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    VITREX Versatile PRO 750 Wet/Dry Tile Cutter Saw & free Marcrist CK850

    VITREX Versatile PRO 750 Wet/Dry Tile Cutter Saw & free Marcrist CK850 blade VITREX Versatile PRO 750 Wet/Dry Tile Cutter Saw & free Marcrist CK850 blade | eBay Prepared to sell on here for £60...... delivery for free :thumbsup:
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    Underfloor heat in dry mix screeds: 800 mm porcelain tile advice pleas

    Hello all, I am new to the site and woukd appreciate any advice at all, I am having an extension done and have spotted a large porcelain tile 800x800 I like. Our builder is planning to use a dry mix screed 75mm and we have got water underfloor heating planned. As it is a large area to...
    • SarahJ
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    • advice aus dry floor heat heating porcelain porcelain tile screed tile ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Screed drying.

    I have visited recently a few tile failures and found that the vast majority of them are due tonthe screeds being still wet. Just a reminder for all thos who don't want me to visit we have so far this year had some of the worst weather for ages and as a result drying times for screeds are...
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    Newly drylined and skimmed bathroom

    It's my first post here so a big Hi to all of you! I am looking for a little advice, we are about to start a bathroom install in a loft conversion which has been drylined. The external wall was dot and dabbed with the internals and ceiling screwed in place. The room has been skimmed over the...
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    Drying time?

    I've recently been asked to quote on a job where a customer has tiles that have lifted from the conservatory floor. After asking a few questions regarding said dodgy installation I discovered that the tiles had been laid no more than a week after the conservatory base had been cast. Subsequently...
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    Why Should I Prefer Dry Wall

    As i am also remodeling my old house and when i came to my walls i thought Why should I tear down perfectly good plaster walls to put up dry wall? Dry Wall seems to suck! it doesn't breathe, and you can accidentally kick it in with a gentle nudge. I feel like older houses made with plaster...
    • Irfan
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    • aus dry should usa wall
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  7. Sean Kelly

    Stained white marble. Is dry polishing the answer?

    I have a customer that has a white marble worktop. It is riddled with glass marks, vase marks, marks from seeping lemons and fat from the fryer. Someone has tried to clean it in the past and the shiny surface is very dull and rough in parts. I was thinking about buying a stone polisher and pads...
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    New quarry tile become cloudy white after drying

    My cleint has asked that we clean a new installed quarry tile floor. The surface appears white, cloudy and in some places as if someone stepped in residual cement and walked all over. We have used a floor stripping machine with different grades ofpads, a floor scrubber. General cleaners, acid...
    • avorinc
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    • aus dry drying new build quarry tile usa white
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Dry Treat - Meta Creme sealer

    Im looking at using this stuff to seal a newly laid Honed Cararra marble floor. This stuff is eye wateringly expensive depending on the coverage you get - 1l is quoted at anything between 3sqm and 10 sqm has anyone got some practical experience of coverage on honed cararra marble...
    • TheLaird
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    • dry sealer usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    basalt tiles - will this dry ok?

    hi, new to forum. we are laying the problematic but nice looking basalt tiles on a kitchen floor. followed all advice re water based impregnator, the tiles have come out like the following picture - they were laid only yesterday though. question is: is this what you would expect? dark/damp...
    • technodad
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    • dry this tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 56
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    screed drying time.

    hi there. im putting in a screed friday in a bathroom an dutility off of the bathroom . there will be about 75mm of concreteontop of a plastic layer. how soon can i tile on top if it. it might need a layer of SLC to lvel it up perfectly. thanks alan
    • Alan M
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    • dry drying screed time usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    a clean fight please. is there logical dbate about which dry cutter type is best

    i know inm asking for trouble but im curious. what is the everyday practical differences between rubi, sigma, etc. please play fair. :mad2:.
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    screed drying time

    looking for advice on screed drying times its over piped under floor heating
  14. kilty55

    marcrist dry drills

    hi all,has anyone used these dry drills for the grinder that trade tiler sells? used the montolit ones and they were ace just wondere what opinions were on these ones from marcrist:thumbsup:
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    Natural stone tiles laid onto ply, not drying!

    Hello, Hopefully someone can help! As is so often the case I guess; I'm looking after the problem has arisen as opposed to checking first :mad2:, we've laid tiles onto a ply floor previously without an issue but this time the adhesive won't set. We used a wickes flexible ceramic tile/quarry...
    • Jessica
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    • dry drying natural natural stone not ply stone tile tile setting tiles usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Like watching paint dry.

    Sat here waiting in between coats of topical sealer. Life is hard sometimes :lol:
    • DHTiling
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    • dry paint usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    drying time for silicon?

    i finished siliconing a wetroom mid afternoon today then went back at 6 p.m. to get paid (owner was at work when i finished) i told him the shower will be fine to use tomorrow evening (24 hrs curing time) when he looked at his son(with wet hair) and said he'd already had one ?:yikes: 3 hrs max...
    • Mike
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    • dry drying silicon time usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Which dry cutter?

    Hi all, I'm a carpenter/joiner by trade but find myself doing a lot of kitchen and bathroom fits at the moment and do a fair bit of tiling with this. I'm after a dry cutter that will handle ceramics and porcelain tiles, I don't really need a huge cutter just a good all rounder that will kitchen...
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    concrete floor drying times?

    Hi all, Im after some advice on concrete floors and drying times. I have a wet room to tile in Travertine with electric UFH and the customer only wants the finished floor to be the same height as the floor leading into the wetroom. This has caused some problems as the floor is concrete in a...
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    setting out time dry lay?

    I seem to be spending a lot of time setting out floors, wondering if theres a quick way ? after prepping i normally dry line a few rows then tweek them to get the best line .. this could lead me to dry lay most of the floor so it doesnt look off angle . how do you lot find the correct line if...
    • 2020Tiling
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    • dry out setting setting out tilers time usa
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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