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Hi all, I am hoping someone here can help me. I had kitchen tiles installed on Monday, and I’m really not happy with the finish. The grout lines are uneven, the plug sockets have been put back on crooked (I checked with spirit level to make sure my eyes weren’t tricking me), the tiles don’t line...

Had wet system UFH installed on a concrete subfloor to the whole ground floor ie living room, kitchen and hallway (40 sqm). UFH Panels were laid down that contain grooves for the UFH pipes to sit in. The plumber used an adhesive to fix down. It was then latexed over using around 3 mm thickness...

Hi there, Can anyone recommend an epoxy grout to use with ceramic and porcelain tiles please? I’d like to start mitring external corners of shower niche’s etc but I’d to practice at home first before I try it on a job. The plan would be to make a few test pieces and practice at home first. It...

Hello. I need to tile an indoor stairs, which trim can I use? Could be a normal aluminium L shape ? Any other suggestions I should have in mind for the job? The actual stairs are concrete. Thanks on advance!

Hi Ive recently embarked on a mental mission to tile my bathroom despite no prior experience. I’ve tried my best to prepare the tile surface. so, stripped everything back to bare brick, primed and stuck elements backer board on. Much ti my annoyance, I’ve not managed ti get it perfectly flat...

What’s best laser for dura base matting? currently have a dewalt red laser but struggle to see the line and it’s starting to annoy me now. I use dura base 98% of the time cheers men

I am about to try tiling a splashback, having only tiled once before (10+ years ago) I've watched a few YT videos so think I know what to do, but there are so many brands of adhesive available, from well-known names to own brand names. I'll be using 200 x 100 ceramic tiles and think ready...

Unipipe underfloor heating Hi guys, anyone tiled over this product? It’s polystyrene grooved product that heating pipes run through over laid with a metal fibred strong board. New product to me and would like any advice or procedures req prior to tiling. Can’t seem to find any info on it.

Im going to be tiling my shower room walls and floor with some large format tiles as per the title. Having only used 600X300 on mt Kitchen an downstairs bathroom I dont think my 40 quid plasplugs wet saw will be up to this job! (In actual fact I have cut porcelain tiles with it before, but...

Hi all, I’ve recently had my shower tiled and am very unhappy with the result. As the tiler was putting the tiles on, I told him that I was unhappy with it but he said that he would make any last tweaks before he grouted. He made some changes and then finished the job and it’s shoddy. I’ve paid...

Hello everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! I am a general contractor in South Florida and have a new crew installing a patio floor. Note the patio floor has uneven terrazzo, at ton of prep work needed, definitely not a easy job. One layer of terrazzo on top of another. 90% of the top layer was...

Thanks for taking your time to read through this and really appreciate the support! So me and my partner recently purchased a 300 year old house with no DPC running underneath the walls. We also reside in an intrinsically humid island so humidity is somewhat of an issue in the house. The entire...

ahouls there be a lip on the tile trim or it be flush - a 12mm trim has been used here leaving a lip when perhaps a 10mm should have been used instead?

Hi All, I often take some knowledge from these forum but today Im looking for some advice myself. I have a 60mm Black Limestone heart that has some marks I cannot shift. At first I thought its was grout/motar marks from tiling but now im not so sure. (Its not as if theres something stuck on...

Are there any BS standards covering this please I have recently had 3 sides of a shower tiled, each side approx 750mm, tiles are 330 x 250 laid landscape and stacked, the tiler says he has used 2mm spacers, the ceramic tiles are good, square and flat out of the box. We have 2 vertical joints...

Hi all. So I am trying to plan the layout of tiles for my bathroom. Figured out the horizontal lines but cannot figure out the vertical cuts. The window wall which has an off centre window I think I shall be ok putting a tile in the centre as the wall will only take 3 tiles. See image attached...

I’m laying hexagon tiles on plywood floor. They are small tiles and a small cupboard and wondering what self levelling system will I use? Also looking to see what primer would be ok to use?

Hello. I need your help again please. I'm due to remove this 3 cracked tiles which have cracked for the third time after having replaced them 3 times (picture). I'm not planning to re-tile the entire floor but just the 3 always-cracking-tiles. What would you recommend to do? What should I...

Good morning, I've used this site a number of times for tiling info and have always found it really useful, but this time I wanted to post a question before I start a tiling job. I am about to start work on our en-suite shower. I need to remove the old tiles and (no idea what is under there i'm...