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    Help needed... Tiler error needs fixing

    Last week I got my kitchen tiled with metro tiles. He had a day and a half to do the job as my kitchen designer booked him in. The first day he laid the tiles on the hob wall. The next day he laid the tiles by the sink and grouted the lot. Little did I know, but he used a ready mixed...
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    Sigma Sigma Simple Bevel Machine & Bench Fixing Kit

    Hi, Have the following for sale, purchased new from Pro Tiler Tools. 1 x Sigma Simple Bevel Machine (NEW 2017 MODEL) 36A4 1 x Sigma Simple Bevel Machine Bench Fixing Kit (New 2017 Model) 36C4 I purchased this hoping I could work a way out to do smaller tiles but unfortunately it hasn't...
    • NathanManchester
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    • bevel cutter fixing machine sigma sigma cutter tile cutter
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: For-sale and Wanted
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    Jackoboard fixing spacing

    I am fixing 12mm Jackoboard (strictly Contract board from CTD) to a studwall with 600mm studs. The board is 2400x600mm and I am laying the long edge horizontally along several studs. I have fixed a screw into each stud along the horizontal edges (600mm centres) and also have fixed noggins 300mm...
    • DavidJ
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    • fixing jackoboard spacing
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
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    Low temp floor tile fixing

    Hi guys soon i have to do a garage floor but weather is not the greatest. All tile adesive diferent brands it not recomanded below 5 degree. I am puting antifracture mat down. My question is if anyone fited tiles under 5 degree temp and if there been problems? Thanks
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    Fixing mosaic's (horizontally)

    Hi there, I've done a couple of job's recently where the customer has wanted a horizontal mosaic border. Although the customer's have been pleased with the result I'm not! I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I'm looking for advice on fixing the mosaic (the 15 x 30mm type that come on a sheet...
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    Fixing a single tile

    I need to fix a single tile as a sink splashback in a cloakroom. The tile is a 600mm x 300mm porcelain tile. It's the tiles that were used for the flooring. I don't have any tile adhesive but I do have some tubes of gripfill and dow 785 bacteria resistant Silicon. As this is just a single tile...
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    Fixing tiles flush with the wall

    I am updating the downstairs toilet and have discovered the original 1920's floor tiles below the carpet are in not bad condition and we want to keep them. The need a little TLC and I asked about that in another thread. But, to keep the theme I have bought some matt black/white chequer mosaic...
    • DJM
    • Thread
    • canada fixing flush tile tiles wall
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Fixing Glass Shower Screen to wet room floor method?

    Hi, I'm researching the best method of fixing a 8mm glass shower screen to a wet room floor. Is there an adhesive that will do the job to avoid any floor penetration? Any advice gratefully received.
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    little help fixing hollow metal mosaics

    hi I've got to fit strips of glass/metal mosaic the glass it flat to the mesh on the back but the metal could take about 7mm of adhesive through the mesh i can't back fill as its U shaped bits of metal any help or advise would be amazing i attempted fitting but the metal parts just collapse so...
    • Matt Bott
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    • canada fixing help metal mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    How to price for fixing of Victorian floor

    Evening all, I've got a Victorian floor in the pipe line to be fitted in a bathroom.Now I was just wondering what was the general rule of thumb for pricing,I'm not interested in knowing price per mtr or anything like that because I have a figure in my head, but do you guys...
    • Tommythetiler80
    • Thread
    • canada edwardian edwardian floor fixing floor geometric how price victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Foam for fixing cement boards

    Had heard about this, supposed to replace adhesive AND mechanical fixing?
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    Advice for fixing wall that is out of plumb

    Hi, I am redoing our bathroom and am tiling all the walls including around the shower. Where the shower will go I have taken down the old plasterboard and replaced with Hardiebacker board and have already taped the joins. However, before starting the tiling I have realised the wall is out of...
    • AndyB
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    • advice canada fixing out that wall
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. smokie899

    Fix-a-floor. For fixing tiles with voids.

    Got to use this fix-a-floor stuff today. What a load of... rubbish, and that's being kind. One loose tile 300 x 300 and the grout cracked a bit. Drilled eight 4mm holes in 6mm grout lines. Cut the nozzle for a snug fit. Injected it in. Only about 5% went in, while most just came out the same...
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    fixing hardie backer

    should i be screwing down or adhesive bed. or both ???
    • neil forrest
    • Thread
    • canada fixing hardie tile backerboard
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    plasterboard fixing with barbs

    Hi , I was wondering about a washer like a wedi washer but with barbs to join plasterboard joints
    • Chrisg
    • Thread
    • canada fixing plasterboard
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    fixing plaster board

    Hi, I'm in middle of a bathroom couple walls had come off back to brickwork but only 5 feet high it's very tall ceilings It's all been decorated recently so I want do as little damage as possible Question is normally I just dot and Dab boarsds to ceiling with normal drywall adhesive but I'm...
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    Out door stone fixing

    Hello folkes I have been asked to price up a job it's a external tiling job on to a concrete slab that is 10" thick laid to a small fall away from the building the slab is reenfoced. Due to door sills I be building up a thick bed approx 22mm to finish at correct hights. The stone is 600mm...
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    Isomat UK waterproofing and tile fixing brochure

    Attached is the brochure
    • ISOMAT UK
    • Thread
    • adhesive canada fixing grout isomat tile waterproofing
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Fixing shelves, accessories etc to or through tile?

    Tiling is finished and grouted and I have got some matching bits and piece to fix to the walls, a couple of glass/metal shelves, toilet roll holder and that kind of thing, but I'm not sure of the best way to fix these to the wall as some of them are maybe 1.5-2kg. Do I fix directly to the tile...
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    Brick Slips fixing advice

    Hi, I would welcome some advice as I have got myself into a pickle. I planned to attach brick slips to a bonded coat in my kitchen however have realised that they will be too heavy to be directly attached so am now considering attaching a cement based back board but am not sure how to fix it...
    • gaggarwal1981
    • Thread
    • advice brick brick slips fixing slips
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum

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