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  1. AliGage

    Mosaic backing sheets

    Evening guys and girls. Im doing a little shower room t the moment which i have to return to on Wednesday. The customer wants a border of ceramic mosaic halfway up the wall but also one at floor level like a skirt around the room. The wall tiles are only 250x200 ceramic so not particularly...
  2. A

    Backing board compression

    Got some 6mm backing boards on which I hope to lay some 30mm or maybe smaller mosaic tiles. The board feels fairly compressible (by hand at least) and was wondering if sinkage with very small tiles might be an issue. I phoned the manufacturer (Prowarm) and they seemed to think it would be fine...
  3. M

    tile backing boards

    tiling backing boards 6mm thick ideal for tiling directly onto for walls and floors will NOT rot like some boards do rrp at £12.99 ,grab this bargain for £7 each i have 25 boards left any questions please ask.
  4. G

    Tile Backing Boards

    Hi, I need some help if possible, About 2 months ago re-tiled my shower looks fantastic but what I didn't use is any tile backing boards between the wall and tile's / adhesive. I have noticed on the other side of the wall that there is some damp patches appearing I have looked for gaps / cracks...
  5. D

    What to use for tile backing around bath/shower area?

    Hi guys, I stumbled across this site at the weekend when searching online for some DIY bathroom advice. I've searched the forum but I can't find another post which answers my particular question so I thought I'd join and post it. I've recently moved into a 1946 built house and I'm in the...
  6. D

    Removing electric UFH mat and backing

    Hello, I looked at this forum last week when I got to massive problems removing UFH and backing in my bathroom. I can't remember where the thread was now, but basically the comments were that this was a swine of a job. I stumbled across an idea that worked which I would like to share if...
    • DMI
    • Thread
    • aus backing electric heating removing ufh underfloor usa
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  7. T

    Is this sand/cement backing???

    Hi folks, I've been planning my bathroom for about a month now, and feel quite prepared on what I need to do. I started today, taking the old tiles off the wall, they pulled off the plaster skim the were stuck to which I expected, but what is that the skim was stuck to. I've read that...
  8. T

    Post titles - toilet backing up/I had a floater today/Health & Safety

    Just the way I read them.:smilewinkgrin:
  9. R

    what backing plaster for tiles around rayburn

    wot plaster can be used around aga or rayburn if to be tiled?
  10. J

    cheapest 6mm tile backing boards>

    anyone got any ideas on where to get the cheapest tile backing boards. i am finding a big difference in prices where i am looking, even for the same product
  11. A

    Plasterboard vs Plywood vs Tile Backing Board

    Project Cloakroom!!! (2nd Thread). I have realised the plasterboard I’m due to tile, about half way along one wall (wall B) the next plasterboard is not levelled with the preceding one, therefore by the end of the wall there is about 10mm difference when I put a 6’ spirit level across it...
  12. K

    Backing boards for a tiled kitchen floor

    Hi all First time poster so please go easy, also first time house buyer and clueless so any help is appreciated. We are having a new kitchen fitted this week and are going to re-do the floor with tiles so this room is completely finished. When we have gone to lift the laminate currently in...
    • kingcreech
    • Thread
    • backing bathroom boards floor floor tiling kitchen kitchen floor tiled usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  13. K

    Abrasive backing pad and discs etc?

    Does anyone know where I can get abrasive backing pads, discs, buffing compund and felt wheel - ideally online? I'm close to rounding and polishing my first pieces of travertine - very exciting. :hurray:
  14. C

    Backing board or Plywood

    Hi, I know there are many threads on this but my question is slightly different. I am currently tiling a small en-suite, previous flooring was vinyl. This has been lifted and vinyl adhesive is stuck to the floor and in parts still sticky, there are a few bits of the chipboard underneath...
  15. A

    tiling over backing paper.

    priced a job up for a friend at w/end b/room walls but parts of the walls still have backing paper on them & he cant be bothered to remove so i told im i'll remove for a price but he wants me just to till over,tiles are 600x300 ceramics would it be ok to tile over paper its well stuck.
  16. P

    Help with converting to tile backing boards

    Ive been using ply for years and have read a lot about tile backing boards for floors and walls on this forum. Im a little confused with the many types of boards for floors and walls & allso the costs and fitting techniques. Can any one help with a painless convertion from ply to a backing...
  17. G

    Shower cabinet & bathroom wall tile backing.

    My son has a bathroom tiled by the previous owner. The tiles are set directly onto foil backed 9mm plasterboard mounted on a timber frame. There is a shower cubicle in one corner. Water as seeped between the shower base and the wall tiles (we think), and the foil backing on one side of the...
    • gnnmartin
    • Thread
    • backing bathroom shower tile usa wall
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  18. M

    Advice on tanking and backing boards

    I am about to embark on refitting my existing bathroom (1st floor) and would welcome some advice ref: wall and floor backing boards and tanking. I am fitting a quad shower with one wall block and plastered and the other stud with a backing board, and then both walls tanked. What backing board...
    • markfire
    • Thread
    • advice backing boards tank tanking usa waterproofing wetroom
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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