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Im due to start a job in a couple of days and im fixing 6mm Marmox boards on top of 15mm WBP Plywood which will be screwed down on top of 22mm Weyroc. The Question is... do i need to lay with flexible adhesive or can i just screw them down with marmox washers? One person said i only need to...

Hi All, Anybody have any recommendations as to the best way to mechanically fix 12mm hardi backerboard to a plastered over brick wall ? A customer has had a job fail and asked me to fix it. A now out-of-business bathroom company fitted 900mm x 300 x 10mm ceramic tiles full height and 2 tiles...

After reading through the forum have bought some 10mm Marmox Backer Boards, plastic Marmox washers, Marmox sealant and Mapei Keraquick to fix with. I understand I also have to secure with screws and raw plugs. Can anyone recommend the best type of screw to avoid rust etc? When fixing the...

Hi everyone, haven't posted for a while but i have a query. Dot and dabbed Marmox boards yesterday, put the fixing dowels in today and they stick out a mile! Anybody else had this trouble? Am gonna have trouble notching the addy over them now, using rectified porcelain as well. Cheers, Jamie.

hi there Im going to tile our kitchen splash back next week which is currently skimmed plasterboard which has been painted. can anyone please recommend me a Adhesive to use, ive only ever used bal singe part flexible in the past, would a tubed addy be better also should I sand down the paintwork...

Hi, Doing my wetroom but want to know is the best method going to be to dot n dab cement boards to brick wall or to run a membrane over the wall? Im going to use wickes aquapanel or wickes tanking fleece for this - cant really see, if installed correctly, these products can be any different to...

Good morning all. I have a small quad shower enclosure to tile, it is stud walls lined with aquapanel and jointed etc. I am using white spf addy. My question is the tiles turned up yesterday and on the box it stated they should be immersed in water for at least 1 hour before fixing and that any...

Hi, I am re-tiling my bathroom with 50x20cm ceramic tiles (horizontilly). I have removed the old tiles from the main wall running along-side the bath (internal wall). The bath also used as a shower. As you can guess, there were quite a few chunks of plasterboardthat came away with the...

Anyone really handy with tools and good ideas around the Marlow (Buckinghamshire) area? The mosaic commission which is very nearly finished, see http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-forum/37000-tilersforums.com-show-us-your-53.html#post539497 will be picked up from my place in a couple or so...

i have a feature wall to do in an en-suite using these tiles broken link removed They are 800 sq, 15mm deep and weigh 40kg psm. The wall was skim plastered on breeze block, I have battened it with 40mm timber at 300 intervals using rawlplugs and will board with 12.5 mm marmox, which will be as...

I have had a search on this and other forums but can't find the answer hence the post. I have fixed 20mm marmox boards to wall with dot and dab tile adhesive then tiled over with 8mm ceramic tiles. I need to mount the heated towel rail but not sure if I need to drill through the tiles, marmox...

These are some New Travertines my supplier has just been getting in. and i am really looking forward to the first job with these.. soon i hope..:) They are 60x30 and 60x60 polished finish and the quality is amazing.. virtually zero filler , the second pic looks like filler but is actually...

Hi, I need to put up a shower riser and was wondering which fixings to use. I have 9 mm ceramic tiles onto aquapanel. Can i use standard rawlplugs ? Also do i need to use silicone? thanks,

Just heard i might end up fitting 6m2 of Gulfstone on some walls next week,never fitted this stuff before so has anyone got tips? Which Flexi adhesive.... 1 or2 part? Which flexi grout? ..... does it scratch? Which sealer? What to do,what not to do etc,etc Cheers.

Hi, i got in a pickle with an ensuite (recently posted) & am now on the remedials. Jason the tiler was a fab help thanks - but i can't keep pestering him as a go fwd... Nearly all told me that my orig ply was too thin on the floor so it all came up again. I was told to use 6mm Hardi backer to...

Hi, I'm trying to re-fix some loose mosaic tiles from the floor of our shower. Over time a few tiles have come loose as the grout between them has been worn away underneath the shower head. I've prevoiusly fixing the tiles down with a premixed bottle of "polycell fix 'n' grout", but it hasn't...

hello again sorry for all the questions but my mind is on overdrive and everyone is so helpful when cleaning the dust off the back of the marble tile is it best to just use water or is there any product i should add, Do you guys just wipe the dust off let dry and fit, i was thinking of going...

Have 170 m2 sandstone tiles (900x600) to fix on concrete.All the stuff is supplied by customer.Concrete base is very uneven and humpy.Tiles mean to be fixed on sand-cement bed.But builders says that minimum thickness of the bed is 50mm.there is no way to raise the floor so high(50mm bed and 20mm...

Hi - am new to Forum although have picked up lots of helpful info without being a member. Tackle most DIY jobs - plumbing, glazing, heating, electrics (wife does the plastering) and have done a bit of tiling before but am now re-doing bathroom. Have just bought 9mm x 400 x 250 tiles. Do...

hi folks i am laying 12m2 of tumbled marble 40x40 onto a new build conrete floor. its been down for months so no worries anout it not being dry. couple of questions if i may, should i use ditra matting or similar . should i seal before fixing, and before grouting, the supplier recomended 3...