Doing a shower cubicle. Put up hardie backer today & sealed all joints with scrim & rapid set. Tomorrow I was going to apply tanking then possibly install shower tray on legs soliconing in between. Looking at a few vids for tanking they show bringing waterproof mat to top of tray. I was going to...
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Hi all,
Approx week/10 days ago our tiler tiled a bathroom with BAL grout. We have today gone back to finish off and the grout is still soft and not gone off at all. It can be scraped out. Has anyone else suffered with this or any ideas greatly appreciated, this is now urgent as has to be...
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Hi,
Following a small water leak that led to the bathroom floor needing to be replaced I laid a new marine ply floor, gave it two coats of Bal prime apd, laid new electric underfloor heating followed by Bal fibrebase self smoothing compound, I then used Bal single part fastflex to lay the new...
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Where they were showcasing their ardex eg8 hybrid grouts , bal fibre base and ptb ! Must say they seem to be excellent products ! Got samples of all , so will give them a try soon, but I think I'll be using the fibre base quite a bit as it justs like cement backer boards , with the strength of...
Just a quick question, I have been asked to use this adhesive on a contract in conjunction with Regupol 4515, however when the costs hit my desk, and discovered that this has to be the most expensive adhesive in the history of construction, I am now questioning is it worth the expense?
I know...
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Got some new price lists through today and it's got 2 new products on it
BAL Max Flex (Which I think is fibre reinforced) anmd White Star Plus
Anybody know anything about them?
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...used the Bal mircoflex grout..white..and it dries light grey..wont be using that again..and as for the Silicon.what a load of poo...would not stick to the porcelain...not matter how much I clean the tile it want having it..
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While on a job tiling an exterior balcony floor, the neighbour asked about doing his balcony. The two houses are completely different in age and style and his balcony has a couple of issues I have never come across before. Just wondering if anyone else has done something similar.
The size is...
I Have a problem I hope you will be able to help me with!
I have tiled my new walk-in shower walls with Topps Stratum Tiles in a dark slate grey colour, but some one helped with the grouting
and didn't clean it off before it set. I have since bought topps extra strength grout cleaner but...
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Hi Im new to all this but wondered if any of your members can help. I have been a tiler for years and never had this problem before. The white grout is fine as I complete the job then a couple of days later customer saying it has turned yellow in patches. Any help/advice welcome Cheers Kev
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Hello - first post here but first thanks for all the great info I've gained as a lurking guest :-)
Having successfully tiled our ensuite a few years back I'm now tackling the bathroom.
I've put two coats of neat Bal APD on the plaster skim as per the instructions. I thought it had gone OK but...
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