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    Expansion Gaps

    New to the forum – excellent information! We have a large floor area tiled in a holiday home in Florida where there were some record temperatures last month. The tiling was done when the house was new 21 years ago onto the concrete slab base of the house and looked an excellent job. Two tiles...
  2. A

    Expansion gaps and transitions!!

    HI all, hoping for some help in terms of expansion and transition. I am tiling around 70sqm of floor in 600x600 porcelain. Tiling throughout, various spaces (utility, Kitchen, Hall, through room). I have some questions around some transitions and edges that I am hoping for some advice on...
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    20mm Thick external porcelain, best adhesives and expansion joints

    Im about to embark on an external 20mm thick porcelain project 600x900's , I plan to use Bio gel no limits for laying has anyone used this before pros / cons I also plan to brace the expansion joints in the screed with a strip of uncoupling membrane to act as a movement joint, thoughts ? TIA
    • Stuart Retter
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    • 20mm adhesive adhesives best expansion expansion joints exterior tiling external joints porcelain porcelain tile thick
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    • Forum: Tile Adhesive and Grout Advice
  5. H573

    Expansion Joints

    Hi all, Regarding soft expansion joints. I understand that if a screed has expansion joints you have to follow them through the tile. If the screed doesn’t have any. Do the soft joints have to be straight or can they follow the edges of the tiles if you’re doing say brick bond or random bond...
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    Will I need an expansion joint?

    Hi This is my 1st post so thanks for any advice in advance. I have a floor to tile through 3 rooms totalling 60mtrs sq - my 1st one this big, with plank effect tiles and through multiple rooms so Im sweating a bit. The tiles are 22cm x 90cm. would I need expansion gaps aas the runs are more...
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    Coloured expansion joints

    Just wondering if any of the forum sponsors or recommend retailers could help here ! Anybody on here know where I could get 14 schutler expansion joints ! Need to be the metal ones with a light beige or brown insert , 10mm deep ! Usually a week for a special delivery like this , but I can’t...
  9. P

    how much space between floor tile and wall for expansion?

    How much space should you leave between floor tiles and the wall when tiling over 60mm screed over wet UFH? Is 5mm enough?
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    Can someone explain why? Sleeving pipe at expansion joints

    Can someone explain why a piece of conduit is placed over the floor pipe where it passes through an expansion joint?
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    Help with expansion joints on Herringbone floor

    Dear all, I'm half way through tiling 40sqm of an extension. It's over an existing floor which I've laid underfloor heating insulated panels and going onto the extension where it's also under floor heating but a liquid screed has been laid on top. So it's two totally different surfaces which...
    • Lexter
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    • canada expansion expansion joints floor floor tiling help herringbone joints
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Expansion joints or skirting off

    Hi all, I've been fortunate to get a fair few 30-40m2 downstairs flooring in varying new builds (private work). So kitchen hall utility downstairs loo etc. Each time the customer wants a continuous floor I.e. no door trims. I use a multi tool to cut the bottom of the archies and slide the...
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    UFH in extension, expansion gaps? Large format tiles?

    Hello everyone, we are in need of some sound advice on a dilemma we cant get 100% answers to, we are having a single storey extension and knocking out the back wall and dining room wall to form one large open kitchen/living area. We intend to fit wet UFH to the new part of the extension but we...
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    Newbie Looking For Advice on Expansion Gaps With UFH System

    Hi all, My name is Nic and I have signed up to the forum after reading quite a few very helpful threads over the last few weeks. My question is regarding a Wundafloor UFH system, which I know straight away is going to get a load of negative feedback but I have spoken to Mapei Technical...
    • Nic B
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    • advice expansion gaps looking newbie system ufh
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    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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    Expansion gap help please

    I have searched but not found the info I need - perhaps it its just too oblivious a question but what size Silicon filled expansion gap should I leave around the perimeter of the area. Room - Kitchen Floor concrete Build New - floor dry 3x3 m ish giving 10m2 plus a 1x1 section Skirting is...
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    Optimax Heavy Duty Expansion Joint

    If laying 10mm porcelain would a 12.5mm floor Optimax Heavy Duty Expansion Joint be the one to get?
    • paulphur
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    • expansion heavy duty joint
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  19. O

    So you think you don’t need expansion joints!!

    :)
    • Old Mod
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    • canada expansion expansion joints joints
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Does anyone recognise the make of this expansion trim?

    Help! We are taking over a job where another firm has been kicked off and we need to match the expansion trim shown in the picture attached. It has an 8mm visible edge including the stainless steel (the rubber is only 5/6mm) and needs to have a depth of 15mm We've never seen trim with the...
    • All Squared Rob
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    • canada expansion this trim
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  22. andreas

    Expansion joints and grout colour match

    Hi all. Anyone got some info about manufacturer offering matching colours expansion joints and grouts? Thanks
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    Expansion joints advice

    Hi guys, in the middle of re tiling a bathroom. Very new to me... I just come by a guide that recommended using expansion joints on the walls. Never heard of this before, from what i gather its just a fancy word for silconing at junctions on internal walls which i was going to do anyway. Silcone...
    • Crumbs
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    • advice canada expansion expansion joints joints
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    General opinion on expansion joints regarding floor areas???

    Dear all Got an 8m x 10m floor to tile which is a new screed with wet UFH system (that has been tested) I plan to use durabase matting but I've had mixed feedback as to the requirement of an expansion joint. There are no joints in the floor at the moment. The majority opinion, so far, is the the...
    • Olde Navy
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    • expansion expansion joints floor floor tiling general joints opinion
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
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    Expansion joints for corners on floor tiles?

    Conflicting advice on floor job from 2 sources. Movement joints required around perimitier of floor on concrete. Total field is less than 4m sq or...... Leave gap round edges the width of the tile depth (6-10mm) & where to get corner jointing from? Advice please thanks
    • Jimbobble
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    • canada corners expansion expansion joints floor floor tiles floor tiling joints tile tiles
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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