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  1. G

    diy dot and dab disaster!

    been out today to look at a diy tiling job gone wrong customer spent £860 on tiles large format porcelain tiles he thought he would save money by doing it himself so he procceded to dot and dab in a 24sq mtr bathroom 4 tiles had come of his first row with a large chip in the base of the shower...
  2. S

    More dot n dab Travertine

    Hi gang Firstly am I right in my selection of a 10mm round notched trowel for large format travertine? Say of they were in region of 600 by 300? If that is correct am I right in thinking a bag of white spf will give me a coverage of 4 - 5 sqm? Secondly I have been asked to finish off someone...
  3. T

    Dot n' Dab Disaster

    Started a new job this week. Half tile new bathroom in extension, re-floor 2nd bathroom and remove & replace damaged tiles and broken grout in en-suite, which originally looked like minor water damage behind tiles due to breaks in the grout. Monday started with removing emulsion on plaster in...
  4. kilty55

    how to dot n dab plasterboard

    hi all,if i was doing a splashback and the walls were in a poor state could i dot n dab board onto this and would it be sufficient to hold to the wall properly using this method?? if so what is the type of plaster you use for dott n dabbing?? any help appreciated
  5. C

    Dot Dab

    Ok Having only been tiling for 18 months now and being taught that you must get 100% coverage all of the time or the whole lot could fall back off the wall I have been sensing for quite a while that this is not the case espacially with the more experienced guy's. I can understand it has to...
  6. S

    Dot & Dab travertine?

    Can someone tell me if you can dot and dab 600 x 400 travertine tiles onto a plasterboard wall? Thanks
  7. D

    dot and dab

    I came across a tiler the other day when working on site and he was laying wall tiles using the dot and dab technique - if you can call it a technique that is!!!!!!! Surely this cannot be right??? Must be a rogue tiler??? Anyone got any thoughts on this ???
  8. T

    How to DOT AND DAB ?

    just wanted to know of how to dat and dab succesfully What the processes are and what materials and tools i need Cheers
  9. J

    screw or dab ?

    Hi I want to fit aquqpanels to a celcon airated block wall ready for tiling. Can you tell me if I should battern the wall with 2x1 timber or dab the sheets and stick them to the wall. If using the dab method what should I use to stick these sheets to the wall. John
  10. F

    green plasterboard dot and dab

    Hi The shower tray simple installation I went to 3 days ago has turned into a major refit. The tiling is poor to say the least, but well fixed - so can I dot and dab the green plasterboard onto the existing tiles and if so with what do you recommend? I assume there will be no need to roughen...
  11. Y

    Dot and dab - hope you can help

    Good afternoon all. Hope you can help with a dot n dab query we have. We are plasterboarding a downstairs loo but due to the small size would prefer to dot n dab rather than batten (is that how you spell it?). The plasterboard is only to to go on a wall but it is the wall where the sink will...
  12. G

    Dot & Dab plasterboard

    I see a lot of comments about Dot & Dab-ing plasterboard. Please excuse my ignorance, I am just a mere accountant, but is this primarily relevant brick or block built walls? Up here in Scotland almost all of the new houses built up here in the last decade or 3 have been of timber frame...
  13. W

    Dot & Dab

    Re: Bal bond. Can you run through the Dot and Dab plasterboard for me, as in how to do it.

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