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Hi everyone, First time tiler here about to tackle floor tiles (and wall tiles soon too) First off just want to say this forum is the dogs - lots of great info and help for green behind the ears types like me! Am doing up my first property and have a bit of a nightmare in the kitchen. It now...

Long time lurker first time poster I'm currently planning a wet room in an extension which was built a year ago. 3 of the 4 walls are thermalite with Hardwall but no finish plaster. The hard wall is very flat and keyed as my builder knew I planned to board out the room (it's also very dry as...

I've had a search and can't find the answer probably because it's obvious but want to check anyway. Stripped the old downstairs wet room and removed all the plaster as it was damaged back to the sand and cement coat. After leveling the floor I'll be installing a tray and screen. My question...

Hi, Could anyone recommend a 100% waterproof cement based tile adhesive that is powder form and can be mixed only with water prior to application. Does a product like this exist here in the UK? Thanks

got a job coming up where the stone floor has failed to a degree. anyway i have to take up the existing limestone which was bedded in cement based si adhesive. when doing a test some of the adhesive comes off anhydrite screed and some stays stuck to screed. i think best way forward is to take...

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found this video clip a while back with Mr Hobson.. its old school wall tiling using sand and cement..I laboured for my dad on Merchant Taylors school in Crosby during the summer holidays of 1984 and after that job, i decided tiling wasnt for me lol..All the shower areas were done in this...

It feels like there is a constant asking about the suitability of cement board in wet areas. "Will they be ok in my wet room?" "Should I tank them?" etc etc etc Can I attempt to clear up the confusion - much of which comes from the manufacturers and the builder's merchants who sell the stuff...

What is the advantage of using tub adhesive which typically is spread at a 3mm thickness over cement adhesive which I was trained to use at a thickness of 8mm. I was told once the tub is open it starts to go off and a slow/amateur tiler would be better with cement adhesive. Discuss!!

Hi everyone I have purchased just over 2 square metres of 18mm thick encaustic cement tiles to use as a kitchen splashback in several different areas. As far as I can see I am yet to find a tile edger that is thick enough to hide the edge (which is rough) of the tiles +adhesive. Photos I've...

For more screed options please visit our web site www.isomat.co.uk Fast-setting, self-levelling, polymer-modified cementitious screed, used for smoothing and levelling concrete or mortar floors, before laying finishing materials like ceramic tiles, moquettes, parquet, vinyl tiles etc. It can be...

Hi. I've discovered I'm the not too lucky owner of a Floating Floor, 18mm chipboard on 25mm insulation, supported by concrete "block and beam" I'm having a new kitchen and when the old tiled floor came up (slate on 18mm chip ply) we found the dreaded floating floor below. The old floor had...

Hey guys what slow set addy you guys using at the moment ,mainly porcelain ,cheers

Fixed 15m2 of handmade encaustic cement tiles supplied by the Cement tile shop and like a complete jackass went and grouted tiles before sealing , after cleaning up saw that tiles were stained then checked suppliers website only to find out seal before grouting , is there a cleaning product that...

In the course of getting my living room floor restored, I've discovered that underneath the boring old terracotta tiles on the fireplace hearth are some attractive patterned Victorian tiles. However the terracotta tiles have been fixed on top of them, with what looks like cement. Is it possible...

My wilo pump typ RS25/5-3 is u/s. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement or suggest an alternative? Thanks Blair

Hi all, hoping you can help. We had to dig up some new-ish quarry tiles in our utility room to put in some underfloor heating. Unfortunately most of them got broken in digging them out, and we now need to replace them. Does anyone have any idea what sort they are? Dimensions 149 x 149 x 13mm...

Hi guys just a quick question, are you able to use sand and cement as a tile adhesive instead of the modern day 'tile adhesive'..because basically i have been to many countries where they use sand and cement in installing tiles and they seem to last donkeys years with no cracking or any problems...

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Hi. I'm tiling the four walls in my bathroom. It was previously tiled half way up and where I removed those, the old plaster(?) underneath was like soft pumice, so I hacked it off and re plastered, primed with SBR and tiled the lower half of the room using Mapei cement based adhesive. The top...