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  1. F

    For Sale: Makita 4101RH 125mm Stone Cutter (Wet or Dry) 110V

    Never used. £150 off the retail price. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261441295082?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
  2. R

    Screed drying times

    Good morning all. Went to look at a job yesterday where they are having the nu heat Lo Pro 10 UFH system on the ground floor of an area of 56m2. I've put some pictures on which hopefully aren't upside down as the usually are. My question relates to the screed. The pipes have been covered with...
  3. R

    Grout drying different colours

    Good evening. Just a quick question. When using a darker grout colour I find sometimes that on some of the lines the grout has dried slightly darker or lighter then the rest. From your experience any idea why this would be. Is it caused by wipin the excess grout off before the grout has had time...
  4. K

    Anhydrite not dry

    Good Evening All. Had been making plans to hopefully start the tiling of a anhydrite floor at the end of the week but the first readings from the digital hygrometer is it floating between 87-90 rh. The screed went down in December and has different depths the deepest I believe is 90mm so quite...
  5. P

    Adheasive Advice for dry stacked stone in wet enviroment.

    The Customer (wife) has requested a wet room down stairs. house is new build so shower area stud partition walls have been reinforced, plaster replaced with green sheets, primed and tanked with mapie tape and WPS kit. The shower is over head high flow low pressure, Tiles she has bought are dry...
  6. J

    screed accelerators and drying times

    I am doing more and more jobs where main contractor using accelerators in screeds so that they can be worked on earlier than normal. probably a good question for Ajax or any other technical mind ed person what is your take on these. the latest one is 8 day overlay by ronascreed. does this in...
  7. J

    Fasted drying rapid set

    I need to fill in some voids between screed and a ply deck shower tray. need to get adhesive dry as fast as possible so can put down otl tanking kit . iam really tight on time . is there any adhesive that is particularly fast to dry . was thinking of using warm water to help go off quicker ...
  8. O

    Husqvarna's D605 Vacuum Brazed Dry/Wet Diamond Tile Drills

    Hi Guys, Has anyone had any experience using the D605 range of vacuum brazed diamond tile drills with the hexagonal back ends from Husqvarna. It would be great to get some hands on feedback on them. Especially a comparison to these and the Marcrist PG750X drills would be brilliant is anyone has...
  9. L

    Grout drying patchy/efflorescence ?

    I've noticed in recent times that some of the grouts I use seem to suddenly have a tendency to dry patchy or suffer from efflorescence. I try not to use Granfix on anything in a dark colour but now it seems to be happening with Mapei. I use a washboy but it didn't cause any problems in the...
  10. O

    New wet / dry cutter ?

    Hi guys, Good forum. Been reading all the advice given. I've been installing a number of kitchens over the last year and done several large bathrooms incl tiling. Mostly ceramic and one porcelain floor. Looks like I could be doing lots more bathrooms now as well so decided to splash out on a...
  11. M

    decent dry cutter wanted...

    if any of you kind gentlemen have a decent used one you don't use anymore il take it off your hand roughly 600mm or bigger thanks.
  12. C

    Wet Polishing Vs Dry Polishing - Diamond pads vs Silicon Carbide

    Wet Vs Dry polishing, which is better? We get asked this daily. There is really no definitive answer as in most cases there is a crossover area where both are as effective as the other. The only way to really compare the two processes is to actually talk through the products individually and...
  13. J

    Time for tanking to dry.

    Hi All I`m having a shower room refitted and have decided to have the shower area tanked. The guy who removed all the old bathroom is telling me he cant tank the wall for a few weeks due to other work and it`ll take 2 months to dry before tiliing can commence. The room is unheated but it...
  14. Q

    ATS diamond tools - dry core drills

    Purchased a 6, 8, 10 & 16mm diamond dry core drills the other day. They were delivered next day. I already have a Rubi 20mm core which I love, and to look at they are almost identical! Got a whole porcelain wet room to drill. Will post pics as & when I use them next week :)
  15. S

    calcium sulphate screeds take forever to dry

    I have a job local to me where the customer was sold a calcium sulphate screed as a fast track floor solution fot their project, the screed was done back beginging of july and is still not dry enough to tile , I spent hundreds of pounds on moisture and humidity testing equipment and even have a...
  16. L

    Drying time

    Hi guys, got a floor being prepped by the customers own builder. 100mm kingspan electric UFH element SLC 60-70mm sand and cement screed. The screed is being laid tomorrow, whats the procedure to follow. I was hoping to ring Tilemaster tomorrow and ask about their ultimate adhesive as I...
  17. K

    Tile adhesive drying times...for washing machine!

    Hi all, Have just finished tiling three rooms in house. Adhesive and tiles were set 48hrs ago and grout was yesterday. now my conundrum is that I'm keen to get the washing machine back in as otherwise ill be resorting to renovating the rest of the house in the nude....! How long should I...
  18. darren pealing

    Small dry cutter for kitchens and mosaics

    I would like a sigma,just trying to work out which model,any advice would be appreciated,regards Darren.
  19. O

    Problems dry cutting Grespania tiles

    As above.....every cut today has either snapped while scoring/sheared offline or wouldn't snap at all, and I still have another 2 days worth left!. Any ideas....forgot to write the name of the tile down but they are 60x30 Grespania beige,textured matt glazed porcelain tiles.
  20. A

    Problems with grout not drying on shower floor expert advice needed

    Hi, Two months ago we got our bathroom completely revamped. We have the impey wet room system, and travertine tiles. In the shower area we have travertine mosaics on the floor. Everything was fine for about three weeks, then small patches of the grout appeared darker. Eventually the dark...

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