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    Mapei ultracolour plus is it supposed to be flexible? Disaster strikes :(

    Firstly hello all, just joined the forum as I've had a disaster and am hoping someone can help. I've tried googling this and searching the forum but I can't find much (maybe I'm doing it wrong?) so here goes. About 6 months ago I tiled my sisters bathroom using large real stone (I think)...
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    Flexible grout has cracked after only 2 days !!!!

    First time poster on here. I hope you guys can help me out here. Upstairs bathroom. 2.5M x 2.5M Have just replaced my bathroom floor with 18mm exterior ply and screwed down every 6inches on EVERY joist. Put down 330mmx330mm ceramic tiles using flexible tile adhesive. 2mm gaps. Grouted using...
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    Flexible floor grout.

    Hi guys, looking for advice. Last week i tiled a timber floor (overplyed) with ceramic tiles. After 2 days i noticed the grout was cracking. There is very slight movement on the floor possibly 1 to 1.5mm when walking on it.On inspection of the use by date on the grout it was well out of date.I...
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    Anyone know of an extra extra extra flexible wall tile grout? Damsel in distress!!

    Hi all, we had our bathroom done in the summer and had a new bath plumbed in. Its been tiled all around and also to bath panel has been tiled making it impossible to gain access to underneigh the bath. Our problem is that recently when we fill the bath up or stand in the bath for shower a crack...
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    Tiling Onto Plasterboard And Solid Wall - Do I Need A Flexible Adhesive?

    Most of the bathroom walls are new plasterboard, hardibacker in the shower enclosure and one solid skimmed wall. Tile size is 250*300. Do I need a flexible adhesive? I'm planning on using Weber Plus (yellow/grey bag) which is not a flexible adhesive. Grout is Mapei Ultracolour. Will the above...
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    bostik sgs vs bostik flexible

    hi all , looking for a little advicehaving rushed into a big tiling job (for a novice like me!) ie my whole bathroom, i stuffed up on the floor :(, grout cracked up fairly badlyanyway i am using a flexible quick-set adhesive and grout(both flexible) brand-'bondmaster'i have just done the floor...
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    which flexible slc for 30 mm depth?

    As the title says, i want to level a poor bathroom floor which is 30mm low at its lowest going up to 3mm at the door it needs to be flexible as its onto ply. its a small 3.6 m2 room. ive never used slc before how many bags am i likely to use? is it cheaper to mix sharp sand into certain brands?
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    " Flexible " tile adhesive ?

    Hi all. 4 years ago I tiled walls and floors on a new timber framed house over here in SW Ireland . About 18 months later cracks started top appear on some floor tiles about 4 inches from the walls . After a lot of investigation it was discovered that the builder had built the foundations for...
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    Thickness of flexible tile adhesive for terracotta tiles on anhydrite screed

    Hi - We are nearing the end of a self-build project and have hit yet another brick wall! We have 100m2 of floor to tile with 25mm thick terracotta tiles over UFH. They are a bit uneven and the makers recommend bedding them on a 15-20mm mortar bed, our tiler wanted 25mm in order to do a good job...
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    GRANFIX flexible tile adhesive any good

    Hi tiling experts. I have been researching buying my wall and floor flexible tile adhesive online as I have about 100 SQ M to tile and the make GRANFIX seems on popping time and again and is the most cost effective at around £x per 20KG bag. My worry it splashing out on 35 bags of the stuff...
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    Flexible addy for plasterboard?? Also what centres for timbers?

    Hello As the question says really. The walls are to be plaster boarded. So will it be nessecary to use flexi addy? Also, the walls are timber framed and i just wondered what the gap between the timber uprights should be. Should I put some noggins in for extra strengh? Thanks
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    Pro Flexible

    Anyone used it.. from Tile Giant there own brand as such
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    Ditra Mat & Flexible tile adhesive, is it overkill?

    Hi. I have 18mm marine ply as my substrate on my suspended floor wet floor. I have bought some Ditra Matting and plan to cover the entire ground floor with it.I was going to buy some Nicobond Fast Flexible Adhesive but at £25/7kg it is very very expensive. I was thinking that as I have...
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    BEST FLEXIBLE FLOOR GROUT (2mm joints) Floating Floor!

    Hello, Was wondering what is the best flexible grout for a polished porcelain floor with 2mm joints. (Tiled on a floating floor) Was advised by tile shop to use Mapei Ultra colour plus, adding flexible primer?? But grout has cracked, well more sort of come away from the edges. Tiler happy...
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    UFH and non flexible SLC

    Levelled a kitchen floor about 2 weeks ago and plan to start tiling it at the end of this week (pending on delivery of tiles). It was levelled using an ordinary one part leveller which I would be pretty sure is not flexible. Customer explained today that he would like electric UFH installed...
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    Flexible or Normal ?

    Hi all, Almost finished my own monster bathroom project and my grandparents like it so much they are getting me to do theirs for them (thats an easy christmas present out the way ;-) Im going to do the walls and floor, will overboard the floor with 18mm ply (have some left over from my...
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    VERY flexible grout

    Hi guys. I have a problem that I need expert help with. We have a small bathroom in a roof conversion that is prone to some movement. We laid plywood and put large porcelain tiles down. The grout keeps breaking up and I'm guessing there is still floor movement. The tiles haven't moved. Does...
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    Is PCI Aquafug flexible?

    Hi I'm tiling the walls on my upstairs bathroom. The bathroom has stud partition walls so there I'm going to use a flexible wall grout to be on the safe side. I was going to use some PCI Aquafug grout because I've used it before and liked it alot, but I can't see anything on the bag to...
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    flexible additive?

    Can flexible additives be used with flexible adhesives that are already flexible to increase their flexibility,and would these adhesives then be suitable for floors that may have slight deflection?What is the best flexible additive? All advice appreciated
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    Benfer Flexible Rapid Set Tile Adhesive

    :incazzato: My local stockist decided to get this in now and I had to get it as it is an hours drive to the next nearest place. Honestly what a load of rubbish. Full of lumps - I had to sieve them out, it smears and drags rather than spreads and sets off too quickly so you have to keep making...

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