bathroom

I am currently tiling my bathroom. I have chosen 4kg Porcelain tiles and was planning on putting them on a skimmed plasterboard. However the tiles are too heavy for the 20kg/m2 rule. So, after some research the advice seems to be take off the plaster or replace the boards completely. Would it...

hi ladys and gents im after a tiler to tile my bathroom, I was going to attempt it myself but got frustrated when looking at the different types of adhesives etc! the bathroom is roughly a total of 30m2, porcelain tiles on floor and wet room then metro tiles from floor to ceiling in bathroom...

Hi All, I'm very new here and a complete housing novice so I am hoping someone may be able to help. A crack appeared in my bathroom a few months ago. This is a new build apartment at the time when I noticed the crack I had been living there for around 1.5 years and I moved in the day the...

Hi all, First time poster, long time user of this forum here! I'm intending to renovate my bathroom in the coming weeks which will include new tiles on the floor and walls (18m squared). I have selected some ceramic tiles to go on the wall and around the shower enclosure and some porcelain...

One big room - 48 sq.m on new UFH and screed, using 150x600mm (x9mm) wood effect porcelain tiles in a herringbone pattern, we don't have grout or adhesive One smaller room - 9 sq.m also on new UFH and screed, using 150x600mm (x9mm) wood effect porcelain tiles (different colour) in a straight...

Hi; I am a homeowner who recently had an extension built with a ensuite, we bought Pro warm electric underfloor heating kit and a 600 x 600 tile for the floor We had them installed pre Christmas and this last week the middle section of the tiles have all lifted / peaked up and cracked. 4 tiles...

Hi everyone Quick question, I'm about to tank the walls in my bathroom, around the bath / shower area, they are skimmed plasterboard, and I was planning to use ultra tilefix proshield tanking kit, as it states it doesn't require primer, thus I believe making it quicker to complete the task. My...

Century Stonehouse Grey Ret (gres fine porcellanato, naturale unpolished) 60 x 60 (actually 59.5 x 59.5). Ideally need 15. Century is, I believe, part of the Italian Finibec Group. This tile has been discontinued. Hope you can help.

I recently had some large white tiles installed. I've noticed three near the bath have turned grey. It looks like the sealant wasn't done very well. Fortunately, I have a few spares. Presumably water has soaked the tiles and has nowhere else to go (except sideways, it seems). I obviously need...

Are there potential problems should they be with full wall adhesive coverage

Hi All, I'm getting my head around converting our wetroom (vinyl) back into a bathroom (with a tiled floor). The current sub floor is: Floorboards then 6 mm ply then 2-3mm of some grey material (slc?) a thin layer of brown adhesive some lovely non slip vinyl. I'm currently thinking to strip...

Hi I’m doing my own bathroom after many years of neglect, I know guilty as charged but I’m on the pursuit of a makeover that will make it good hopefully for many more years to come but I need some help in this and I’ve discovered this forum. Thank you all for having a platform that can share for...

Hello this is my first post! I’m planning to refit my bathroom. The plan is to get rid of the bath and replace with 2 sinks! The sinks are on a metal washstand with the waste going into the wall via a chrome bottle trap. Do I tile the wall prior to fitting the sinks or after? My only worry about...

Newbie to tiling Had a leaking shower in out flat we brough 10 months ago. Drainage trap was not sealed correctly. Anyway we have now decided to pull it all out and fully replace with new shower tray / enclosure and tiles. Tiles covered two walls, shower is in the corner of those two walls...

Hi everyone I am in need of some "Matrix Nacar" bathroom wall tiles. Size 31.6 x 44.6cm Made by Porcelanosa but apparently discontinued. I want to put a shower in the bathroom and need these tiles to complete the job! Can anyone help please? Damsel in distress! :)

Hi fellow members, first post, looking for advice regarding my bathroom renovation. I have read plenty of threads trying to educate myself at least to an acceptable DIY level and be able to ask the right questions. I love DIY, I have done a couple of bathrooms before (not that challenging) and...

White 30cm x 30cm ceramic bathroom floor tiles

Cheap Turkish metros with no glaze wrap Discontinued BCT hexagonal marble mosaics for floor which had been stuck to the mesh by boz eyed Bob Seriously unlevel floor An alcove Sloping ceiling The need to use fine grout (don’t get on with it, can never get it to look anywhere near as good as UC)...

I have a ground floor bathroom with a concrete floor with no DPM sheet (was an old coal outhouse that's been bolted onto the Victorian house via a short walkway). Two external walls approximately 3m x 1.2m I've dug the outside ground level deeper than the inside level, sorted new guttering and...

Hi Everyone, I'm after a bit of advise regarding my bathroom which I'm re doing. Several questions, I'm afraid! 1. When i took the old tiles off the floor, they pulled off a bit of the surface of the backer board in places, upto a few mm. This is well fixed down, so don't want to remove if...