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    What the best way to...

    Create fall on a concrete floor towards a shower former? Former wil be chased in and finished floor surface will be the vinyl wet room flooring. Its to be used for disabled access. Have done plenty of wet rooms all have been installed on timber floors so concrete Is new to me. Don't want water...
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    Best way to raise existing screed height/depth

    Hi All. Please help. We are 20mm short after putting down the screed before laying limestone tiles (20mm + adhesive). How can we add another 20 mm on top of screed. Can we use 20mm flow screed? Thanks
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    Best way to seal power cable through Impey Tilesafe membrane??

    Would appreciate advice from anyone who has done this sort of install before.... I am about to fit an Impey Tilesafe membrane to my wetroom floor, followed by the (Impey recommended) Devimat 100W/sq.m electrical ufh. .......... All is going well, but I have come across a small hitch! The...
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    Best way to remove PVA?

    Have about 30m of fairly undiluted PVA to remove from skimmed walls tomorrow. What's the quickest way of going about this?
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    black kaddapa limestone - best price and best way to lay to avoid staining

    hi - was planning to buy the above (40m2 in 600x600mm tiles) from the stone collection aka stonehousetiles. its £30m2 ex VAT. i have seen cheaper but not even thickness and 600m and fairly un-rivened surface. any alternative suppliers out there that can better £30m2? also, have seen on...
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    Best way to level over underfloor heating on an Impey membrane?

    Hi,I'm installing an Impey tilesafe membrane on my wetroom floor and want to install underfloor heating. Impey recommend installing the ufh above the membrane and also say that fitting the ufh cable over the shower shower tray area to within about 150mm of the drain would be OK if I want to do...
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    Paper faced sheets of 4mm thick glass tiles - best way to fix to cement board please!

    Hi, I am tiling a shower cubicle and am a bit of a novice - certainly with glass tiles as I have not had to use these before! A few questions if I may......... Am I correct in thinking that it is best to tile the boards in their entirety bfore fitting the cubicle or is it best to fit the...
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    best way to fill chases and holes for tiling

    hi there. what is the best way to fill chases and holes etc in walls so that you can tile over them as soon as posible. if the wall was being painted , papered etc i would use bonding and filler but im afraid that that would soak up water or not stick properly. what way would be the best...
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    What is the best way to remove tile adhesive from plasterboard?

    Hi Everyone I am currently refitting my kitchen. I have started by removing the tiles from the walls but the plasterboard is now a mess with patches/lumps of tile adhesive still stuck to it. All the the tiles have been removed by bolster chisel and as you will all know, the bare plasterboard is...
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    Best way to use underfloor heating

    Recently had underfloor heating installed in a bathroom and I am having trouble with condensation. Can anyone tell me the ideal settings for a bathroom to try to prevent this? Is it more prefereable to have it set to target the air temp or the floor temp? Also is it prefereable have it on a...
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    best way to get the concrete off the back of majolica tiles

    I am a new member here. I have found these tiles to use in the bathroom of a house i am building. Although quite dirty they are cleaning up nicely. The problem is the concrete caked on the back. Is there any recommended method for removing it? Any advice would be much appreciated. By the...
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    best way to clean grout plaster adhesive paint ect off tiles

    Just been to our local newly fitted out shop i know the guy who owns it and he's asked me if i will clean the newly laid floor. Its a right mess theres loads of marks, grout, cement, plaster you name it its on there the shop fitters who laid it have told him its not there fault and wont sort it...
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    whats the best way to remove trim

    hi all i had a job today where i had to put another row of tiles on top of a shower stall . i had to cut the trim off the top as i thought it would look crap if i left it. i used a diamond blade in the mini grinder to do most of it but there was an electrical conduit in the way (i know it...
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    what is the best way to cut plastic trim

    hi there. i have been cutting mine with a hack saw and a home made miter block. the accuracy isnt 100% but its fairly close and it wont cut shower trim.iv seen cutters that are like a handheld guilitine. how do these cutters work. will they squash the trim or leave a gap in the miter. i...
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    best way to find work

    i'm 39 and am thinking of training to become a tiler. after looking through job vacancies for tilers, they just about all insist on previous experience. Can anyone advise the best way to get work considering i won't have experience??
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    Best way to clean 50s tiles of grout / levelling compound

    Hello, We've discovered I think terracotta tiles underneath a vinyl floor in our kitchen. I'm able to remove the vinyl tiles using a chisel, but there is a residue of grout and/or levelling compound left on the tiles. The stuff will come off eventually with loads of hard scrubbing, but I was...
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    best way to tile down to vinyal flooring ?

    i am tiling from top to bottom of the bathroom walls and then having lino/vinyal (some call it either but its from Carpet Right and its the flexible rubber stuff not the hard stuff, its soft under foot like a carpet). whats the best way to make a neat edge from the tiles to the vinyal...
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    Best way to apply MPG impregnator to Polished Porcelain?

    Will my mini roller suffice- I can't help thinking it will be too generous on a not very porous surface . Thanks
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    Best way to fix backer board on to blockwork

    I'm doing out my main bathroom now, and the wall that runs the length of the bath has rendered plasterboard stuck to the blockwork. I was planning on using aquapanel for all of my tile backing boards. , The 2 other walls around the bath are studded, so I was just going to beef up the noggins...
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    Help, best way to get grout off slate...?

    I have laid my 18m sq natural slate patio, cleaned it and sealed it once, using Fila products. I started grouting using BAL grout and a motar cartridge gun (which makes the job so easy and less messy) I have had real problems cleaning the grout off the slate, its was very hot so the grout...

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