ceramic tiles

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    I'm Looking For This Tile BCT 46097

    Hi, I'm looking for HD Komo dark grey, British Ceramic Tiles 46097. Thanks
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    Urgent help; scratches on ceramic tiles

    If any one can kindly help me solving this issue.. I bought this italian 1st choice ceramic Grac Tiles for my house.. After finishing tiling them many scratches appeared on the tiles without heavy duty and at walking Only!! I would like to know whats the problem and if there is any solution...
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    We're hoping to shift some threads to this area of the forum.

    If you spot any threads (or know of any off the top of your head) then please give us a shout via reporting the post and we will move those over to this area of the forum for you. We're aiming to get this forum category stacked up with tiles and tile advice threads. There are a lot of people...
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    Adhesive advice for DIY porch tiling with ceramic tiles

    I'm looking at laying some large ceramic tiles, on top of Arditex NA SLC in my front porch. There seems to be a whole raft of stuff out there such as pre mixed, rapid set etc and I'm not sure what's best for my specific application. Any advice welcome. Thanks
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    Tiling bathroom wall with 10mm thick ceramic tiles

    Hi there, I’m tiling my bathroom with 600x300 10mm thick ceramic tiles on walls. There are some tiles to remove but most walls are papered, they are solid walls with a firm sticking wallpaper, can’t really plasterboard one wall as it would bring it out interfering with adjacent door, so was...
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    Ceramic tiles - odd requirements?

    Hi all, Just a few (hopefully simple) questions, more out of curiosity than anything else. I’m about to tile my bathroom walls with 500 x 250 ceramic tiles made by Keraben and noticed some stipulations on the packaging that seem a little strange. 1 - Is there a good reason why they state...
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    Tiling over existing ceramic tiles

    Hi, So i have a bathroom floor to tile the house is around 8 months old and they want the floor tiles changing but adamant dont want the mess of ripping up old ones, Whats a good adhesive to use i was going use mapei flexible and some kind of primer after i have cleaned old tiles with sugar...
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    What sealant for glazed ceramic tiles?

    We purchased Winchester Classic Field tiles for our kitchen. It's only a small area so we are doing it ourselves, we have done a small bit of tiling before. The brochure says we should seal the tiles before fixing with Fila MP90, but that seems to cost a fortune everywhere. Is there a cheaper...
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    My 1st Job Sealing glazed ceramic tiles before grouting

    I'm just wondering if my glazed ceramic tiles need sealing before I grout them... I applied some Mapei Ultracolour Plus Terra Di Seinna grout to an inconspicuous area. I scraped the excess off straight away and wiped across with a damp sponge. I left it about 5 minutes and wiped it again. The...
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    I'm Looking For This Tile British Ceramic Tiles

    Hi Guys. I’m looking for just a couple of plain, gloss white tiles 245mm x 330 to replace a couple of tiles after fitting a new shower in a cubicle. British Ceramic tiles went into administration on 30th January this year so I’m hopeful that there may be a few around still. Mike
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    The demise of British Ceramic Tiles BCT.

    Its been a couple of weeks since the news about the closure of BCT. On another social page I made a comment about the quality of their product and only got 1 like! There is lots of media about finding employment for the staff, but being self employed ( and looking for work 24/7) I have a hard...
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    Advice on what I can use to edge existing ceramic tiles

    Happy New Year everyone! I am hoping for some advice please. I have a large area of bog standard white 10mm thick ceramic tiles in the bathroom of my rented home but they don't have the plastic edging to finish the rough unglazed edge. Is there anything I could use to edge the tiles, plastic...
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    Help! Ceramic tiles fading and the company won't replace them

    Hello, I'm hoping someone may be able to help me. We had black and white ceramic tiles put in our kitchen and the black started to fade. We contact the company who we bought them from who put us in contact with the supplier. The supplier replaced the tiles and the exact same thing is happening...
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    Crazing of ceramic tiles?

    Hi. I’m just done a job using metro white wall tiles from bathstore. Had a issue with the cutting of the tiles and chipping. Complained to bathstore and got some free replacements. Had to remove a lot of tiles and re trim. Just grouting the new tiles in and on some of the original tiles you can...
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    Ceramic Tiles Philippines

    The growing tiling industry has really evolved, can you give any tips? new materials to be used?
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    Ceramic tiles on a wet deck

    Hi Guys, Done loads of Wet decks in the past but having turned up at a job yesterday the customer has chosen Johnson ceramic tiles. 600 x 300. Has anyone put ceramics on a wet deck, I'll call the tile supplier this morning but I'm not convinced it's a good idea? It will all be tanked with Impey...
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    Failed ceramic tiles || kitchen || farm house

    Hello The farmhouse kitchen walls are tiled with 6"x6" ceramic tiles. I would estimate this was done approx. 30 years ago. The wall substrate is sand and cement. One wall bounds the living area which has an aga - this is installed on the opposite side of the kitchen wall. This wall seems to...
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    British Ceramic Tiles - They actually want our feedback

    Wow! It seems the power of social media has had some effect! I try to keep the forum Twitter account ticking over and recently the issue of how bad BCT (British Ceramic Tiles) are for us tilers. BCT have openly put it out there wanting feedback from us..... So please either respond to...
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    Grout stuck in ceramic tiles

    I have just tiles two toilet blocks with 300x600 tile with lots of groves running though and left the mate to grout them as I went on holiday for a week. I have come back to loads of grout stuck in all the groves and its proving a nightmare to get it out , tries high strength residue remover...
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    Tiling a ply former with ceramic tiles?

    Hi, my builder has offered to create a former from ply to get over some problems we might have with moulded former. This would go onto 6x2 joists. The kind of tiles I'm looking to use would be the patterned ones that are usually glazed ceramic. If everything is properly supported, would there be...

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