat

    I was going to use Dural DuraBase CI++. I only need 4 sq m which seems to be expensive as its only a small quantity. The walls are waterproof plasterboard.
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    Laying an Anti-fracture mat

    I'm about to lay an anti-fracture mat onto plywood, does the ply need any coating before I lay it? 1 or 2mm adhesive underneath the mat? Can I use BAL Single Part Flexible Tile Adhesive for the mat? Can I use BAL Single Part Flexible Tile Adhesive for floor and wall tiles (they are 9.5mm...
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    Tiling a bathroom from scratch

    More questions: I've fixed the 2x12mm ply flooring. Does the ply need any coating before I lay the antifracture mat? 1 or 2mm adhesive underneath the mat? Can I use BAL Single Part Flexible Tile Adhesive for the mat? Can I use BAL Single Part Flexible Tile Adhesive for the floor and wall tiles...
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    Tiling a bathroom from scratch

    Thanks again for the info, I'll post some pictures once we get started.
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    Tiling a bathroom from scratch

    Thank you for your excellent and informative reply. As usual another question, what spacing is recommended for the Dot'n'dab screw fixings to the brick walls?
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    Tiling a bathroom from scratch

    not sure, but I don't think they will be extra heavy. I'm assuming that heavier tiles will require a different backing than plain plasterboard.
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    Tiling a bathroom from scratch

    Hi all. My daughter has decided that she wants a new bathroom so its been gutted, and although I have been tiling for a good many years they have only been small areas; so advice is needed The bathroom is 2.1m (7ft) square, with wooden floorboards. The east wall is a stud wall, the north and...
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    Hardening time for Kerapoxy

    I forgot to say its a tiled worksurface. After reading the posts about epoxy and the open time, I thought it would harden sooner.
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    Hardening time for Kerapoxy

    How long does it take for Kerapoxy to harden? The reason I ask is that the tiler left about two hours ago and the Kerapoxy I left on a scraper has still not gone off, its still soft. It has sunk below the surface of the tile, about 1mm, about level with the chamfer which is all around these...
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    Tiling to damaged plasterboard

    I think more than a thou came off but the inner core of plaster is not showing.
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    Tiling to damaged plasterboard

    Whitebeam, is that a thou left on the wall?
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    Tiling to damaged plasterboard

    I have two areas either side of a hatch in a partition wall 24" x 18" high. I've removed the 6" x 6" tiles, but due to my previously good tiling (!!), areas of the plasterboard paper / cardboard surface has come off but not down to the plaster. I want to re-tile so do I :- 1 - cut out the...
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