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tiling onto damp concrete floor
Our final job in a long renovation, is our kitchen - the concrete floor is damp and I am desparate to discover a way of tiling it without having to take up the concrete floor to lay damp proofing membrane unerneath a new layer of concrete... The concrete in the other downstairs room was only a...- annacarter
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Damp meters
Can anyone suggest a meter that can test sand cement screeded floors and also anhydrated floors as well? Do they do one that will test both? if not are there two seperate ones that peeps can suggest that wont break the bank? what do you use for testing prior to tiling?- peckers
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Help; damp getting behind tiles
Hi all just found this forum while trying to sort out the problem I have with my bathroom tiles, so I'm hoping that someone can point me in the right direction. I have had my bathroom fully re-tiled with Atena Marble Gris tiles from Topps Tiles and then grouted in with swimming pool grout, all...- Colin r
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damp from shower getting through wall
:mad2:Hi, we have a large shower on the ground floor which we renovated the base is concrete. We removed the old wall tiles and had the walls replastered and retiled, the floor tiles were put on top of the old tiles, trap is in the middle of the floor. A few months after it was completed we...- julie
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liquid damp proof membrane help please
Hi guys and girls, i need to apply a liquid dpm to a screeded floor as the floor has no dpm in it and it is damp. the floor was covered in lino and under that is a black bitumen paint onto a screeded floor. I am tiling it with porcelain tiles but i need to cure the damp issue first! I have...- peckers
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tiles on farmhouse floor have damp grout
I'm after some advice please. I have read quite a few of your posts and there is plently of help out there. So here goes with my problem. The existing tiled floor was laid in an old property with no damp course so when it is wet only occasionaly and only in some places the grout goes a slightly...- Unregistered
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- damp floor grout have tile tile grout tiles usa
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Tiling onto Underfloor Heating with a Damp Screed
I'm having a problem, with every floor I'm trying to lay at present (due to our unsavoury weather). The tile assosiation recommend a maximum moisture content of 0.5% in floor screed to tile on. I've just shelled out £350.00 on a professional moisture meter to give me something accurate to go by...- dmtiling
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tiling on top of a damp proof membrane
hi, we are tiling our bathroom and have applied two coats of 'sika prufe' liquid damp proof membrane on to ply. the tile used are limestone and after the sealant was applied the tiles have started slipping down the wall and falling off. I now realise this was the wrong product to apply to...- dmattinson
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Damp cause of stains ?
I've just started a job where the client has has me to replace the tiles because the tiles and grout in particular are stained. Having taken the tiles off I noticed that a small section of the plywood backing is damp :yikes: ( this is after having removed the adhesive). Firstly could this be...- fad
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Damp Wall
Hi there, I have just bought a new house out here in Gibraltar, it is a funny layout and one bathroom wall is actually below ground so to speak. Consequently for 3 months of the year it will be damp, as i am about to rip the bathroom out and start again i am after some advice on how to seal the...- robuphill
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Damp problem
Hi all Just wanted to pick your brains, totally off tiling topic i know but i need some advice. I have damp patches on my bedroom wall, i've had my roof tiles, chimney stack and pots and gutters checked and they are ok. My builder friend took one look at my gable end and said the whole wall...- colin178
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quarry tiles and damp proofing.
Hi, I've just statred ronovating my kitchen.I took up the previous laminate flooring and found the original, 100 year old quarry tiles underneath with no damp course.I had planned to lay some porcelain tiles.I've since had two tilers round.One said to put bitumen down then he'd latex the floor...- Kaz65
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Tiling over DAMP plaster
I am looking for confirmation on a potential problem. I have a plumber that I work for that wants me to tile around a bath area, not usually a problem, same here i thought untill I went to see the job. The plaster skim is not dry, still damp in places. My plumber has said that if I was to...- Aztectiler
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Tiling on concrete with/without damp course?
Hello is there anyone out there that can me?! I am fitting a new kitchen in my house. I removed the old floor tiles and underneath was a plastic damp proof membrane. I removed this and there is bare concrete. My house is victorian and i cant tell if there is a main damp course or not further...- Ryan Powder
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- concrete course damp tiling usa
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Damp cement base limestone and UFH, DPM, Ditra questions
Hi, I'm new to the board and I wasn't sure where to post my questions as they seem to cover a few forums. I have a tiler coming to lay some 825x550x20 Mandarin Taj Grey Limestone tiles but we have a problem with one of the rooms the tiles are going to be laid in. The room has a damp floor...- 1960bus
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- cement damp ditra dpm limestone questions ufh usa
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damp walls
went to price a shower cubicle today ,lots of tiles have blown, letting water behind, which has come thru a 9" wall either side at the bottoms after stripping tiles and loose damp plsater, is there any way i can speed up the drying process so its not out of action too long? its gonna have...- stevee
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Damp skim plaster on block wall
Hi all, this is my first post , so forgive me if i waffle a bit .have spent hours on this site taking invaluable advice already to fit new shower tray & tile 3 sides ..but : i removed old tray in ensuite which was in corner between block wall & studwall .damp had set in & patch of skim plaster...- dunner
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- block damp plaster usa wall
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Wet room damp plaster
Hi - wondered if anyone could advise, please? Builder installed wet room; the floor is wedi and the shower cubicle is wedi on the floor and the walls. Outside the shower cubicle, about 18" where the tiles stop by the door into the wet room, the plaster is showing some damp above the skirting...- hooleh
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- damp plaster room usa wet wet room
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Replacing damp carpet with tiling
Hi, We live in quite a damp part of the country. In our dining room on ground level, we sometimes get water that seeps into the house, making the carpet wet (or soaking wet). This seems to be coming either up through the floor, or in at the base of the wall - not sure which. The house is...- oafcmetty
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- carpet damp tiling usa
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got probs with rising damp!
I need to tile a kitchen floor, whats the best thing to do when you got rising damp from old inch think querry tiles without having to take them up?- handysmiths
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- damp usa
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