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    Fitting translucent mosaics

    After a bit of advice please - Started a bathroom job yesterday and the cm has selected 'semi translucent' glass mosaics (20mm.sq, 8mm thickness) for the side wall of the shower (approx 6m.sq). Tiles are almost see through (backing paper just about visible through tiles when held against a...
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    Fitting a tile edge

    Hello, I am about reayd to tile and have bought a white plastic tile edge to go on the ends of tile were it meets painted wall and round windows. How are these fitted? Do I just stick them to the wall with the adhesive and then tile over them again using adhesive? If so do I stick the edge...
  3. ripkord

    Help! Need advice fitting tiles round pedestal

    Hi - recently installed hardibacker to my bathroom floor after many, many weeks of getting excessive amounts of the hardest adhesive in the world off the floor! Anyway I cant adjust the level of the toilet and pedestal any more than I have already (I'd love to be able to tile underneath, but I...
  4. S

    Fitting zamora, what's best for cutting?

    Hi guys, I'm going to be stripping out our shower cubicle soon and refitting with new tray and enclosure. We went to Topps yesterday and came back with 4m2 of zamora beige 14.8 x 60 tiles for the enclosure. I also came out with a bag of Bal pro adhesive: I've been onto eBay just this minute...
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    questions on shower design and fitting

    Hi I think I am a reasonably competent DYer but I have limited experience with Bathrooms at this stage. I am trying to plan the design and fitting of a new bathroom, including a shower and I have some questions. I am looking at using a shower tray and tiling the wall, my first concern is...
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    Fitting Travertine tiles in new build house - advice very welcome

    Hi, first post here so be gentle ... :lol: I'm a reasonably experienced builder and a fair tiler and have a job coming up for a good client. It's a bathroom in a newish build house. Stud walls and water resistant flooring board etc. Client wants travertine tiles on the floor and walls so I...
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    Fitting Mosaic Tiles

    I am about to fit mosaic wall tiles for the first time. I have heard some horror stories and wonder if anyone can offer me some advice on how to do the job successfully? It is only a small job so I aim to complete it in a day, would anyone recommend using the mixed tubs of grout and adhesive????
  8. aflemi

    Fitting ufh for 1st time, advice please??

    I am doing a customer's bathroom and this includes ufh. They have supplied Thermonet heatmat. The situation is: Solid concrete floor approx 4sqm, previously laid with vinyl tiles on bitumen for past 30+ years, tiles came up easily floor seems stable. Slight complication is plumber has dug up an...
  9. S

    Fitting a shower enclosure

    Hi, Have you any recommendations on fitting a shower enclosure to the wall? My preference is to fit the enclosure to the plaster wall and then tile to it on either side, as the tiles are a different size/type on the inside of the shower compared to the outside. Is there any obvious reason...
  10. T

    Fein Multimaster fitting Bosch Blades

    I expect you are all horrified at the cost of the Fein blades against the Bosch Blades. I came across this adapter on that famous auction site for those of you who are interested. Has anyone tried it out yet? At that cost you would soon re-coup the outlay. I think I will invest in one and then...
  11. D

    Fitting / installing a glass shower panel rail cubical bathroom tiles drilling holes

    FACT: Shower glass at 10mm is heavy and need a number of fixings to hold that weight! At some stage you will need to install your shower glass panel and door. Most units come as an assembly pack that make use of 1) Large screws 2) Metal channels to secure the glass 3) Extra lugs or wall...
  12. S

    Help! Need advice for fitting pebble decor strips?

    I have tiled an alcove shower area with plain white tiles and left a 75mm wide horizontal strip free from tiles to fit Laura Ashley pebble decor strips into. I tried to fit one of these pebble decor strips today and it was a disaster..... This is how I am trying to fit them:- Used same...
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    Fitting Stone Resin Tray

    Going to fit a stone resin slimline shower tray (1200x900x40mm) to the bottom end of a bathroom to turn it into a shower room. Never done this before so looking for advice - I presume I will have to make an opening in the floor (Chipboard by the way) to take the waste trap and give and connect...
  14. D

    23sq/m limestone need fitting in SW15 london

    Look for an experienced limestone tiler in SW15 London, required to fit: 23sq/m of 12mm limestone in ensuite and bathroom tanking can send pics of the rooms Tiler needed ASAP Sincerely, Alec :)
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    fitting a shower screen

    Help please, I am fitting quite a heavy shower screen to a stud partition wall, unfortunately the wooden stud is not where the shower screen will go, any advice on the best and safest way to secure it.
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    re fitting toilet

    hi all, wondering if anyone could help me, i've fit ply to a bathroom floor and removed the toilet to do so. When i've come to refit the toilet the waste pipe is not inline anymore as the toilet has been raised due to the ply. Is there anyway round this problem. Hope i made sense.
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    advice needed fitting a row of natural stone

    Just wondered if anyone on the forum could offer me some useful advise regarding a job I have lined up for next week. The customer wants white ceramic tiles for the walls of the bathroom, however one row all around the walls has the same white tile with a square cutout in the centre. He...
  18. D

    plywood fitting.

    hi, when boarding out a floor with ply do you, usually take out the toilet and sink? Only asking because i was thinking it would be awkward to cut ply round the fixtures. Also if the pipes go into the wall how would you combat this as putting ply down will lift the floor thus the pipes will not...
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    Fitting plasterboard

    Just a quick question. I'm removing tiles from a bathroom with stud walls so will probably have to replace the plasterboard. I've never fitted plasterboard before. Do I use special screws, do I drill the holes first or just screw through the plasterboard into the stud. Any tips and advice will...
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    Fitting former. I suffered so you don't have to!

    Following my recent adventures with the former, I just thought I would give an account of its installation, which has now been successfully completed. This is my first wetroom installation and Wetdecs has helped me choose which former to use, and has helped heaps with being on the end of the...

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