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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...
    • Trunky
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    • advice can ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles edge tile tiles what
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    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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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...
    • Erin Whiley
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    • ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles company help replace tile tiles
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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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...
    • keith1960
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Ceramic Tiles Philippines

    The growing tiling industry has really evolved, can you give any tips? new materials to be used?
    • Lex Reyes
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    • canada ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles tile tiles
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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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...
    • robbieraven
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    • canada ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles tile tiles wet
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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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...
    • Julian 'Farmer' Bonsall
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    • bathroom canada ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles house kitchen tile tiles
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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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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    • british canada ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles feedback they tile tiles
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    • Forum: Tilers Talk - Any Country
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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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    Ceramic tiles in a shower

    What's your thoughts on it ? Just been talking with a customer about there up coming bathroom and ensuite re fits and I advised them against using ceramics, rightly or wrongly.
    • Flintstone
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    • ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles former shower shower tray tile tiles wetroom
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    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    I'm Looking For This Tile Wickes travetine effect ceramic tiles 300 x 400 Code no 166110. I need 2 .

    Can any one help - now discontinued . Thanks
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    Cheap ceramic tiles. Do they differ in size???

    Hi, newbie posting for first time. If been tiling for 2 years now mainly on site with 300x600 ceramic wall tiles and 600x600 porcelain floor tiles from porcelanosa. Never have any problems. On the weekend I took on a private job where tiles were supplied. Cheap ceramic wall tiles from wickes...
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    Badly stained unglazed ceramic tiles due to water absorption

    Hello all, I have been a bit reckless over the years with my bathroom in the past 2-3 years and it show with the pic I have shown. I tried some products to clean these dirt stains that look deeply embedded into the tiles. I couldn't find any thread that fit this topic but is there any way...
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    Is Ditra an overkill on concrete with ceramic tiles?

    Hi I'm going out to price a conservatory floor today. Customer wants electric ufh. Floor is concrete. I was going to lay marmox then wires covered in slc. Is ditra overkill or would you use it? Tiles will be either ceramic or porcelain.
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    British Ceramic Tiles

    These tiles have always been of pretty poor quality but, the ones I've been fitting this week have been a sizing nightmare! I don't understand how there can be such a size variation from one tile to the next. It's kind of ironic that the HD range are supposed to be at the forefront of tile...
    • Ian
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    • british canada ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles tile tiles
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    I'm Looking For This Tile 10cm Ceramic Tiles, Beaten Metal Look In 4 Shades

    I have had a re-wire done and don't want to go to the expense of totally re-tiling the kitchen and was wondering if anyone can help me source these tiles which were purchased about 15 years ago, even if anyone could just supply a name or make that might help me in my search. I am looking for...
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    cutting ceramic tiles

    This may seem and odd question...but when I did a tiling training course, we were taught when cutting out say a piece to make a tile look like an "L" ie cutting block out of a corner, was to use a wet cutter to cut shortest cut and score the longest and use nippers to snap it off. Due to...
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    Adhesive for ceramic tiles on plywood tabletop

    Hi All, I have a small 80cm x80cm homemade table (indoor) with a plywood top which I want to tile with some small ceramic tiles 15cmx20cm. This is the first time I've attempted tiling, so need some advice on the best adhesive and grout to use? I was planning on getting some readymix stuff...
    • teb1980
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    • adhesive aus ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles plywood tile tile adhesive tiles usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Would you grout these stone effect ceramic tiles.

    First off hi everyone this is my first post to this great forum. I have a job starting tomorrow tiling the splashback in a kitchen and utility room, the customer has picked some stone effect 'splitface' ceramic tiles and would like a 2mm grout line with charcoal grout. My only worry is how i...
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    • aus ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles grout stone tile tile grout tiles usa would
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    300x600 10m ceramic tiles what adhesive?

    Forget the post. Read it again, pontless lol
    • Anto Holland
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    • 300x600 adhesive aus ceramic ceramic tile ceramic tiles tile tile adhesive tiles usa what
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum

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