Hi,
I have found a batch of original VIctorian tiles (Not reproduction) and would like to have an idea of the cost of laying them.
I did get one quote, but I would like a couple more. THe floor needs complete levelling (cement, latex? I have no idea) and it is about 10 square metres (probably...
Hi everybody,
this is my first post here, I hope I will learn a lot (I am afraid I am an end user so I can't teach too much).
I have a question. I have found a batch of Victorian tiles (original) and need to have them laid in my hallway. At the moment the floor is very uneven and needs...
Thick, yellowed, hard patches of carpet fixative remain after removing carpet from victorian coloured geometric tiled floor. Carpet had been down 40 years.
Advice requested on how best to remove this, and clean and restore/brighten floor after cleaning, please
Hey guys, Just joined the forum today and looking for some advice please. I am an avid DIY'er but have moved into an old 1905 house that has some geometric white and black tiles in the outside porch and the internal porch.
I have tried cleaning them with Lithofin tile Restorer, the area to be...
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We have just received the go ahead for a couple of Entrance Logos, from separate clients who have seen this job we at Team Timeless Tiling completed over a year ago and featured in a thread.
So it does show that by blowing your own trumpet, featuring your work in a medium as good as Tilers...
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Hey all and happy new year....
I've been asked to clean up a small victorian floor that has a few pieces missing. I just wondered if anyone knew of a good restoration house that stock victorian floor tiles in the London area?
Many thanks
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advice please ,ive approx 1m2 of victorian tile flooring to relay/renew .ive took some up from the edge ,problem is they are coming up with 20 mm of screed/conc on them ?? how can i remove this wthout breaking the tile ??
angle grinder ?? tile cutter ??
will post pics soon as
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I wondered if anyone knew of a tiler who would be interested in reapiring a Victorian tiled floor in the Glasgow Area- it is shown on the attached photos ? They are laid on a cement layer. This together with its rubble basewhich is between 3 “ and 4”” thick, is in turn laid on a suspended...
Hi tilers - need some advice please:
1930s house - original floor construction was concrete slab onto earth, bitumen DPM then floorboards nailed to slab.
We've bought the tiles, Themonet EUFH, DPM IT One Coat, Level IT one HDB and Prime IT N, Proflex SP+ES on the advice of the local supplier...
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I have been renovating a house for 3 months and now the time has come to tile the downstairs hallway, 5 doorways which 2 are offset 1 understairs cupboard door and the stairs. I have been Tiling for 10 years and enjoy laying/fitting all different types of tiles/stones, I have read up on setting...
We have been quoted around £**. This seems high to me, and I would appreciate any guidance. The front path needs replacing, as the quarry tiles that are currently in place are all cracked and many are missing.
I live in North London, and any advice would be really welcome!
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Hello everyone, I'm newly joined but have searched this forum many times before and always found it helpful and (hopefully) friendly!
I'm hoping for a bit of advice about my front path, I should say up front that i'm not a pro tiler just a DIYer but I'm worried I may have bitten off more than I...
Hi I'm just about to grout a black and white Braemar Victorian using Keracolour FF but I'm not sure what colour to use as they make enough shades of grey to run for Parliament
The choice is Manhattan,medium, cement,silver or even anthracite What do you guys think?
Have just laid some 200x100 white bevelled edge tiles, and customer wants a light grey grout, but using larsen and tried bal, 0n floor, im not happy with the way they both dry, patchy in some areas, I know when rinse with sponge you should keep water to a minimum to avoid colour fade, but has...
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Ijust started to seal and inpregnate a new Original Style black and white victorian before grouting using HG Porcelain S&I only done a small test area
Not impressed . Its given the whites a dirty shade and some appear to have soaked up more on the edges giving 2/4/mm border around the edges and...
I have been thinking,,, I want to learn as much as I can about restoring Victorian tiles....
So where could I get any info related to this????
I'm gettin a lil board just tiling out bathrooms & want a challenge.
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An opiion on the following would be appreciated!
I have recently laid an original Minton Floor in my bathroom on no more ply.. It has worked very well and I had no probelms...
Anyway I have a more intricate Craven Dunnill floor that was removed from my hallway due to damp. The damp is...
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my first pathway just completed.Prob the coolest thing I have done.And it had the additional advantage of allowing me to hand my cards to passers by:drool5:
I am really for the minimal spacing effect with victorian pathways!
Saw a job today. A Victorian garden feature that was laid in the late 80's using tiles from the clients sisters house in the west country. 2 x2 m2, over hanged by bushes, which I said I will cut back, a gardener now!!!
Any way, several of the tiles have blown this winter past, the grout joints...
Hi Guys,
I need to source some black and white tiles for my hallway, I know of olde english but cannot remember the other company, can anyone shed some light? thanks in advance.