Evening all, Got an external job on the go and the customer has requested the tops of the breeze block walls to be tiled using the same external 10mm porcelain tiles as the patio. My question is would it be ok to tile directly to the blocks or would I need to overboard (mechanically fixed) them...
Evening all,
got a job to start next week with a wetroom floor that is gonna be a bit of a challenge.
Situation is as follows:
A suspended floor with very little deflection if any.
1600x800 former tray going in that is going to be tiled in 16mm thick encaustic cement tiles envelope cut...
Hi all,
Just wanted to get a feel for what types/make of grouts everyone is using on wetroom floors? I have a done a few wetrooms over the past couple of years and have used Bal micromax and weber without any issues as far as I am aware, however, I have one to do in a few weeks and was...
Evening all.
Got a job where I have to dot on dab some tile insulation backer board onto brickwork to build them out to the same depth as the existing plasterboard. I am going to mechanically fix them aswell but wanted to know whether to use plasterboard adhesive or tile adhesive on the wall...
Evening all,
Wondering what the best blade is for the dewalt 24000? currently using there standard provided blade but have read that it can be a problem with mitred cuts? Do ATS do a blade for it and can you get decent profiling blades for bullnose finishes?
Cheers
Morning all,
Just wanted peoples thoughts on finishing metro tiles, specifically in the corners? Even with nice cutting you still get a diamond effect in the corners that in some cases depending on the depth difference of the metro edge can look a bit off. Do you guys scribe in to minimise this...
Hi guys,
Looking at getting into doing some geometric/Victorian floor tiling but would like to go on a course and see some done first hand before I tackled one myself. Have seen that Able skills offer a 5 day course for this skill set and wondered if any of you had any feedback or experience of...
Hi guys,
Installed some encaustic looking tiles from Topps today, 45x45 with a pre scored grout joint in the middle to make them look like genuine encaustic. Question is, do I grout this joint as it seems a little shallow to me (also they are 2mm so had to make my joints 2mm but can't see how...
How annoying is it when you pore your SLC over underfloor heating electrical matting and the matting (not the wires) bubbles up to the surface!! anyone got a good solution to stopping this happen or a particular brand of UFH? I have used spray floor adhesive on the matting which does help but...
Hi guys,
went to look at the job at the weekend, all walls were plasterboarded (plasterboard has a blue front) in bathroom so I recommended the customer have the shower area tanked which they had no problem with until the builder told them that the plasterboard is a special water-resistant...
Hi all,
got a 70sqr mtr floor to do in tumbled limestone in sizes 1000mmx600 900x600 800x600 and 700x600, 30 mm thick.
The builder has not yet spoken to the architect or customer above how they want this set out but I don't think it is done in a opus like pattern with them sizes surely? I have...
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