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  1. JMC tiling

    dot n dab backer board onto brick

    Evening all. Got a job where I have to dot on dab some tile insulation backer board onto brickwork to build them out to the same depth as the existing plasterboard. I am going to mechanically fix them aswell but wanted to know whether to use plasterboard adhesive or tile adhesive on the wall...
  2. A

    Dot And Dab Wall Tiles In A Shower?

    Hi guys. I have a couple of showers that need tiling (one a corner unit, the other a walk in affair). I have previously asked on another thread the best way to waterproof the showers and ensure a trouble free life without leaks; resulting in the use of a brilliant tanking system from mapei...
  3. J

    Dot And Dab - Will It Have To Come Up?

    Hi all, Just had the bathroom floor tiled - well almost , the builder walked off after a disagreement. The floor job is 8 square metres of ceramic tiles on a plywood boarded wooden floor. It was primed and I think PVA was used. The adhesive is Mapei Rapid Set flexible. The builder left his...
  4. L

    Dot & dab plasterboard on tiles .. ?? ..

    Right, I'm going to get shot down asking such a question. I'm doing 2 bathrooms in a house, the walls are 9.5mm plasterboard paramount walls. I cannot get the tiles to part company form the plasterboard for love nor money. The bathroom I'm on now I had to part the inner plasterboard off the...
  5. N

    Floor tiling dot and dab?

    Hi, I'm not a tiler but I'm after some advice if that's OK. Basically some floor tiles in a house I rented have beocme damaged and I'm trying to sort it out with the landlord. I don't think the original tiling job has been done correctly. I'm not trying to blame the original tiler, just work out...
  6. M

    shower tiling dot dab?

    Hi, non tiler here but just had a bathroom job done by a tiler and whilst knowing nothing, or probably just a little too much off internet but not enough to understand, would appreciate some views on the following. Essentially we've tiled floor, walls to half height and shower enclosure to full...
  7. C

    Travertine, dot n dab, lippage?

    Yesterday I started working for a guy who was needing a hand on a job. I've had my own business for years and I was recommended when this lad was looking for someone. The job is huge. Something like 500m2. 6 travertine wet rooms/bathrooms.. Yadda yadda yadda. The travertine is 600 x 400 brick...
  8. P

    Dab in the van

    :hurray:installed it today was i bit of a pain but got there, :hurray:
  9. R

    Dot and dab to brickwork

    Good afternoon. Just started a bathroom which has resulted in the plaster/sand and cement falling away from the brickwork on the external wall in the walk in shower area as we removed the existing tiles. We've striped the wall back to the brickwork as the wall was so bad. We intend to dot and...
  10. G

    Makita DAB Radio

    Just trawling through the internet looking for best deal on the Makita DAB 104 radio...preferably in white but not overly fussed. £124.94 at the moment (white) Are they good radios ?
  11. High Peak Tiling

    Naughty Dot & Dab! Tiling on Grand Designs

    Hi guys, Watching grand designs as you do.. And I noticed when they were walking round the site, the tilers were filmed dotting the back of the tiles on camera! Did is you see this episode? Ha ha ha
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    Dot n Dab Marmox

    Is it okay to Dot n Dab 6mm Marmox to walls (screw fixing through the dabs) or does it need to be thicker than the 6mm? Edit. Answered my own question - Marmox web site says 12.5mm for dot n dab, any thickness for continuous bed.
  13. M

    dot n dab boarding....

    what is the correct method of dot n dab boarding onto plasterd wall... Currently in the process of doing me moms bathroom. Ive moved the bath over and there is a gap either end and a 12.5 mm board either end will sort all my problems... I plan to prime the plaster, board and then tile.... But...
  14. R

    Dot and Dab Plasterboard

    Hi Folks, Just have a question I was hoping someone could help me out on. I've read a few posts that have mentioned dot and dab plaster boarding to straighten walls. This is something I have never seen being done or even mentioned on any job or site I've been on. I have seen it done in some...
  15. N

    Dot and Dab tiles!!

    Hi, hoping someone can advise me the best course of action? Bathroom refit started this week and when I have gone around to check tiling work it appears that tiles have been fixed with lumps of adhesive onto plasterboard? One tile I have managed to pull right off with very little effort, should...
  16. D

    New Member from Lincoln - DAB Tiling

    Hi, Signed up to the forum last year, great source of info, not much of a poster, but will add anything if I can!
  17. T

    Solid bed or dot n dab in shower area

    Hi there, this is my 1st post. I'm a plumber by trade and sometimes do my own tiling, and though I'm quite proficient at tiling, I'm nowhere as quick as you's guys. Lately however I've been using a tiler, (he's done about half a dozen jobs for me over the past year or so) who I have noticed...
  18. P

    dab radio

    just saving up for the makita site radio just have a cheapy at the moment its never off smooth 70's lol
  19. D

    dot and dab and bath position question.

    just want some opinions folks:smilewinkgrin:, so you go and look at a job, bath is in position against wall but still can be moved if needed. Walls are all over place and need to be dot and dabbed with 12.5mm plasterboard. How far off wall (existing) would you ask plumber to pull bath forward?
  20. D

    Dot n Dab around a door frame issues.

    How do you guys board around doors? If i go up to the architrave then the tiles will be too proud, if i remove the architrave then you'll always see the edge of the board and tiles from the side of the door. (if you follow). Can this be avoided? If so how do you guys normally finish this off...

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