do it yourself
-
L
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
- Thread
- bathroom cutter diy do it yourself floor kitchen tile tile cutter usa walls and floor which
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Tile Cutters (Manual & Wet Cutters)
-
L
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
- Thread
- adhesive adhesives bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen tile adhesive usa walls and floor which
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
-
D
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
- Thread
- 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: UK Tiling Forum
-
M
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
- Thread
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen kitchen floor usa walls and floor
- Replies: 5
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
Z
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
- Thread
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor granite kitchen project tiling usa walls and floor
- Replies: 10
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
Z
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
- Thread
- 10mm bathroom cut diy do it yourself floor granite kitchen saw usa walls and floor
- Replies: 17
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
Z
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
- Thread
- bathroom concrete diy do it yourself floor granite kitchen usa walls and floor
- Replies: 30
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
H
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
- Thread
- 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: UK Tiling Forum
-
B
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
- Thread
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen please usa walls and floor
- Replies: 3
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
T
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
- Thread
- adhesive bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen problem tile adhesive usa walls and floor
- Replies: 6
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
J
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
- Thread
- advice bathroom diy do it yourself flexible floor grout kitchen problems tile grout usa walls and floor
- Replies: 15
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
B
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
- Thread
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen questions usa walls and floor
- Replies: 10
- Forum: 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
- Thread
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor floors kitchen tiling usa walls and floor
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
-
R
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
- Thread
- 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)
-
B
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
- Thread
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen sos usa walls and floor
- Replies: 4
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
T
Tom the DIY Tiler says greetings fellow grouters & prof tilers alike
Tiling kitchen floor approx 8m2 using 450x450x10thk Polished porcelain tiles. What is the minimum grout thickness required using a flexible water resistant grout? Thanks Tom the DIY Tiler- tpirie
- Thread
- bathroom diy do it yourself find a tiler floor grout kitchen tile grout tiler tilers tilers directory usa walls and floor
- Replies: 16
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
D
The DIY School Stockport Tiling Course
Hi I could tile fairly well before I took a week's course with the guys in Stockport, it was relaxed, virtually one to one teaching ( although it could have been one to four if it had been running to capacity ), very informative, helpful, nice guys teaching, and you have your own tiling bay so...- deani
- Thread
- bathroom course diy do it yourself floor kitchen tiling tiling course usa walls and floor
- Replies: 6
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
T
Diyers
Was talking to the Topps manager yesterday. He told me that they had cause for the Area Manager to visit a customer complaint. Apparently the adhesive wasn't sticking the tiles to the floor and the were all bumpy?? Turns out the Diyer had decided to lay the tiles directly onto the carpet...- theyomper
- Thread
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen usa walls and floor
- Replies: 8
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
-
S
DIY'ers... Sigh...
Begining of rant. Just replied to a thread which annoyed me. It was made by someone who's asking for a tool for cutting ceramics, granite, and marble, and he wants it to cost under £100... The marble is a kitchen counter top... I'm assuming he's a DIY'er, cuz anyone who's ever done anything of...- sWe
- Thread
- bathroom diy do it yourself floor kitchen usa walls and floor
- Replies: 12
- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
Featured Threads
-
- F
- W
-
- I
-
-
-
