cement

Good evening all. Have laid a cement encaustic floor onto Ditra and wet tray. All going well and just going through the process of sealing (4 at the moment) Looking into the grouting and the customer wants white and with it been a wetroom then epoxy would be the norm. Has anybody used epoxy...

Hello all. I have a question....is it ok to screw insulated cement board (marmox type board) to a stud wall that is lined with 12mm ply? I've knocked down an old solid bathroom wall and replaced it with a stud wall. My building control guy has said that the new stud wall needs to be structural...

Hi all, some advice would be greatly appreciated. So the builder messed up in the loft during a major renovation in our house. In short, we have UFH boards laid out throughout the loft room and the en suite. At this point, the polypipe type foam boards and attached pipes are all on the same...

Excuse me of this has been done to death but my normal prep for chip board or floor boards (besides fixing the boards themselves) is to glue and screw 6mm cement board then over the top with Ditra mat. Is this too belt-and-braces to do in every situation or is this the norm? Cheers.

Hi guys Long time reader and lurker, got so much great advice... Quick question, i have a Anhydrite screed currently that was put down in a wet room (Wet UFH 50mm thick) it is currently 50mm lower than the finished floor height needs to be. My question is, would it be the following buildup be...

Hello I have laid black limestone :-( and now have quite bad cement staining. I power washed it which I think has made things worse! Images below. I have not yet done the jointing and on reading this forum know that I need to seal the flags before jointing. However, first I need to remove...

Has anyone worked with cement based liquid screed im not talking about calcium hydrate form , Ive been told they may need to be sanded ?

Hopefully you experts can help me out. We have a plumber booked and our friend is a plasterer/decorator and has done a lot of tiling (he did a great job of all our other tiles but he’s never come across the giant tiles we have bought, and I want to be specific about how we fit them!) We’re...

We have just had fitted a full wall in Nepal gold slit face stone, the tiler has got a lot of tile cement on the face of these, I don't want to clean with brick cleaner because of the gold flake on the face, I tried water and a sponge but the tiles return back to white haze. I was told it can...

Hi, removing the old plasterboard to replace with hardiebacker 12mm . I'm no pro so i'm asking is this wood meant to be behind the plaster, should I remove it before putting up the cement board and install into studs, or just install over this wood? judging by things around the house I'm not...

Hi, just a quick question. What screws should I use/you use on new cement boards in the bathroom before tiling? The Hardie screws are not that great I'm told, do you have any links to screws good for mounting the panels to the wall.

Hi everyone. Id need advice asap.;) They called me to do a travertine floor. They put 18mm cement board uhf onto a primed concrete floor with flexi adh. Some of these boards were still moving (I think not enough adhesive under), so the next day they drilled and screwed them to the concrete. We...

Hi, I’m struggling on finding enough info about porcelain tiles being laid straight on screed with ufh. The underfloor heating has currently been running for about 6-8 weeks at no more than 20 degrees. A few cracks have appeared over that time. I was hoping to now uni bond the floor and lay...

Ive to tile 2 floors that are in 1 room with a dividing wall half way across the middle however im in a tricky spot and with floor levels. Its an old house and floors where in a bad way. In one room ive grinded it down all flat and near level as i can get it. Theres also an inch step into the...

Do you think, from floor to ceiling, 12mm thick plywood plus 12mm thick cement board (e.g. Hardiebacker type board or similar) plus metro tiles is a tolerable weight to be attached to timber stud? Wall would be 1 metre wide by 2.3 metre high

Can I tile straight onto sand and cement render (with an spr coat) in a shower area? Or does it need tanking? Am i correct in thinking its better without a finish coat? Thanks

Our annual poll is here. I know it's not the end of the year yet, but most of us should know by now which ones we have used the most. Which tile adhesive brand did you use the most during 2017? Vote for only one. Adhesive reps voting for their own brand will have their votes removed. Votes...

The question is in the title really Do you guys tend to use one or the other or both I know the jobs vary but just as a general rule? Cheers Duncan Sorry if it's been asked before. I did search

Hi there I want to put 1m2 of encaustic 13mm Moroccan cement tiles on a painted wall behind cooker in our kitchen. Please can someone advise me which is a good adhesive to use, preferably ready mixed? I know I need to seal them once up and cut with a diamond saw. Thank you for all your help, Dee

Had heard about this, supposed to replace adhesive AND mechanical fixing?