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Do I need to leave any expansion gap between 12.5mm plasterboard sheets or just but joint??

Hi all, Anyone doing slate jobs on site at the mo?, or have done recently, and what rate were you getting per m2? It's riven 10mm 450mmx300mm. :thumbsup:

I am building out one wall of the bathroom using 38 x 25mm battens and fixing plasterboard (aquapanel in shower area). I intend to fix the battens at 300mm centres with Spax single thread wood screws 4.5 x 70mm and rawlplugs. Substrate is 12mm render over brick. Any thoughts? The fixing of the...

Hi All Wonder if anyone can advise on this - I'm installing a corner quadrant shower - plan A was to batten the wall, add Aquapanel, then tile onto it. Because I've been stupid and didn't check, the joist interferes with the position of the waste from the shower tray. :mad2: In order to give me...

Landed a couple of bathrooms using vileroy and bosh tiles - £131 per m2!!! Do you guys up the labour for fixing expensive tiles? Technically no more difficult to fix.

lo all,ive fixed hardi boards numerous times with addy and screws to t and g boards,,this job i have looked at has an old painted border on it...seems to have been done profesionally a long time ago and has a very glossy varnish over the boards,,what do you guys/gals reckon will it be safe...

.... handrail & base plate , any thoughts on fixing techniquies , i know i can drive screws through them but i was looking for a more ' elegant ' solution if there is one :idea3:

Large ongoing contract of mine that has just gone onto an accelerated works programme. We are now looking for two additional fixers, one required for marble bathrooms and one for patterned marble floor. All materials have been cut to spec, and in the case of the floor its been dry-laid in Italy...

Hi, I am about to tile the floor in my toilet, and fit new toilet and pedastal sink. Should I fix toilet and pedastal direct onto tiles? Am I best using silicon or anything else between floor and ceramics. Any advice gratefully recieved.

here are a few pictures of some tiles i removed from a path i tiled 3 years ago tiles are porcelain fixed onto an unbonded, wire reinforced semi dry bed with a sbr enhanced cement slurry, the reason why they were removed was they were a slip hazard in the snow it took a small breaker to get it...

To all you guys that use loose wire or mesh ufh, can you tell me your prefered fixing method, ie tape or glue gun ? and how you go about fixng it, do you glue all of it or at intervals and which colour glue sticks you use before covering it with slc, just want to see what options are available...

What would be the best way to stick a shower tray down onto a plywood base, my thoughts are either silicon, pink grip, or a 2 part flexable. Any advice will be appreciated

Hi - I am a rookie tiling my conseravtory/kitchen starting tomorrow! Am: 1) priming concrete 2) Laying insulation boards (cheap blue ones) with flexi addi 3) UFH instalation 4) SLC 5) Slate 40x40 6) Seal 7) Grout 8) Seal When I am laying the boards I...

Anyone have any experience/views on fixing 4/6mm plywoood overlay prior to tiling where levels have needed to be built up. I have been screwing down to original timber floors but have a couple of big jobs coming up and have thought about possibly stapling as an option. Just wondering if anyone...

landed a job to mechanically fix stone to shop front columns .any idea what to charge . the stone is 30 mil thick 450x450

Hi all, Just tried to pm hardi rep on here but it said his mailbox is full (popular guy!!) so thought I would ask the rest of the knowledgable bunch. I have a job next week (weather permitting!) laying 20mm thick marble tiles. They're to be lay onto chipboard flooring so I wanted to lay...

What do you think of this...Got it of a Stone Fabrication Forum.

I am reluctant to use screws and caps to fix my mirror (~1m wide x 2m tall) in my bathroom as I think they detract from the 'look'. The mirror will be spaced about 25mm away from floor and ceiling and any adjacent walls, to avoid any expansion/contraction issues. I've been told special mirror...

I have a few bags of Mapeker to use up and was wondering if it would be suitable to use for fixing down warmup insulation boards, and then again on top of the warmup ufh (loose wire) for fixing down ceramic floor tiles. Also, what size trowel is best for the boards??? Substrate is concrete...

YouTube - Tile Repair what you reckon to this system..?