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    Grout or sealant and grout in the corners?

    I'm just grouting a new en suite and have left the corners open until I'm sure of the best way to do them. I'm going to presume I need to use a flexible sealant on the inside corners and where the tiles meet the tray, but, do you fill the gaps with grout first and lay a bead of sealant on top...
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    New tile cutter gor 600x600 porcelain Rubi TX710 any good?

    I need a tile cutter gor 600x600 Italian porcelain and am close to pulling the trigger on the the Rubi TX710. It's a log of cash so I would be interested in opinions of this tools worth or suggestions of a better buy? Cheers.
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    Porcelain Tiling To Calcium Sulfate Based Screeds (Revised Dec 2011)

    Hi has anyone got the text of this TTA technical document I can have a look at? Tiling To Calcium Sulfate Based Screeds (Revised Dec 2011) I'm starting my 150sqm porcelain install soon and want to make sure I haven't missed anything. Cheers.
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    Freecycle tiles French made and a few years old?

    Hi can anybody help me confirm these 'free' tiles are floor tiles? I have had them 'in stock' for over ten years! Thank you if you can help, all the details should be on the photos.
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    Can I prime a floor this weekend and lay tiles 9n it next weekend?

    I just sealed my calcium ****** floor with tilemaster+ primer which requires a 3:1 coat and a following coat of undiluted primer. OK with that but I wonder is it OK to prime this weekend and lay tiles on it next weekend or is that not going to work?
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    Hi all, i have four showers to tile from scratch, cement board lined.

    I have 20l of Nassboards latex tanking paint but am unsure if a primer is required? The substrate is cement board which is clean and not dusty. If I do need a primer can I use 50/50 PVA or must it be something expensive! I have also been looking for a good value tape for the joints and am put...
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    Aquaboard

    Hi all, I'm installing a new shower in a stud work enclosure. I have 900x1200 sheets and looking at my shower which is 1000x1000 it seems sensible to fit the sheets long edge horizontal. My questions are: Do I need extra horizontal nogins where the boards are butted together horizontally? I...
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    Swedish wet underfloor heat....

    Swedish grabbed your eye didn't it! Has anybody ever used the Swedish made NK kit? LK Manifold RF - LK Intermational - http://www.lkinternational.co.uk/en/products/floor-heating/manifolds-with-accessoiries/manifolds-rf/lk-manifold-rf_22346481.aspx It looks like NK make all their kit and its not...
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    Topps Kamber tiles advice pls

    I have a 153m2 job coming up and have a price from Topps for their Chinese porcelain Kamber tiles @£6.72 each. So, any anybody floor laid any great amounts of these? Are they good and square enough for 2mm gaps? Do they cut OK, my current saw is a Husky flat table with genuine blade, I'm not...
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    New 12 zone install help for newbie!

    Hi all, I'm building a new house to live in and want ufh throughout the ground floor. It's concrete floors so I'm going to fit 100mm foil back insulation with membrane as usual, clipped ufh pipes back to 12 zone manifold. Thermostat in each room back to manifold actuators. Nothing unusual...
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    New screed floor, sealer?

    After a total cowboy ripped off my disabled mum and made a huge **** up of her kitchen...non cured floor screed as strong as a sandcastle...self level thrown on top of said sandcastle then tiled on top with predictable results! He had the floor running to the sink by about 50mm over 2 metres...
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    Husquvarna TS230 blade

    Im taking on a kitchen floor tiling job next weekend and have bought a Husquvarna TS230 on EBay for £125, I think that was a good price. I want to order a new blade for cutting Wickes 11mm floor tiles but I don't know the blade specs for the machine. Does anybody have a recommendation based on...

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