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    Concrete tiles

    has anyone used these before? A customer of mine has ordered them some of these 2.3m tiles from Italy, due to land in Feb. Very light.
    • Flintstone
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    • canada concrete tile tiles
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  2. S

    Floor with concrete and part wooden floorboards

    Has anyone prepped a floor for marble tiles that is 3/4 concrete screed and 1/4 wooden floorboards? Just looking for best case scenarios for levelling the whole floor prior to tiles going down. There's less than 1m2 of wooden floorboards at the doorway to the room, but each floorboard has a...
    • Scott Devenish
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    • canada concrete floor floor tiling floorboards wooden
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  3. K

    Leveling a concrete floor

    Hi all, i have a small job to do its a passageway around 3 metres x 1 metre wide across the width its around 3/4 of a inch out of level what be best to level it just self leveling compound or screed , and hopefully tile next day cheers
    • klunk
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    • canada concrete floor floor tiling leveling screed
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Would you Tile on this concrete / screed??

    Hi All Was meant to start tiling this conservatory today got there this morning and something is not sitting right with me. 600 x 600 B & Q 10mm ceramic tiles (against my recommendation). I have added pictures to give a better idea. All advice is welcome. To cut a long story short the area...
  5. R

    Preperation of concrete screed for Porcelain tiles outside

    Hi, I am looking for some advice on a couple of questions. I have set down a concrete screed for the installation of some Porcelain tiles, the screed only went down yesterday so the first question is how long do I need to wait to begin tiling and do I need to do anything else to the screed...
    • ReeceT
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    • concrete outdoor outside porceain porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles preperation screed tile tile adhesive tiles
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Tile Adhesive and Grout Advice
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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.
  7. Kyle Knowles

    Concrete Grinder/planer

    Having just treated my self to a dust extractor as I said in the hardi post I'm gonna get my self a new concrete grinder who's using what ? I've seen eibenstock make one so do bosch festool even norton make one but which is the best ?
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    Advice Please (pictures Inc.) - Preparing A Concrete Floor That Has Bitumen

    Hi all, was wondering if I could get some advice from the pros here on preparing a concrete floor that has bitumen down (left over from removal of parquet flooring). The pictures below will show what I'm up against. The bitumen is around is 2-3mm thick in some areas but less elsewhere. I...
    • vsp89
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    • advice bitumen canada concrete diy floor floor tiling please preparing that tilers
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. F

    Creating A Hearth

    this ones in my house, we're doing some work on the living room and one of the jobs is to sort the fire place, the fireplace and surround we have is wider than the original concrete hearth, im wanting to raise it up a few inches and tile it all with tiled front etc, any ideas? I was gonna make a...
    • Flintstone
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    • canada concrete hearth
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  10. Sean Kelly

    Black Stuff On Concrete.

    There is black (looks like some kind of waterproofing) paint on a concrete kitchen floor. Ive primed it and its taking ages to dry. Any ideas what it is? I want to slc over it. Its giving off some lovely blues and greens.......very strange.
  11. S

    Install On Concrete Floor

    I am fitting a new kitchen and want to also tile. As it is old its has a really cold concrete floor. I have looked at all possible options for wet or elec UFH and insulation. Floating floor of 6mm hardi on 30mm celotex was almost tried until I read the forum some more. Wet UFH wont give me...
  12. S

    Tiling On Concrete Blockwork Outdoors

    hi all just been offered a job tiling an outdoor bar ...the bars walls are made from concrete block (not breeze block ) and have only been built for around 3 weeks ...just trying to get a few different opinions on the best way to go about this ..the block work its self is very flat soo thats not...
    • Samb213
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    • canada concrete external tiling job jobs tiling tiling jobs tiling work work
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Victorian Tiled Path Concrete Slab Joints

    I'm pouring a reinforced concrete slab pathway to my front door which i want to tile with victorian mosaic tiles. the path will be 10m x 1m. i've been told to cut expansion/control joints every 2.5 metres. if i do that, do i fill these joints with screed and tile over them? any advice
    • robhdg
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    • canada concrete edwardian edwardian floor expansion geometric joint joints path slab tiled victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Patches Of Loose Concrete Substrate

    Hello, I am looking for a bit of advice regarding patches of loose concrete substrate on a floor I am looking to tile. I have included some pictures to show the general state of the substrate whilst also showing particular areas of concern. I have recently lifted the downstairs laminate...
  15. K

    Not Sure What Adhesive To Use....help!

    Hi all, I've been reading the net for a few days and seem to be going around in circles. I'm a DIYer and like the mapei products. I'm tiling through from the kitchen to dining room with porcelain tiles in an opus pattern. The kitchen is a concrete floor to which I've applied Mapei ultraplan...
  16. macten

    19m2 Mixture Of Concrete And Floorboards

    Tiles are parkers wood planks from Porcelanosa. Not seen job yet so lets assume boards and screed are level at this point. What prep/spec would you guys use?
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    Tiling On Damp (ish!) Concrete Floor

    My bathroom is on the ground floor of my circa 1900 end of terrace house in Sussex. It had lino on the floor and when I took it up I found the underside of the lino to be mouldy looking - though the concrete floor underneath seemed relatively dry to the touch. Thinking it was just condensation...
    • BenW
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    • aus concrete damp floor floor tiling tiling
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  18. M

    Concrete Blocks

    Hi Peeps Do concrete blocks vary in quality and which are the best type? I take it I should go for Dense Blocks? I ask as I am revamping an old concrete spa bath. It has cantilevered seats which would be practically impossible to waterproof underneath let a lone tile. So I plan to block them...
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    Tiling Onto Uneven Concrete/bitumen Floor

    Problem: Tiling a kitchen floor. Half is covered in bitumen (from parquet floor). Half is a new concrete slab. There is a 35mm level difference across the floor and is fairly lumpy. Possible solution No.1?: Use latex self-levelling compound such as arditex na. BUT: I am slightly worried...
    • Markhi43
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    • aus bitumen chipboard concrete floor floor tiling self levelling compound slc tiling uneven
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Help For Newbie Tiler!

    Hi all, I'm tiling a new bathroom but am unsure about wall preparation. I've spent a long time removing the old tiles and adhesive using an sds drill, but there are bits of what seems like concrete that doesn't come off without really hard work. Can I just tile on this wall or can I fill to...
    • Thediygirl
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    • aus concrete find a tiler help newbie preparation tiler tilers directory
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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