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    General advice on adhesive and grout

    Thank you for looking. I am about to tile the floors and walls of a small bathroom. I am using 450mm x 450mm ceramic tiles. The floor will have a heat mat on hardiebacker. I know I need a flexible adhesive, the choice is bewildering. Can anybody give advice onto the best make, Bal rapid fibre...
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    Wrong adhesive, what’s the chances they’ll be okay?

    Hello all, I could do with some advise if anyone would kindly help me. first of all, I’m not a professional tiler.... plumber by trade so I’m not going to even pretend I know what I’m doing. im currently tiling my small en-suite floor and was wondering if the adhesive I’m using would be okay...
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    Adhesive Not Stick to the Back of the Tile

    Hello everyone, Recently, I found that tile adhesive does stick to the wall, but does not stick to the back of the stoneware tile (30x60 cm)in my bathroom. The weird thing is that the same brand adhesive has no problem of sticking to other 30x60cm stoneware tile in other places. So, I am...
  4. T

    Am I using the wrong adhesive

    Hello all, I could do with some advise if anyone would kindly help me. first of all, I’m not a professional tiler.... plumber by trade so I’m not going to even pretend I know what I’m doing. im currently tiling my small en-suite floor and was wondering if the adhesive I’m using would be okay...
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    Am I using the correct adhesive here?

    Hello all, I could do with some advise if anyone would kindly help me. first of all, I’m not a professional tiler.... plumber by trade so I’m not going to even pretend I know what I’m doing. im currently tiling my small en-suite floor and was wondering if the adhesive I’m using would be okay...
  6. J

    600x300 porcelain tile adhesive??

    hi, which would be the best adhesive to use from the Mapei range for the above titled tiles please?? wickes tiles going on to wickes sts backer board in an shower enclosure. im ok with my tiling - but, i like to take my time getting them set just right, no pro tiler, just diy. Bit concerned...
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    Adhesive

    Got a very small job next week and it’s really small ! Just a bathroom window sill to be tiled and the top of boxing in at the end of bath, literally 8 tiles with 4 cuts ! my question is can rapid set adhesive be made to set faster with warm water as don’t want to be hanging around for 2 hours...
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    Help. Adhesive coverage photos.

    Hi guys, first post after much reading. A wealth of information exists on this forum and its very appreciated that the experts are willing to pass on their knowledge. I live in france renovating a 1960s villa. Due to circumstances beyond my control , crooked builders, covid, remote work etc...
  9. Winkers

    Adhesive

    I have been recommended two different adhesives when I asked for advice for fixing 600mm x 300mm porcelain tiles. Which is best? BAL rapid fibre flex or: Ardex X77
  10. Winkers

    Best tile adhesive?

    What's your tiling question? Pictures can be added. I am tiling a bathroom three walls floor to ceiling. The tiles are porcelain 600mm x 300mm. What is the best adhesive to use and what thickness?
  11. D

    Adhesive failure

    Hi Looking advice/opinion on what the problem is here, or if anyone else has came across similar . Tile adhesive is crumbling, All I know is that its a new build, sand cement screed, im told the tile adhesive used was Evo stick Rapid flexible Have a look at video Password Protected Video -...
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    Adhesive

    I have just found out the tiler has used gripfil instead of tile adhesive to stick the tiles to the wall. I'm really worried about water ingres and that the tiles will pop off the wall... especially around the electric shower over the bath... which we use a lot The tiler says it will be...
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    Adhesive for external brick wall of my bungalow

    Hi, I am tiling the front of my bungalow (following removal of some broken 1970s tiles). Please can you suggest the best adhesive to use and if there are any surface preparations required to ensure the adhesion of porcelain tiles. Thanks for the advice.
  14. Fitwidge

    Collapsing ridges

    when your tiling walls are you going mad trying to get the tile as close to the wall as you can? I assume that’s what the new tile vibrating machines are for? say for instance, if i use a 10mm square notch on prefect plumb and flat walls then use a tile vibrator, i should be aiming to have a...
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    Corian shower seat adhesive

    What is best material to bond a Corian shower seat to the underpayment cement board. Board is red coat sealed.
  16. Scotiansailor

    Use of ready-mix adhesive for shower wall

    Hello, I’m so confused after reading numerous threads. We have a new build, and I’m doing this first bathroom from scratch by myself (pretty much). Ive never tiled. The shower area is barely started, I just bedded down the nassboard shower floor to the concrete screed, and the surrounding walls...
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    advice on cleaning adhesive from nonslip tiles

    Hi I laid some non slip porcelain paving in my garden on a concrete bed with dunlop cf-03 tile adhesive. Unfortunately I got some of the adhesive on the surface of the tiles and let it set. Any advice on how to remove these marks? I have tried: Scraping of as much as I can Using an alkali...
  18. J

    Help with which tile adhesive??

    Good morning, hope everyone is well, just looking for a little advice, Just wondered after sealing the walls, what type of tile adhesive could I use on the type of wall in the picture, would a good quality ready mix be ok? using standard metro tiles, brick bond pattern, many tanks
  19. K

    Heat resistant adhesive and grout for behind log burner

    Hi guys As above , Any recommendations please . I'm tiling onto a freshly cement rendered wall within a fire place .. thanks . Dave .....................
  20. M

    Adhesive

    I'm about to tile a number of walls and floors. I've done a little tiling before but only with smaller tiles so I'd like to check I'm getting the adhesive thickness right for larger tiles; 600x300 porcelain on a wall (one is part of a shower), is an 8mm towel to leave a 4mm thickness of adhesive...
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