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    brick bond with border

    Missis wants a brick bond effect and a border but wants this running vertical rather than landscape on the wall tiles are 300x200 advice on setting out would be appreciated Please?
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    Brick Slips | Brick Slip Tiles by Wetherby - Anybody use them?

    hi i know this is petes speciality but what do you think of this video highlighting their exterior 'brick slip' system. the company does render systems but this falls into a tilers domain so i thought id show their video :thumbsup: its exterior work that includes 'exterior wall insulation'...
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    Mounting large tiles on a brick fireplace

    I am in the process of mounting 12"x36" tiles to an existing brick fireplace. I was thinking the best route would be to apply bonding agent to the bricks, let dry then apply standard thinset using a large square notched trowel to mount the tiles. Also back butter each tile for adhesion. Any...
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    Brick style splash back

    i am currently doing alot of tiling on kitchen splash backs on council houses. the walls are in bad shape and the tiles are 200x100 brick style. i cant seem to get a good finish and there is alot of lippage. im using a 6mm notched trowel but a few people have mentioned using a 8mm or even a...
    • leftylewis1987
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    • back brick clips lash lash clips spacer style tile wedges usa wedges
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Reclaimed brick tiling

    Hi all, Has anyone ever used these 'sliced' bricks (or similar) to tile with.? http://www.reclaimedbrick-tile.com/products/brick-tiles/barnstock/# Thinking off having an exposed brick wall at one end of the kicten, and these seem like a clever solution. Any experience.? Not sure what they...
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    trying to identify a brick

    Hi lads And lady's has anyone got any ideas on what brick this is ? :Pete
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    white gloss brick tiles bevelled edges 150x75, spacers? or no spacers?

    I'm after some advice. Having the above tiles fitted today and was wondering what spacers people use? I think it looks better without any spacers as there is still 0.5mm gap due to the edges of the tiles bevelled. What do you guys think?
    • king_imy
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    • brick gloss spacer spacers spacing tile tile spacer tiles usa white
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Difference in price between 100x200 brickbond and 300x200 normal

    Hi all. Same wall, customer has asked if I would charge any difference in price between the 2 tile installations above. 8sq m area. I will definitely charge more for the smaller brickbond tiles but the question is, how much? I hate doing brickbond as it takes a lot more time (in my opinion)...
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    2 Setting Out Questions = move centre line and off set brick bond

    Hi All, Been absorbing all you advice and tips on here.... top work guys! I am currently tiling my bathroom in 600 x 300 porcelain floor to ceiling and have two questions which affect two different walls Question 1 - I have sink which is 600 wide and I have already stuck the tile behind it...
    • itidiot
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    • bond brick brick bond centre line off out questions set setting setting out tilers usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Pointing brick slips prices

    been asked again to reduced my costs for fixing these brick slips we have been fixing for a while already reduced it by 25% :yikes: what would you guys think would be a fair price for for tiling and then for pointing inc materials to include travel hotels ect most of the areas are columns arches...
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    Fixing aquapanels to brick walls

    Hi, Doing my wetroom but want to know is the best method going to be to dot n dab cement boards to brick wall or to run a membrane over the wall? Im going to use wickes aquapanel or wickes tanking fleece for this - cant really see, if installed correctly, these products can be any different to...
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    brick slips

    just found out how to upload pics been struggling since the forum changed a while back lol the job we just finished in Stratford 50000 bricks pointed http://www.tilersforums.com/members/pjc/albums/bricks/
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    Measuring up for brickbond !

    Hi , what percentage do you lot add on when measuring for brick bond , i normally add on 10% for normal , just finished a brickbond bathroom i thought was ten mtrs inc 10% add on but the customer ended up getting a extra 4 mtrs and i only got paid for what i quoted ( 10mtrs ), which leads me on...
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    Slate onto painted brick & quarry tiles.

    Just been given a 2 day job to tile a porch. I popped around today to have a quick look and found painted brick & quarry tiles. I know the paint will have to come off, but do you think that a layer of SLC would be best suited before I tile? Slate tiles are to be laid, but I am concerned...
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    Brick bond - continuation round corners

    Guys, question... when tiling brick bond on large format tiles.... When you cut tiles in to the corner.. should you use the other peice of cut tile to continue on the next wall? I always assumed so.. but then I was checking out Kilty55's wetroom he did recently (GREAT JOB BY THE WAY) and in...
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    Setting out brick bond - narrow window pier causing problems

    I am brick bonding 250mm (length) x 200mm (height) ceramic tiles. I am trying to figure out how to layout the wall shown in pic below, the larger wall which is where the bath is located (to the left of the pic) has a near perfect pattern (i.e ending in either a full tile or half tile). If I...
    • ljmountain
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    • bond brick brick bond out problems setting setting out tilers usa window
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    tiling straight onto brick?

    hello everyone. I am glad to be here! :smilewinkgrin: Can anyone tell me whether it's feasible to use large ceramic tiles on brickwork? We started to remove things from a bathroom in order to tile it and large amounts of plaster came away. Seems it is all blown and has to be removed. Is...
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    Advice re grouting brick slips (slim bricks)

    Hi I am in the process of adhering these real brick tiles to my bathroom wall. They are 230x75x20 (lxhxd) and am leaving a 10-12ml gap between the brick tiles. I want to use a Limestone Coloured grout and am looking at Bal Wide Joint and Bal Superflex Wide Joint. Can anyone recommend which...
    • Norwich
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    • advice brick brick slips grout grouting slips tile grout usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Anyone know anything about brick cleaning

    Doing a job this weekend terrazzo stairs, but the guy has asked me if i could clean up some of his brick work, i said i would have a go, is it as simple as getting into it with a wire brush and some brick cleaner from b and q it looks as if it was done years ago and the guys not cleaned it...
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    tiling onto brick in bathroom

    hi,i have just taken old wall tiles off in my bathroom and the old plaster has come off leaving uneven brickwork,i am just asking if it woulod be possible to tile over the brickwork and make the tiles even with the tile adhesive.

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