hi again, another question of many more:dizzy2:.
I understand the need for flexible floor adhesive and grout as this area gets walked on.My question is ,can anyone explain the need for flexible adhesives and grout on walls.Could you also tell me when it would be best to use this and in what...
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We had someone come and tile our kitchen over a year ago, and we need to tile a few areas more, ajoining the original tiling. The grout he used previously was Excel Bond Flexible Wide Joint Limestone. I can not for the life of me find anyone...
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i am going to lay 3.5m2 of devimat on to cement based thermal board on top of WBP plywood on top of original floorboards. i was going to go straight from UFH cables to ceramic floor tiles with the flexible adhesive but after reading on here a SLC seems best. my...
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hi fellow tilers i just want to know if any other tilers have had failures while using dunlop single part flexible rapid set (white)...i have been tiling for 23 yrs and have had a big failure on a job while using this....anyone else had any oproblems...cheers for reading...look forward to some...
I have posted (elsewhere on this forum) a project to tile a small room in granite. The subfloor is about 80mm sand/cement mix laid on 80mm Celcon insulation board, laid on DPC placed over an existing concrete garage floor (probably 100mm deep).
I plan to use Mapei grout and adhesive (after...
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Hi everyone, just got my 1st job tiling a bathroom. The walls i havent got a problem with, but could use some advice on the floor. The floor has only been boarded in 6mm ply for a start and is causing me concern. The tiles are 300mm x 600mm porcelain. What is th best addy to use for that...
Hi, I have put floor tiles onto my kitchen floor. Old chipboard was left - I didn't plywood it. Put down a 6mm stiff foam layer for thermal properties. I didn't adhere the foam layer to the chipboard.
This probably reads like a catalogue of errors - my apologies in advance - most of the floor...
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hi all,i thought you didnt need to use a flexible adhesive when putting ceramics onto a concrete floor only when using porcelain,,was told today by a tiler on the job i should be using flexi?? is this correct? bit confused now:whatchutalkingabout also whilst im on the subject what is the actual...
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Bought a bag of single part flexible bal about a month ago, but the bag ripped when moving it from car to flat. Will the powder be OK to use? It has been kept dry and stored inside a bin liner.
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Can a flexible additive be used in any cementitious tile adhesive?
The supplier of the adhesive I bought told me that the adhesive is for "rigid" substrates only not for "flexible" substrates like plasterboard, which is where I am installing the tiles.
I have heard that wooden floors are...
Just been out to get some flexible tile adhesive and was quite shocked at how much this cost, this beign that i have never really thought about prices of materials as i am only on a college course at the moment. The reason i need the adhesive is that i need to do a final piece of work for my...
I have a shower cubicle in an old house: 2 walls, 2 glass panels. One wall is old and has undulations. The other is a stud wall and therefore vulnerable to movement. Was professionally tiled several years ago. Water has got under the lowest tiles several times and I have had to take off and...
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I am looking to tile my bathroom with 600mm x 300mm x 9mm porcelain tiles. I have been quoted for Bal rapidset flexible adhesive from the tile supplier at a cost of 35.86 per 20kg bag.
I am not a professional tiler, and therefore will be quite slow, and was worried about the mixture...
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I have a house in Portugal and want to retile the flat roof & terraces due to a leak, can you tell me whether it is best to use flexible tile cement or ordinary for a job like this.
Also dont know whether you could help with this, but could you use wall mate under the tiles as opposed to...
I have just laid a HUGE ceramic tiled kitchen floor and used BAL Flexible Floor Grout in Limestone (that't the colour it is called). It looks absolutely awful and doing a search I see another forum discussing the EXACT same problem means that this is not just a one off. The grout (supposedly...
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Hello all,
I have a porcelain tile floor that runs through a large kitchen, dining area, hallway and bathroom. The subflooring is thick enough with no noticeable motion. The tiles appear very secure. The floor was laid about 6 months ago. There are now hair line cracks in the grout throughout...
I put ply down over floorboards, and must have put at least 500 screws in it, but had a call today, went round and in about 7 or 8 places the grout is flaking away from the tile. Used flexible grout and adhesive, any ideas, nice people not causing to much of a fuss and want to sort the problem...