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    Adhesive for Hardiebacker

    Hi guys, I am installing hardiebacker board on wooden floorboards. Any advise on which tile adhesive to use under the cement boards? I see it being mentioned that i need thinset mortar which i am guessing is an American term for Cement based adhesive. But could someone help me out in...
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    Best adhesive for small marble tiles

    Good day all. My daughter has asked me to tile a cooker splashback in her kitchen. They've chosen marble tiles of about 150mm x 75mm x 8-10mm. They're quite chunky things for small tiles. The wall they're going on has been sanded back to smooth brown finishing plaster and the wall itself is...
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    Nightmare floor - caberfloor - cracking tiles - best adhesive/solution

    We had our kitchen floor tiled in large plank-style porcelain tiles (90cm x 15cm) about 2 years ago. The tiler tiled them onto caberboard and there is also an underfloor heating mat under there too. Since then we’ve had grout popping and tiles cracking left, right and centre. In total about 5...
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    Split Face Tile - Is this how it should look when job is finished?

    Hey everyone! Just want to say first of all that I am not a tiler or anything I’m just in need of some advice if possible! My parents got their chimney breast done in Split Face Slate Tiles and I’m not sure if this is how it should have been left, I’ll try and attach images but there is a lot of...
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    Laying bricks over concrete slab. Mortar or tile adhesive?

    Hi, I'm planning to do a herringbone brick floor over a concrete slab with some reclaimed brick tiles . The bricks have been sawn into narrow longs roughly 50mm x 50mm x 250mm, but there is still a fair bit of variance. Have enough extra that I can get the variance down to 5mm by being...
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    Adhesive & Grout Recommendations for Bathroom

    Hi Everyone, I’m a new DIY tiler looking to do my bathroom and downstairs toilet. The amount of adhesives and grouts out there is a little overwhelming and confusing for us newbies so was hoping for someone to shed some light on which ones would be best for me… Substrates: The bathroom has new...
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    Adhesive bed thickness?

    On a liquid screed (which is flat) what depth adhesive bed can/should I use? I'm trying to establish how much adhesive I need to buy and just for clarity, I mean the actual finish bed depth not the trowel size to use. They're limestone tiles 15mm thick. Many thanks!
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    Dijon Limestone - fixing & prep advice please

    After some advice please..... We have approx. 50sq m of Dijon limestone 600 x 90 x15mm and also 50 sqm of porcelain wood effect 1200 x 200 x 10mm to lay. This is going onto a 55mm Cemfloor liquid screed (with wet UFH) that was put down about a year ago so should be dry! Really after some...
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    Which adhesive is best to use?

    Hi I am planning to fit natural stone 300x100 tiles on my bathroom upstairs onto P5 boards. I have been told I should fit ditra matting. I have a couple of bags of Mapei Keraflex Maxi S1 from a previous DYI job which I would like to use if possible. However, I cannot find anything online...
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    Self adhesive Waterproofing tape and Silicon

    Hi I’m just about to renovate small bathroom and replace bath with shower. We have very hard water so trying to use simple shower screen rather than sliding door which get all scaled up very quickly. So I guess it’s almost a wet room:) with open shower enclosure but a low 40mm tray. I intend to...
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    Priming when using ready mix adhesive?

    Hi all I've got a newbie question here! I've got a kitchen splashback coming up soon with 200x100 ceramic metro tiles, I'll be using mapei mapegrip D1 ready mixed adhesive. My question is do I need to prime the walls first even though it is a ready mix? I have always primed before hand but...
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    Plaster removed with adhesive

    Good morning, I’m in the process of removing the old tiles from my bathroom wall before installing new large format porcelain tiles. As you can see I’ve lifted most of the plaster with the old adhesive and would really appreciate some advice. From scanning the forum I’ve seen people recommend...
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    Using large format tile adhesive on 6x6 tiles

    I need a bed of between 7 - 15mm for some 6x6 quarry tiles, I can pick up some Mapei large format tile adhesive which goes to 20mm bed from B&Q, is there any reason why I cant use this
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    Floor tiles on HardieBacker on chipboard - adhesive recommendations?

    A few years ago, with advice from the forum, I used Tilemaster Setaflex S1 when I laid my 600x600mm porcelain floor tiles onto 24mm NoMorePly in my bathroom with great results, they are still solid and look perfect. Now I'm tiling my shower room (first floor on joists), that has 18mm chipboard...
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    • adhesive chipboard floor floor tiles hardiebacker tiles
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    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Hardiebacker on timber floorboards water proofing query

    Hi I am new to this forum and it’s a godsend for information and tips however there is one thing I cannot seem to find clarity on. I am tiling my bathroom floor small area 1.5x1.5m which is t&g floorboards very solid and screwed down no deflection. I am overlaying with 6mm Hardiebacker glued...
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    Adhesive between tile joints

    Hello Everyone, I’m a trainee tiler, I’m doing a lot of labouring at the minuite for the other tilers, has anyone any tips on removing set in Adhesive from the floor tile joints, also removing the plastic clips that are left in between the joints after the wedges have been kicked off, I’m using...
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    Is the adhesive products work well on tile?

    I have tiled up my bathroom and want to add some bathroom accessories like the toilet paper holder, towel rack and shower caddy. But I do NOT want to make damages to my tiled wall so I would like to choose the adhesive products. And I've found a brand named YIGII on YouTube. Their videos and...
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    Adhesive for 600x300 porcelain tiles on plastered walls

    Hope someone can help Iam going to start a bathroom project Newbie at Tiling I've brough 10mm 600x300 Porcelain Tiles What adhesive and primer will I need to buy ?? They will be going onto a plastered Wall Thankyou
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    Shower tray install on tile adhesive

    ive got a plastic (i think its acrylic) shower tray. Its not one of the heavy stone resin type. Anyway im going to lay it on a bed of flexible tile adhesive and wanted to check, when laying the adhesive out on the floor do you guys comb it out using the notched side of the trowel or just lay a...
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    • adhesive former install shower shower tray tile tile adhesive tray wetroom
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    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    Adhesive for stone mosaics

    I plan to put some 5cm square, 8mm thick stone mosaic tiles on the floor of a walk in shower. What adhesive would you recommend and what size notch trowel ??
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