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  1. C

    Some advice needed. Midway through first tiling job

    I’m halfway through tiling a shower cubicle at home. First time doing any tiling. I’ve used waterproof tile backer boards with 200x65 ceramic metros. The chap at CTD recommended using Mapei Ultralite D2 tubbed adhesive as it would give me plenty of working time and easy to use. I noticed when...
  2. A

    Hello & advice re shower / tiles / possible moving floor

    Hello there, Relatively recently we had a new en-suite fitted (complete rip out of the old fittings, and old wall tiles and floor carpet). This consisted of a quadrant shower enclosure, a stone-resin shower tray, new ceramic tiles on the floor and half tiling on the walls. All the work...
  3. philupnorth

    Floor tile layout advice please

    I have a small kitchen with a floor area of 265cm x 140cm with the door recess adding another 20 cm to the length & I have tiles that are 120cm x 20cm. I will be coating the floor with an SBR primer first because of the bitumen on there & I have some old glue residue to remove first from stuck...
  5. J

    Advice Required - Unhappy with finished product

    Hi all, I’ve been trying to seek advice on whether the recently finished tiling/grouting in my bathroom is acceptable or not. I don’t think it is and neither do any of my friends or family. The job took place over a Monday-Thursday and every evening I would see errors that I would have to...
  6. B

    Advice needed, novice tiler...

    I've bought what I thought were floor tiles for my bathroom. They are 600 x 300 x 8.5mm ceramic tiles. Turns out i bought wall tiles... Question is can I use these on my bathroom floor. It's a small bathroom, I'm going to need 16 to 18 tiles at most, I'll be putting backerboards down as I'm...
  7. H

    Looking for advice with cement burns

    Hi guys looking for advice in regards to how to help prevent/treat cement burns. Parents have come home with some nasty burns on their fingers just wanted to know what you guys use or what to do really
  9. C

    Advice please Concrete floor boarding.

    Hi, We are tiling our kitchen with limestone tiles - we have already done it in the hallway and are carryin on through - The Hallway was floorboards so I used No more ply and this worked fine - however the kitchen is an extension so is 90 percent conrete floor and 10 percent floor boards where...
  10. B

    Bathroom Floor Tile Advice

    We are currently re-doing our bathroom. Everything has been stripped back. Property is a 1930's house. The bathroom floor boards had terrible woodworm so after removing and treating the joists for woodworm, we have replaced the floorboards with 12mm structural ply-board as advised by a well...
  11. C

    Advice on work done please

    Hi all I was hoping to get your opinions / thoughts on some work done in the kitchen by the builders at my parents. The main thing I'm scratching my head about is the tiling when it meets the kitchen cabinets. The builders have left gaps un-tiled under the cabinets and cookerhood and I think...
  13. T

    Porcelain Patio Advice

    What is the best way to lay Porcelain slabs, slurry base or concrete base.? Your advice will be much appreciated
  14. D

    Wedi Board fixing - advice needed

    I'm hoping someone here can give me some advice! I'm re-tiling my shower after needing to rip out the previous dodgy plywood backing which failed (right side in the photo) and plasterboard (left side) I'm planning on installing Wedi board as a backing board solution. For the right side onto...
  15. backintothevoid

    cutting polishing advice/recommendations wet saw grinder large format

    Advice Hi guys, got some 60cmx60cm porcelain tiles to lay in a hallway with a modular pattern, 30x 60 30x30, 60x60. to do cuts i have a decent snap cutter. some tiles i need to trim a few mm off. i also need to smooth the cut edges. so i know i get a smoother and more precise cut with a wet saw...
  17. R

    1920s/30s Black and White Tile Restoration Advice Needed

    I've recently bought a house dated around the 1920/30s and found black and white tiles underneath the carpet in the hallway. I've already cleaned the majority of the grime away, including paint marks, stiff glue and dirt, however there's a few parts I really can't rectify: Yellow/brown...
  18. E

    My son and tiling training.

    Hi guys. My son, 16, not enjoying school or college has been working with me for a bit of money doing some grouting, sealing, cleaning and the odd bit of cutting(supervised of course). Talking to him today we mentioned apprenticeships. This is the first time Ive heard him interested in maybe...
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  19. F

    Prep advice on block and beam floor

    Hi, after some advice, doing some renovations at a house we’ve just moved into. Knocked kitchen/diner into 1 room, took the tiles up from the existing kitchen and there appears to be a hump in the concrete screed, it’s a block and beam floor, put level on the highest point and there’s 6mm gap...
  21. D

    Hi all, I am looking for some advice please.

    Recently we had our bathroom renovated. Unfortunately we trusted that the bathroom would be expertly fitted over the two weeks we were away to avoid too much hindrance both sides. Unfortunately we were quite shocked to see the awful, unprofessional state of the tiling within the shower. It...
  22. W

    Advice on Starting up a tiling business

    Hi Just after any advice on starting up as a tiler , same old stuck in a dead end boring job need a change of career. The only thing is i'm 47 years old is that to old !!! I have done a few jobs in the past and enjoyed it and recently did the uk pro tiling home course. Its taking the step to go...
  23. A

    ADVICE - HOW TO FIX A FULL HEIGHT TILED CORNER

    60 X 40 CM PORCELAIN TILES FLOOR TO CEILING LAID IN LANDSCAPE COLUMNS . THE CORNER WALL NEXT TO DOOR OF BATHROOM AND FORWARD FROM SHOWER ENCLOSURE IS UNEVEN . EXISTING TILES WERE STRIPPED OUT & NEW BOARDING & PLASTER SKIM. THIS WAS DONE TO ENSURE STRAIGHT/TRUE/FLAT WALLS . OTHER THAN STRIPPING...
  25. O

    Tiling transition advice.

    I have a room 3m X 8m , which has a change of direction at about halfway down the room 8m side. I want to keep the lines parallel to the walls , how do tile the transition with out using little pieces of tiles , should it have the joint where it changes direction, then cut from smaller to...
  26. C

    Help Different Caliber Indoor/Outdoor Tiles

    Hi there I ordered 160sqm of 90cm x 90cms of matching Large Format Porcelain tiles. 105sqm for Interior (10mm thick), 55sqm for Exterior (20mm). The installation of the Interior took place in December but we held off on the Exterior due to weather conditions. We've now come to install the...
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