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PITT was the first independent training centre for tiling, that wasn’t an adhesive company just hoping to get tilers hooked on their brands.
Ever since, Tilers Forums UK has supported all training centres. And these are the discussion threads.
- Hi all, We have to lift a section of floor in the kitchen and would like to replace with the same tiles when done rather than completely retile the kitchen and conservatory. The tiles are by Cerpa and are called Porcelanico Pasta Blanca. If anyone knows of anyone who might stock them it would be much appreciated. It's about 15 years since they were laid so i realise they may be discontinued. Chris
- I want to install some tile adjacent to outdoor fish ponds. This will be installed on wood, so I want to use S2 (high deformability) adhesive. Which type of adhesive would be least toxic to the fish (Type C – cement based, Type D – Dispersion, Type R – Resin). Also, which particular manufacturer/brand would be suitable for this application?
- I'm tiling our bathroom, some basics – floor: 3/4" OSB T&G, 12" I-joists, 16" on center, new construction. I'm using the Schluter/Ditra-Heat uncoupling membrane but no heat cable under the tub that will be going in. The tub: Kohler slipper tub with four 1" dia. stainless legs and a composite skirt around the base, hiding the legs. The tub weighs 500 lbs. empty and holds 70 gallons of water. The floor tile is 18"x24". My question: with the tub full plus an occupant (two if I'm lucky), it will weigh in the area of 1350 pounds. Each leg will be […]
- I'm converting a small bathroom in to a wet room. It has a sliding pocket door. I was going to tile the whole room with 600 x 300 porcelain tiles but the wall of the pocket door is extremely flexible. I'm an experienced DIY guy and have researched this project to within an inch of it's life but I'm unsure about what to do about the flexible wall. I've attached a visualisation I did of the bathroom. The missing wall is the wall with pocket door in it. As you can see it's largely protected from splashing with a shower […]
- Hello, I'm having trouble finding any decent stockists locally. I've got a Topps very near, plus the usual generalists… All the tile suppliers I've looked at in Chichester online, only show tiles, not all the unglamorous stuff like backer and sealing tapes & compounds. Can anyone recommend a supplier in this area (Worthing to Chichester)? Or otherwise online: I've been researching tanking for my alcove shower (1200*800 Mira Flight 3 upstands) and losing the will to live – everyone says x or y is best but can I assume that products at a similar price point are broadly similar or […]
- Would like your opinions on this one please. Got a bath/shower installation to do soon, and the existing walls are painted plasterboard (not skimmed). The approach i would normally take is to remove the walls replace with Hardie and tank the wet area. The problem I have this time is that the plasterboard is that eggbox stuff (Paramount is it?), and i don't really want to remove it. The paint appears well-bonded to the plasterboard – nothing comes off with the gaffer tape test. So I would like your opinions on the following approach please. Sand down and key the […]
- Hi guys, had some great advice here before so thought I would ask here for advice again regarding porcelain patio instalation on (fairly flat) concrete substrate. Tiles are 90 cm x 60 cm and 2 cm thick. Area is 54m² What is the best adhesive to use? I like mapei, used it in the past and tile mountain suggests Adesilex p4 20kg bags. This Adesilex can be used as a self leveller too, but its expensive, shoukd I bother? How many bags should I buy? Would I need to prime the concrete base or backs of porcelain tiles? What size […]
- Looking for 3-4 spare ceramic floor tiles – Venis Porcelanosa Himalaya Khumbu range.
- Hi all After some advise, got builder coming back today to investigate, Everything they have done I have had problems with, from roofing to plumbing, We have had our garage converted to kitchen, so they had to raise the floor area of garage with suspended floor to take it to same level as main house, It was tiled with porcelain 600 x 600 tiles, last couple of weeks there has been banging noises coming from kitchen, and recently cracks have starting appearing, looks like they are cracking from underneath, Any advise would be appreciated Thanks Samuel
- Stoke-on-Trent College provide Tiling courses for school leavers and mature students with both full and part time tiling courses available to enrol on to. The cost of these courses can vary and it is important to enrol onto the one that matches your experience so you learn at a level that is best for your knowledge of tiling. If you have completed a Tiling Course with Stoke-on-Trent College then please use this thread to leave feedback about your experience there.
- Renovated the bathroom on my 1970 bungalow last year. Took up the old pink floor tiles with sds. Chunks of what i assume is self leveller or maybe screed (?) came up with them. Left with Concrete slab. laid insulated coated (cement topped) tile backer boards (marmox) using a thick amount of flexible tile adhesive to make floor completely level. Laid 6mm marine ply over top of boards and then vinyl (for warmth). Fast fwd 12 months, pinky stains through vinyl. Took it up, mould on underside of vinyl. Took 6mm marine ply up, seems a bit brittle like it […]
- My tiles are moving after 3 days of been layed on Cement floor. I used MapeGrip D2. just seen a date on the side 9/06/23 what does that mean? I did put the tiles on the same floor about 10+ years ago with ease
- Hi am Vinny, i am new to this forum and looking for advice on some old tiles that need replacing
- Hi all, New to this forum and an amateur DIY'r. Got a problem I'm hoping that someone can help me with as I'm pulling my hair out. Moved into a new build house last April with a small bathroom (with no window and an extractor fan) and dodgy lino. Decided to remove the lino and tile the floor instead. Pulled up the lino to find MDF (?) panels stapeled to the floor which had developed black mould from water leakig under (the seal was split around the bottom of the bath). Ripped up the panels to expose a smooth green […]
- Construction Output is Estimated to Have Grown By 1.2% in 3 Months – From TTA The Office for National Statistics published estimates of construction output for July 2024 on 11th September. Monthly construction output is estimated to have decreased 0.4% in volume terms in July 2024; this follows an increase of 0.5% in June 2024. The decrease in monthly output came from falls in both new work (0.2%) and repair and maintenance (0.7%). At the sector level, monthly output fell in five out of the nine sectors in July 2024, with the main contributors to the monthly decrease coming from […]
- I know it wasn't all of them but it must have been all the ones that were working well that got saved. So I think Topps Tiles and Tile Giant need a massive thankyou from me personally on behalf of the forum. We have loads of tilers across the country who use CTD as they sponsored us for 3 years some time ago. So it was gutting news when it came in that they were struggling after being sold off by Saint Gobain who must have seen it coming. SO TO TOPPS AND TILE GIANT THANKS FROM ALL HERE AT […]
- List and discuss plastering courses here. There's a Gold Trowel and Silver Trowel and Construction Skills College in Stoke. Along with Able Skills in the south. You would need to research them well though.
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- Which Tile Adhesive and grout brand did you use the most in the last 12 months? And also, reply to the thread with where you source the adhesive please? I realise that sometimes your first choice adhesive brand may not be locally available or your grout brand is different to your adhesive. In those cases vote for the adhesive brand you used most as by weight you'd have used far more adhesive than grout over the 12 months. It would be nice if The Tile Association, Tilers Community (Facebook) and UK Tiling Forum, and any other popular places tilers spend […]
- I recently borrowed a plasplugs wet tile cutter from a friend to cut some floor tiles. In his opinion this was a pukka bit of kit, easy to use etc, he did not have a bad word to say. I cut a few tiles with it but had real problems. Here is how it went… Tried to cut the tiles by sliding them along a fixed straight edge to get things dead straight but this did not seem to work. The cut seemed to have a mind of its own and I just could not get a straight cut. The […]
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