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I have two niches to do and was wondering if BAL SP1 kit was the best product to use to seal. Due to the construction, it may have to go over treated timber. Or is there something cheaper/better on the market which would be more appropriate. Thank you.

Had a Rep from bal come and see me, selling the benefits of bal mat 1mm, less adhesive blah blah blah... in theory sounds great.... but anyone used it... ? I'm ditra and to be honest require a track record of this product... as many tilers came a cropper with products like plastic ply etc...

Hello to all, My question refers to tiling inside the shower cubicle. If i balance the tiles across the wall i have a 50mm cut at each side. Is it best practice to balance the tiles for appearance or fit a full tile, my thinking also being - one less point of weakness. I have tanked the...

A long shot but has anyone got 30 sheets of Waxman Baltic Blue mosaics M-444 for sale? It seems Waxman have stopped making these tiles and i'm in desperate need for them to finish a job! HELP, thanks.

Ok, After 18 months, I am going to remove the plastic sheeting around the bath/shower and tackle the tiling at last! The tiles are 60x30 porcelain and I'm using them on the walls and floors. I'm putting down 6mm hardie backer on the floor. I'm intending to use some bal single part flexible...

I've just laid a batch of 600 x 400mm Baldocer textured porcelain tiles and there's a shadow of the transit wax on the surface. Nine patches on each and every tile. I've not come across this before as the wax is usually on the upper surface not the underside and comes off easily. This is...

I was supplied Bal Grip Plus by a customer to do his ensuite walls a few weeks ago.And thoroughly enjoyed using it(very smooth and easy to comb on the walls) Now knowing he purchased absolutely everything from T***s I went in to this chain of shops for the very first time this weekend...

Striker wyne Rooney and coach Roy Hodgson are at England's hotel in Brazil ahead of tomorrow's match against Costa Rica when the player says boss I don't know if i should go on the left, right or in the middle Hodgson replies don't worry son, you can decide where to sit when we get on to the...

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Today I called in to look at a job booked in for Monday,a small ensuite(for a plumbing co) on my way home. Turns out the customer has gone and bought absolutely everything from a shed,probs Topps judging by the choice of unnecessary ancillaries and over ordering. Thing is the grout is MM2 in...

hi all been asked to price up for a square balcony approx 23 metres sq it been waterproofed with tuff deck which is a grp roof or fibre glass finished with top coat structure wise its sound and all flashings ect are in tact its has a handrail running around the perimeter which stops at the house...

Hi all, I'm looking for wall tiles for a customer to go in their kitchen as a splashback. There preferred colour is cobalt blue and preferred shape is rectanglular. They would also prefer them not to be metro style. Also, they don't want any smaller than 100 x 200 mm. Anyone any ideas where...

hello all, was just wondering if anyone has any reviews on the new matting from bal. they've had it on display at ctd for about a month now, but so far they're telling me only one contractor they know has been using it (seems they're happy with it from what they say at ctd). don't have any plans...

just bought one of them. never used it before so wondered how many times it can be used? cheers

hi guys and girls, i have tiled a balcony but the customers not happy with the end result, he's been told by a roofing company that plastic fillets can be tiled, now i must say the fillets are plastic, hollow and are very flexible the customer want me to tile the fillets and wall but I've told...

Charcoal grout, any advice as to which is easiest to work with, and doesn't dry patchy?

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Just wondered if anyone has a view on this. I went to my local Topps branch to pick up a couple of bags of BAL Micromax2 grout and a bottle of BAL GT1 Admix for a shower job in one of my holiday homes. When I set about doing the first mix I noticed that the GT1 was out of date December 2013...

Hi all , M8 of mine is laying some Karndean for me at my Ma's house. Got an F-Ball Hygrometer on the floor and getting a constant 95% reading on it. Not having used one before myself , this strikes me as odd given it's an old floor. Whats the general modus operandi with these meters ...

I tiled a 250 m2 steel and concrete balcony floor in a seafront pub some 12 years ago now the owner has started to extend a third of the balcony out by about 4 metre's with the intention of putting up a conservatory which will give a floor area of about 100 m2 .He has decided that he wants...