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Hello - we're in the process of choosing tiles for our bathroom and I'd really appreciate some advice on what type of laying pattern works best for tile size/type. My wife would ideally like large format tiles on the wall, in a brick bond pattern. I've read on here that its important to consider...

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Having a bit of a nightmare here. I fitted 12.5mm wedi thin bed cement mortar over ply covered stud walls. Taped all joins etc. Tiled. Grouted but the grout I used scratched the surface of my tiles. I've removed the tiles, the wedi obviously got damaged so I've removed that which was all fun...

Morning All, I need to lay 600x600x10 ceramic floor tiles. I was wondering what the best trowel size for the job is please? Thanks for your help

Hi, Hopefully you can answer this question, as I am completely stumped. I built a outdoor pool bath (fully enclosed structure) and applied the backer board, red guard and prepared the area accordingly. After completing the wall tiles using the versa bond for large format tiles (8x15) I noticed...

Hi, Absolute newby here in terms of tiling. Having been doing lots of research and I think I`m making progress however the more I research, the more conflicting opinions I come across. Having a new shower installed over a bath, will be quite a powerful shower. I have removed the existing tiles...

Hello, I am looking for advice. I am intended to lay Marble stone with wet underfloor heating in my living room and hallway. I have suspended floor with 100mm joist. What could be the best possible and cost-effective way to get the right solution. I have planned to put the 50mm PIR between the...

Hi everyone, I really need some pro advice as I have just had a bathroom fitted and the tiling is pretty bad, but the building company I used are saying that this is how it's done.... So anyway the bathroom is about 4mt long and just about 1.5mt wide. Open rain Shower at one end, toilet at the...

We decided to replace the mosaic floor tiles in our wet room (2m x 2m). I've removed the tiles, but having difficulty removing the tile adhesive and waterproof sealant below. I've broken up some of the adhesive to expose the black sealant below, and I've used white spirit to soften the sealant...

Hi all, I've had a go at tiling our cloakroom loo and its going ok, (I am extremely slow, it ridiculous). I opted to make the corner of the room the starting point as that is what's seen from the hallway, when u walk past it. My issue is if I follow the patten round from the existing tiling in...

Just layed some polished glazed porcelain in my kitchen in the spotlight reflection u can see loads of little scrates swirls in the reflection cannot feel them in the tile is there anything I can put on to help this they doesn’t fill me with much confidence that they will last

Hello I currently have porcelain tiles on the floor, and I want to put new porcelain tiles ON TOP of them (they'll be 90x90cm). Do I have to prime the existing tiles? Or will cleaning them be enough? Thank you

I'm tiling the bathroom floor with UFH heating and was wondering what to use to transition from the tiles in the bathroom to the carpet in the hallway. The tiled floor will be made up of addy - 3mm insulation board - 6mm UFH with SLC - 5mm addy 5mm tiles - 10mm Total would be approx 29mm for...

Hi, I’m going to tile inside my shower with 1200 x 1200 tiles, if I sit the first tile on the tray, then the next on top of that, that leaves me with a cut of 240mm going into the ceiling. Would I get away with this or should I start with a 120mm cut at the bottom then again at the top to even...

Hello to the forum! Am a homeowner and DIY tiler frustrated by my inability to find a discontinued tile, so am turning to you all. A plumbing issue in kitchen forced us to break apart several tiles, more than i had in reserve. Tile is American Olean porcelain, 13 x 13, sienna brown (although...

Hi, I've got a few tiles cracked in my kitchen and I'd like to replace them. Luckily I found some spare ones but not enough and I wonder I anyone could help me with identifying the manufacturer. I've attached photos of tiles including two different logos on the back. The dimensions are 60cm X...

I'm going to tile walls and floors of my bathrooms. It appears at the moment the walls are a single layer of painted plasterboard (ca. 12mm). What is your advice on how to prepare the walls for tiling? Is the plasterboard sufficient to hold the tiles or will I need to remove it and install...

Has anyone used clear epoxy floor sealer on a mosaic tiled floor in a wet room instead of using stone sealers. If so what was the experience in terms of robustness. We have no bath and just the one shower and its over due for resealing. Want to try and extend the life between sealing. I have...

Morning all. I found this forum via this thread (and Google). It's as close to my own situation that I have found so far, so hoping for some advice from you experts. I've done a lot of reading and know this is a difficult one to diagnose remotely - so have included as much detail as possible...