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    Floor tiles flush with sliding door threshold

    Going to soon start tiling our open-plan kitchen/dining area, which has a large sliding door along one wall. I'm using 600x600 porcelain. The plan was to get the top of the floor tiles flush with the top of the sliding door cill to create a seamless transition from inside to out (decking on the...
  2. C

    Help me find a 25mm door bar / threshold

    Hi all I have previously bought a deep silver coloured threshold for carpet to engineered wood floor. I cannot for the life of me remember where I got it from and now I need one for bathroom where tile and backer boards have raised the level. Just a standard silver one but deeper than the...
  3. P

    Door Threshold Cavity Prep

    Just been to a friends house where a window has been removed and replaced with French doors. The existing floor is a sand cement screed. The new door has has left an exposed section of cavity wall along the base of the new door. Do i lay a DPM in the cavity and screed over the cavity joining...
  4. J

    Tiling around door without architrave

    Evening Does anyone know how to tile around a door frame that has had the architrave removed and won't be put back i.e the tiles will run up to the inside edge of the frame close to the door itself? My thoughts were like tiling a window to square the door frame off and then put the trim in but...
  5. M

    Door threshold finish

    Hi all, Can anyone recommend a product or alternative way to finish a 25mm depth at a door threshold? Tiling onto overboarded floorboards which when it gets to the doorway needs a bar or something else that can ramp down to the floorboards as there is no other flooring (i.e. Carpet/laminate)...
  6. L

    Tiling onto a concrete screed, but there's a crack by the door....

    Hi, any advice on tiling over a crack 750 wide? Basically there's a 300 resess to the back door and it seems as the builder has patched in the concrete in the small area to the existing original concrete floor after the new back door has been fitted. It also sounds pretty hollow. I know I could...
  7. S

    Tiling over existing porch tiles and door step

    I would like to improve the open porch area outside our front door. Directly outside the door are quarry (?) tiles. At some point they have been overpainted with red tile paint but it is now starting to flake. In front of the tiles is a concrete doorstep. Is it possible to tile over both the...
  8. J

    Issues with semi-frameless shower door

    Dear forum members As per the attached photos I am having some issues with a semi-frameless shower door that was fitted by (highly competent) bathroom fitters. I have checked the level of the side panels, and aside from minute bias towards the centre, which I believe is entirely due to the...
  9. L

    Best size tile for bowed wall above door

    We are having a bathroom redone after a bad tile job (see my other post). We are going to get porcelain tiles this time but want to try and disguise as best as possible the bowed area of wall above the doorway. I like large tiles, but Would a smaller tile be better to fit and disguise the bow...
  10. G

    Recess for door mat

    Hi all, Got a job coming up soon, hallway with 600x600 porcelain white marble effect tiles 10mm thick. Customer wants a cut out in tiles by the front door for a mat to fit in. What is the best way to finish the edges? I was going to use metal L trim but been thinking about sharp edges. I have...
  11. N

    Out door stone fixing

    Hello folkes I have been asked to price up a job it's a external tiling job on to a concrete slab that is 10" thick laid to a small fall away from the building the slab is reenfoced. Due to door sills I be building up a thick bed approx 22mm to finish at correct hights. The stone is 600mm...
  12. F

    Tiling Door Opening Without Timber Architrave

    I want to tile a wall without putting an timber architrave around the door...ideally I'd just like a trim around the opening. How do I achieve this the door liner hasn't gone in yet. Do you tile over the door liner and then cut the hinges out of the trim? Thanks
  13. C

    Fixing Door Thresholds To Concrete

    Hi all, Just wondered how people generally fix door threshold bars to concrete substrates. I usually drill holes and screw down with plugs but often struggle with drilling, ruining countless drill bits along the way. Does anyone use nail guns instead? If so, which brand? If not, any other...
  14. Wishiwasatoptiler

    Door Trimming

    Hi All When you trim doors, just wondering what gap you leave from base of door to tiled floor (mm), can you also recommend a good would hand saw and or electric circular blade type, (just the blade). Thanks D
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    Advice Required. Door Threshold For Tile To (probably) Timber But Unknown Height.

    Bit stumped on this one. Just about finished tiling bathroom. However, the corridor floor is yet to be done and, therefore, finished height is unknown. It's probably going to be a floating timber floor but materials have yet to be bought. Any suggestions on how to finish the threshold? I don't...
  16. M

    Floor tiles under door

    Hi Forum, I'm 75% through tiling my kitchen with 600mm x 600mm tiles. So far - so good. My question is, how far up to the door do I lay the tiles? The door opens inwards into the kitchen, and on the other side will be laminate wooden floor. Does the threshold go directly in the middle under...
  17. R

    Scratched tile trim and shower door!

    Supplied and fitted a en suite shower room, finished it a fortnight ago but the customer still hasn't paid. Called round tonight to see why. There's a small scratch on the head of the door and a scratch about 5mm wide by about 40mm long on the tile trim above the door which is about 500mm long...
  18. S

    Door steps

    Went to start a repair on some door steps & taking the damaged tiles off it has pulled away the mortar or cement they were fixed to about 20mm I was going to shutter it back in then tile but was wondering if there's any board, Hardi etc that's suitable for outdoor use?
  19. D

    Lining up backer board, tiles, and door frame

    Just about to take on my first attempt at tiling and do my bathroom. The walls are in a pretty poor state under the old tiles so planning to use Marmox backing board fixed to solid wall to give me the best chance of an even finish without the need to get a plasterer and wait for the plaster to...
  20. F

    Help with tiles around door frame

    Hi, I had my bathroom updated however the builder disappeared before finishing it. The tiling has been completed but there is a gap of 1.5cm around the door frame and the wall tiles. What would I use to fill this gap please? Thank you

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