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    Fixing Door Thresholds To Concrete

    Hi all, Just wondered how people generally fix door threshold bars to concrete substrates. I usually drill holes and screw down with plugs but often struggle with drilling, ruining countless drill bits along the way. Does anyone use nail guns instead? If so, which brand? If not, any other...
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    Cracks In New Concrete Floors

    Hello all I'm a tiler in Ireland and I get a lot of new one off houses to tile, most of these have ready mix concrete floors, the kind that's pored before any walls are built and most of these floors have cracks in them, hairline cracks and slightly bigger, I have been using the Bal decoupling...
    • Markltile
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    • aus concrete crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling floors new build usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Brand New Concrete Floor With Eufh

    Ok. 12 sqm. 100mm insulation covered with 100mm new concrete (been left 3 months to dry/settle). Wants to install an electric heat meat. Your recommendations please. De-coup or not to De-coup? Marmox or no Marmox?
    • Tile Shop
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    • aus concrete floor floor tiling new build ufh usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Laying 80m Of Hardie Boards (concrete)

    Alright pro tilers Have a question for you all Had a look at a job that involves building up a area of 80m for a floor to bring up the height to the other floor, the client has got that hardie 12mm concrete boards, will it be alright to prime the floor and use flexible adhesive to stick the...
    • ChiversTiling
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    • aus boards concrete floor hardie hardiebacker laying usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    filling hole in concrete floor before tiling and more....

    So, two questions in one I guess! Finished a customers cloakroom 2 weeks ago, got called back last Friday as there was an area of grout that was constantly looking wet :( To cut a long story short I've ended up ripping up the new expensive Quartz and Resin sparkly tiles (I nearly cried!) to...
    • Mark Preston
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    • aus concrete ditra floor floor tiling hole slc tiling usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    advice on concrete to timber floor joint

    Hi all, we are preping a kitchen floor for porcelain tiles, the floor is made up of 1/3 original 1930s concrete slab (3m x3m) no dpm and sat on earth, this was originally quarry tiled and seems sound and dry, although the original adhesive (sand/cement?) Is well adhered to the slab and won't be...
    • rich.
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    • advice aus concrete floor floor tiling joint timber usa
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Preparing A Concrete Floor For Tiling - Floor Has Bitumen Down

    Hi all Got a concrete floor to tile just wondering if somebody could help me out with the prep. It has some glue or maybe bitumen on it on patches around 2-3 mm high. does this need to come off or could I get away with leaving it using a 10mm notch?. I have done a few tiling jobs but not really...
    • philrab66
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    • aus bitumen concrete down floor floor tiling preparing tiling usa
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Levelling 80m2 Concrete Slab (1 To 30mm)

    We have a 80m2 concrete slab which although fairly level, does have low and high spots varying between 1 and 30mm. What's going to be the most cost effective method of levelling the entire slab? I presume a form of SLC, but what brand and type? We'll need ALOT of 20kg bags which will get...
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    Tiling Onto A Floating Concrete Floor

    I would like to have my kitchen and bathroom floor tiled, only thing I can't work out is if the substrate is suitable. The floors are concrete, a layer of dpm sheeting, polystyrene sheets overlayed with chipboard which has been glued on. A section of the kitchen floor is spongy where there has...
    • mine123
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    • aus concrete floating floor floor tiling tiling usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    building a concrete footbath

    I have a customer who would like a concrete footpath built. It is merely 4m long and a metre wide. She is thinking about the topps tiles mosaic in the victorian style. Now, the two builders who have quoted to build this concrete path, which in my eyes is excavation, compaction, (dpm?) setting...
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    Recently patched corner of concrete floor - when can I tile?

    Soon to start tiling the floor of our new utility/shower room. The concrete floor has been in place since the extension was built in the 60s and is in good nick. However we needed to patch a corner of the floor where we had to bring in the mains water pipe under the external wall. It is...
    • S.Mack
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    • aus can concrete corner floor floor tiling tile usa
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    UFH Concrete floor membrane before stone tiles?

    Is it necessary to lay a membrane/matting prior to laying stone tiles over water UFH and what are the benefits from such a practice. Many thanks for your advice!
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    Tiling on to concrete with water underfloor heating system

    I am tiling onto concrete screed laid 5 months ago. The underfloor heating is a water system which is soon to be turned on and tested. I will be laying 60x60 porcelain tiles over 100 sq mtrs. I have overdosed on technical info so much so my brain is scrambled. The adhesive manufactures all make...
    • outonthetiles
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    • aus concrete floor floor tiling heating system tiling ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa water
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Tiling onto a concrete patio base and levelling it

    Hi all, I'm hoping someone can either reassure me or provide some guidance on tiling outdoors. So we're in the middle of a building project and using porcelain tiles to run through the kitchen, through bi fold doors and on to a patio to create a continuous surface. The builder has put...
    • Unregistered
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    • aus concrete levelling patio tiling usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Tiling over polished plaster and concrete

    Starting a job monday and need some advice. bathroom has polished concrete wetroom floor and polished plastered walls, I dont think the walls will be a problem as can probably ruff these up but the floor has been painted and probably resin underneath Anyone got any advice on adhesive to use...
    • cbmltd
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    • aus concrete over plaster polished tiling usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Agilia concrete...

    I have a job booked in, 26m floor, half is onto quarry tiles, the other half is a product called "agilia concrete" have you heard of this? Is it ok to tile straight onto it, (obviously with primer) I was planning on using the tile master flex rapid trade adhesive. (C2) Thanks, Dave.
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    Concrete floor residue query

    I went to look at a small domestic floor job this morning and have a query over the floor prep. On lifting the existing cushioned vinyl flooring there is a 0.5mm film of black sticky residue on the concrete floor. Is this likely to be the adhesive that was laid to fix the vinyl. The vinyl is...
    • On one
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    • aus concrete floor floor tiling query residue usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Tiling onto concrete floor - what went wrong?

    I have a fair bit of tiling experience: the bathroom floor and walls tiled (over a year ago, and have had no problems), and the kitchen walls tiled and part of its floor (more recently)... but I haven't had this happen yet. I'm using BAL's excellent adhesive range, and have followed their...
    • gpd
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    • aus concrete floor floor tiling tiling usa what
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Self Levelling compound onto green concrete?

    Ive got to lay victorian geometric tiles onto a newly laid (just over a week) concrete surface that isn't flat. The job is external. Would it be best to use a self levelling compound and if so, is there a Self level product suitable for green concrete? If not, would it be possible to lay the...
    • dougmontgomery
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    • aus compound concrete green levelling mixing self self levelling self levelling compound usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Concrete floor with plywood around radiator pipes (mixed substrate)

    Hi Apologies for what i'm sure is a pretty obvious question: I'm about to do my second ever tiling job - the kitchen of our new-ish build flat (built 2002). On taking up the old vinyl tiles I found that the floor around the radiator pipes is plywood - level with the concrete. Each piece of...
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