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    Hi, will my mosaic border increase the risk of adhesive failing?

    Hi i'm a DIY hobbyist looking to improve my skills..thanks already for the knowledge shared on this forum. I am currently having my bathroom tiled and decided to use a professional tiler rather than risk making a mess myself. I have 500 x 250 wall tiles with a mosic border. Unfortunately...
    • tonymacprods
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    • adhesive border mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics tile adhesive usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Should I leave gap for grout inbetween border tiles?

    Hi there My husband and I have just finished tiling our bathroom and are having a disagreement. We have laid the border tiles but my husband put spacers inbetween all the border tiles which I believe affects the flow of the pattern, I think it would have been better without a gap. So my...
    • HelenW
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    • border gap grout leave should tile tile grout tiles usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Floor Tiling on the 45 with Border?

    Hey Guys, just had some questions regarding tiling on the 45 then finshing it with horizontal tiles around the perimeter. How should i plan this layout when the room is not a square shape? what size border tiles do i cut if the room is not a square shape? i have seen the video posted by Dave on...
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    Mosaic Tile Border

    Hi, I've just introduced myself in the "Say Hi" forum and I've got my first question that I hope someone can advise me on. I've just moved into a new build flat and the bathroom has a mosaic border through the centre of the tiled walls. I'm not keen on the colour of the tiles. My question is...
  5. J

    Grouting tumbled mosaic border tiles.

    Hi, This is my first post. I'm not a Pro, but I've successfully tiled before. This time, for the bathroom, my wife has chosen a scheme with an lower and upper border of 25mm tumbled marble mosaics (9x9 in a 292x292 mesh). The mosaics are peppered with little holes, which is partly why she...
    • jimh20
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    • border grout grouting mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics tile tile grout tiles usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  6. N

    Mirror with pebble border feature in bathroom

    Hi!! Me and my partner are currently putting a new bathroom in, suite has been changed, floor has been laid, just the tiling to be done! Now im not too shabby on the tiling front :thumbsup: we bought our first house at xmas and put a new kitchen in in january, which i tiled whilst 9months...
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    Border tiles

    My wife has picked a border tile that is 250mm wide, made up of four equal sized squares. The base tile is 200mm wide. Can this be made to look good or would you go back to the shop to chosse a 200mm border tile? If you reckon it can look good, any tipe on how to achieve this? Interested in the...
  8. D

    Which trowel and natural stone border advice

    Hi I have a couple of questions on a job i'm on , the tiles are ready to go tomorrow . they are 333 x 250 x 7, the substrates are fairly even. 1,Will my 6mm trowel suffice ? 2. I have a marble border 50 mm to seal - can I seal it after it's up , if i do it before , I presumably have to...
    • Davesax
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    • advice border natural natural stone stone tile setting tiling trowel trowel usa which
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    guess who forgot to fix the trav border today?

    What a plank!! I was flying, singing whiskey in the jar at the top of my head. customer comes home walks in. 'wow that look amazing! I didn't think it would ever look like a bathroom again'' "Glad you like it'' I said. ''Erm, so you decided not to put the boarder in then''...
  10. N

    mosiac border on aquapanel board

    Hi everyone.Hope you can help, I'm tiling a shower enclosure next week - its a small space with three sides to tile.I'll be using plain white tiles 20x25 and i'd like a mosiac border half way up to split up all the white.Thing is, its all aquaboard i'm going on to and wondering how do I do...
  11. D

    Help identify border tiles please

    Does anyone recognize or know where I can buy some of these tiles to replace some that have been damaged in my bathroom please? On the back it says made in spain 123456. Thankyou
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    Border thicker than tile. Does it matter

    Hello eveyone, thanks for all the help I had last night with my question re tiling around my bath. My next question is my border is a little thicker than my tile. I have put a few on they look ok but they stand proud of the tile. Does this matter, do you think it generally looks ok when it is...
  13. R

    Mosaic Border

    Got a bathroom to do soon it's my neighbours while the job is straight forward she wants a mosaic border doing. I've not seen the tiles yet for the difference in thickness but any advice on packing out would be appriciated i know you can get mosaic mesh but i'm trying to keep the price down for...
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    Border tiles fixing(one method)

    this is just one method of doing small border, mosaics, theres no specially adapted tools, battons used at all. just everyday tilers tools that you have on the job. theres no waiting for tiles to set etc its just a continuos job with no waiting time involved. this is the method with pics of the...
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    mosaic border technique

    Hi guys the question of fixing mosiac strips as a border whem they are thinner than the tiles comes up on here now and again. I was laying in some mosiac borders today and took pics to illustrate one technique you can use. the addy is benfer standard set c2 Spanish
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    Border tiles

    Hi all need some advice. If your customer has bought their tiles and border tiles before you start work and you find out, as you are about to start work, that the border tiles are 8mm thick and the main tiles are 10mm thick, how do you pack out the border tiles to make sure they are flush with...
  17. F

    Need a border tile......

    Got a client, lots of dosh etc. She's seen 1920's look-a-like pale green tiles she likes in a magazine. She wants to tile up & over her archway in the kitchen and wants a curved border tile in the same sort of colour to sit onm the outside of the field tiles. the magazine has loads of border...
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    Wanted - discontinued Wickes Border tiles - red and gold

    Hi everyone, my first post. I am altering a bathroom that was tiled with Wickes tiles in about 1995 ? I need approx 10 border tiles, or two boxes of 6. I need their diamond border tiles 7.5cm x 28 cm in a red / beige pattern with gold flecks. It is definately a Wickes product but is...
  19. S

    floor border

    I took a picture of the border closure on a pathway in London ,what do you think of closing a border this way ?
  20. Susiequ

    Glass mosaic border

    I have recently done a bathroom with a glass mosaic border. The mosaics were thinner than the tiles, so I used a thicker bed of addy, which meant a lot of cleaning up as it came through the mesh backing. I have since been told that there is a backer board that I could have used to bring the...
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