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DIY gradient screed for wet room

Hey guys: this is my first post. Be gentle! There is some superb advice here, but I've got an unusual one, I think. I'm looking to create a flat floor shower area in a corner. But in these tight times I need to save money on buying a tray former. I'm gonna screed my own; where there is a will...
- michaeljohnston
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- Jan 10, 2009
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen room screed usa walls and floor wet wet room
- Replies: 3
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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New DIY member with complicated starting job!!

Hi, New here and long time lurker. After needing a load of tiling jobs done and phoning up various tilers out the paper and either getting stitched up on quotes - not bothering to turn up or turning up and then not sending quote I thought I would do a bit of research and have a go myself. I...
- Newtiler723
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- Dec 9, 2008
- bathroom diy do it yourself find a tiler floor job jobs kitchen member new build tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa walls and floor work
- Replies: 16
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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Competent DIYer but tiling is a step to far for me

Hi everyone, found the Forum today and wish I'd seen it earlier as I've been struggling in ignorance through building, first fixings, buying tiles and preparing two ensuites (one wet) for porcelain (both polished hmmm..and fully glazed) wall and floor tiles. Found great advice here about...
- malct1ler
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- Dec 2, 2008
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen step tiling usa walls and floor
- Replies: 13
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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DIY related: Tile-to-tray sealing options

For a JT40 type low-profile shower tray.... (1)..in absence of a tiling upstand on the tray rim what is the preferred/recommended method to best guarantee a watertight seal on tray sides adjoining wall? Any options more secure than a straight Silicon seal? (2) ... the walls will be lined...
- plato
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- Nov 9, 2008
- bathroom coverage diy do it yourself floor kitchen liquid paint seal sealing usa walls and floor
- Replies: 1
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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DIY Question- Which Tile Cutter?

Hi All, just about to start tiling my bathroom. We have 600*300 Porcelain tiles from CTD to lay along with some glass mosaics (2 strips - one low, one high). I have also purchased on of CTD's specials on angle grinder with two diamond blades. I will also have 1, possibly 2 en-suites to tile...
- lawrenso
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- Nov 7, 2008
- bathroom cutter diy do it yourself floor kitchen tile tile cutter usa walls and floor which
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Tile Cutters (Manual & Wet Cutters)
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Which Adhesives to use in Bathroom - DIY Question

Hi All, going to be starting tiling my bathroom in the next week or two. I am leaving the Bath out and the tiles that would be immediately butting to the bath due to the bath needing exact setting for the side panel (not cuttable for the height) so will be laying at least one lot of floor...
- lawrenso
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- Oct 31, 2008
- adhesive adhesives bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen tile adhesive usa walls and floor which
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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Diy Related: Grouting And Sealing Travertine Tiles

Hello, New here, great site. I have just finished laying 3m^2 of 100mm *100mm travertine unfilled tumbled kitchen splashbacks. I have ordered 1 litre of Lithofin to seal it as I want a natural finish. From looking at previous posts, general consensus seems to be to seal, then grout, then...
- Dustysettler
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- Oct 7, 2008
- bathroom coverage diy do it yourself floor grout grouting kitchen liquid paint seal sealing tile tile grout tiles travertine usa walls and floor
- Replies: 12
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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DIY Related Kitchen Floor

Just a quick thank you very much post. I have now completed our kitchen floor ok it took me a while but thanks to all those who helped me sort out what I needed in terms of addy and grout but who mainly gave me the confidence to undertake the job. I bet not many of you measure addy using...
- mazda
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- Oct 6, 2008
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor floor tiling kitchen kitchen floor usa walls and floor
- Replies: 5
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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DIY PROJECT - granite tiling 8sm

I've picked up loads of wisdom here from the sages of tiling to rewrite a DIY Schedule of Works and would welcome any criticism, suggestions or alternative views from anyone before I start. I will donate THANKS to everyone responding. PROJECT - to tile the concrete floor of a garage conversion...
- zygo
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- Sep 24, 2008
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor granite kitchen project tiling usa walls and floor
- Replies: 10
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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DIY - saw to cut 10mm granite???

Could anyone offer guidance to a capable DIYer on cutting granite tiles please? I COULD use my B&D 4in Angle grinder with a diamond disc but I really want something to produce absolutely straight cuts to make upstands for the skirting. A bit less dust would be welcome, too! Table wet saws...
- zygo
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- Sep 24, 2008
- bathroom cut diy do it yourself floor granite kitchen saw usa walls and floor
- Replies: 17
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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diy related: Laying granite on concrete

Hi. I'm new to this forum (but I'm thick-skinned so be as frank as you wish!). I want to lay around 10 sq metres of granite tiles in a garage conversion. I've gone for 10mm Absolute Black (305x305) from India. The floor is concrete (about 100mm) laid on 80mm of Celcon placed on the existing...
- zygo
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- Sep 22, 2008
- bathroom concrete diy do it yourself floor granite kitchen laying usa walls and floor
- Replies: 30
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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what job do the DIY'ers have??

curious about what jobs all you diy'ers have?? we all know which are the pros on here - (hint:- they're the cheeky ones on here!! :-p) i'm in the construction game - generally have bout 200 blokes working under me. I'm a tower crane operator!! :grin::grin:
- handyrabbit
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- Sep 9, 2008
- bathroom diy do it yourself find a tiler floor have job jobs kitchen tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa walls and floor what work
- Replies: 0
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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Confused diy'er please advise

evening all, im preparing a floor,(floorboards on joists) for tiling and, i am so confused,,some sites say ply others say ditra matting? the area to be tiled (with 300x300 dark slate effect tiles) is 15sq mtrs please advise ply or matting,,? what else would i need to do to ply and what size...
- bobandsmiffy
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- Sep 2, 2008
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen please usa walls and floor
- Replies: 3
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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Adhesive problem for DIYer

Problem: bathroom tiling project; went to topps for WP1 kit and was sold homelux matting. used unibond ready mix which did not set and hold the matting. called homelux who were v helpful they recommended BAL single part and explained the problem of ready mix and offered to supply new matting...
- Tharg
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- Aug 27, 2008
- adhesive bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen problem tile adhesive usa walls and floor
- Replies: 6
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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DIY Problems - Advice on a really flexible grout

Hi, I have put floor tiles onto my kitchen floor. Old chipboard was left - I didn't plywood it. Put down a 6mm stiff foam layer for thermal properties. I didn't adhere the foam layer to the chipboard. This probably reads like a catalogue of errors - my apologies in advance - most of the floor...
- jullhoogi
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- Aug 20, 2008
- advice bathroom diy do it yourself flexible floor grout kitchen problems tile grout usa walls and floor
- Replies: 15
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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More questions than answers {diy related}

Hello all thanks for the welcome. Any help or advice you are able to give will be very much appreciated. I am currently getting ready to tile my hallway. I have had 3 tilers come round 2 never rang with the quote and the third quoted £950.Which to me seemed a tad on the high side and something...
- brock
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- Aug 19, 2008
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen questions usa walls and floor
- Replies: 10
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
DIY Tiling - Kitchen, Bathroom, Floors etc

If you're doing a spot of DIY Tiling then please feel free to post your questions in the main tiling forum and use the prefix 'DIY Related'. All questions get answered. :)
- Dan
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- Jul 30, 2008
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor floor tiling floors kitchen tiling usa walls and floor
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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DIy wet overhead tile cutter advice please

I have 150 sq.mtrs of floor and wall tiles to put in my new self build and am looking for an electric radial tile saw that is big enough to cut 600mm tiles. The only one I've found at a sensible price is a Vitrex 103450 @ £200 delivered. Delivery is important as I live as far north as you can...
- ruther
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- Jul 13, 2008
- advice bathroom cutter diy do it yourself floor kitchen please tile tile cutter usa walls and floor wet
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Tile Cutters (Manual & Wet Cutters)
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DIY SOS ha ha ha

Just had this on the background and noticed that they were doing a wet room for the family's shower room. They had plasterboard up and at least it wasn't skimmed but they had tiled straight onto it, no primer, no prep, no tanking, no waterproofing :mad2: :joker: :mad2: :joker: Jokers Guess the...
- bobbin
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- Jul 13, 2008
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen sos usa walls and floor
- Replies: 4
- Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum

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