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  1. J

    Tiling over plywood subfloor - advice needed

    Hi, DIY home owner here in need of advice. Following a waste pipe leak that's now been fixed, I'm renovating my kitchenette. To start with I wanted to remove the old laminate flooring and put tiles instead. I removed most of the laminate yesterday and found that the 18mm plywood (please can you...
  2. T

    Silicon seal base and corners of a walk in shower? Currently grouted

    Bathroom fitters finishing job tomorrow, is it necessary for them to seal around the base and corners before they leave?
  3. P

    Hi All - Silicon colour choice advice.

    Hello All, bit of lurker DIY tiler. Done a few floors and walls in the past mostly in bathrooms. Touch wood all been successful! Just doing a bathroom and have used white tiles with black grout. For the vertical corner (stud wall to solid) I'm pondering whether to use black or white Silicon...
  5. D

    Advice for anyone looking to hire a tiling contractor

    I see and hear all to often of the horror stories when someone hires a supposed tiler only to have things go horribly wrong.. here are a few suggestions for anyone hiring a tiling contractor 1. Don’t hire general handymen/maintenance/general builders to do it… they rarely have the knowledge...
  6. T

    Advice - can this be fixed

    I have had issues with our contractor regarding the quality of his work, however when confronted with the issues around his sloppy grouting his response to was to tell me to keep the outstanding money and find someone else to finish the work! So my main question is can this be fixed? and if so...
  7. J

    Victorian Path Restoration Advice

    Hi all, Hope no one's melting in the hot weather! I'm looking for some advice on the best way to restore our path in the photos attached. Best products and methods to use to clean it properly. Best thing to re-grout with if that's the best thing to do. And any recommendations on the best paint...
  9. S

    General DIY Tiling advice

    Hello, i hope someone can give me some advice please. I’m planning on tiling our bathroom walls when we renovate it soon. The walls are all block and will be skimmed by the plasterer once we’ve knocked all the old tiles off. The tiles we’ll be using are 300x100mm ceramic, and will be around a...
  10. J

    Advice on old tile removal

    Hi I’ve removed old tiles in my house and there is the old adhesive behind it. In some cases it fell off when I was taking off the tiles. I’m not sure whether to take this off or not, would you have any advise on the best way to remove this please? We are planning on getting in a tiler to...
  11. H

    Bathroom started, wrong from the start? Advice appreciated please.

    Hi all, I've got a bathroom fitter starting on my bathroom he's put Hardiebacker all around the bath area, he was going to put hardiebacker at the bottom and middle and plasterboard at the top but I asked for full cement board. He's used 6mm hardiebacker, which I believe is for the floor but...
  13. S

    Fixing botched tile job in a wetroom, need advice

    Need some advice on a wetroom repair. Tiler installed the tile trim too close to all the edges of the door frame, only discovered this when i went to rehang the door, the hinges cant go flush to the frame and couldnt even put the strike plate back on theres no room at all. Ive removed the trim...
  14. D

    Advice on narrow strip round window reveal

    I'm looking to renovate the bathroom after leaving it for some time since we moved in. Currently there is a very narrow strip of tiles on the right side of the window and I'm asking for advice on how to deal with this when I retile. Please see picture. I was going to use bigger tiles (probably...
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    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  15. T

    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...
  17. E

    Advice on which Tiling, British Standard, to Purchase Please

    Hi everyone, this is my first post so thank you for reading my question. I am looking to purchase the British Standard for tiling but am a little unsure of which one I should purchase and as they cost so much money I am keen not to purchase the wrong one. I would like it to cover workmanship for...
  18. N

    Advice please - Epoxy resin shower corners

    I have been searching for information on internal corners joints for shower. I have epoxy resin which I have used to join mitred tiles on a difficult angle external corner. Is I OK to use epoxy resin in joint on internal corners? I plan to use epoxy grout for remainder of shower. The shower has...
    • NeatOne
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    • advice corners epoxy former please resin shower shower tray wetroom
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  19. K

    Advice of Silicon application to improve a new tool I'm developing

    Hi Guys, I'm a Plasterer and inventor and I need to pick your brains.. I have just come up with what I think is the best Silicon smoothing guide available anywhere. Check out my Silicon Soap Guide, let me know what you think ... But here's my question how do you guys do the vertical and...
  21. lukeoflondon

    Advice appreciated on first tiling attempt

    Hi everybody, I've taken on the task of tiling my own kitchen, and before I wreck everything and regret it I thought it would be sensible to ask the pros for their opinion. It's a small kitchen ~2.3m x 2m, on the top floor of old victorian building, currently with bare original floorboards...
  22. J

    corridor horizontal tile pattern

    Good morning, I am planning to tile an entrance floor of 580x410cm. The tile I will be using is 20x40cm. My wife wants me to lay the tiles in the "Corridor horizontal" pattern. I haven't been able to find much information/advice on laying this pattern on the internet. I was hoping someone could...
  23. A

    Advice for grout and edges please

    Hi, I’m tiling my kitchen (first attempt at tiling) and have a couple of questions. 1) what can I do to sort this edge where it meets the splash back? I thought I could grout it but the tiles aren’t all the same length and I think it’ll look rubbish. 2) my wife wants to use a light grey...
  25. I

    Advice on new tiled shower stall - thermal insulation, embedding shower pan

    Hi, New to the forum. I'm going to be installing a new corner, shower unit with tiled walls, glass doors and acrylic shower pan, as part of a bathroom re-modelling project. I'm not a pro. Would appreciate expert advice on several points. The new shower will replace an old 'one piece' molded...
  26. E

    Australian tiler going to migrate to Uk, needing advice :)

    Hi all, Sam here. I've been a tiler in Sydney, Australia for 22 years and looking to migrate to the Bristol/Bath area in the near future. Just wanting advice on Rates charged per sqm How does a daily rate work? Where do tilers get work from in the Uk? In Sydney l usually get all my jobs...
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