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  1. aflemi

    Worst Floor Prep Ever?

    18 months ago, fairly new acquaintance of mine had builder/plumber fit £8k bathroom. He got 'pro tiler' in to do floor, £120sqm Gulf Stone. Within a week tiles were lifting, client agreed to hold £500 back. Several months later he got quoted £1200 to fix it. He told me this not long after I met...
  2. D

    The best floor prep

    Hi Guys! I'm one of those annoying people who can't do the job myself but insist on it being done perfectly when i pay some poor guy to do it for me. Anyways here are my questions: Current situation: 1st floor bathroom. Floor tiles removed to reveal 18mm floorboard with 6mm ply. Believe it...
    • Do it Properly
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    • best floor floor prep floor tiling prep usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  3. G

    Kitchen Timber Floor Prep work

    hi there I am about to start my first floor tiling job on timber and have been reading through the site for hints and tips. The only floors i have done up to now are concrete. From advice I have been given, i had planned to do the following. - Kitchen is all floorboards, so I am going to...
    • GlennM
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    • bathroom floor floor prep floor tiling job jobs kitchen prep tiling jobs tiling work timber usa work
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  4. S

    Floor prep for UFH

    Hi Guys, I'm in the process of re-tiling my kitchen and am taking the opportunity to fit UFH. I've just started to rip up the old tiles and it's becomming apparent the surface I'll be left with won't be flat, with areas down to the concrete and areas with old tile adhesive left. The height...
  5. N

    Floor Prep Help

    Tiling newbie here, but generall OK with DIY. Will be tiling the bathroom floor this weekend. Is the following procedure OK: Floorboards screwed to joists. 12mm WBP (sealed with Bal Bond SBR) screwed every 150mm. UFH Loose Wires installed. Cover with Mapei Fiberplan. Tile over with Mapei...
  6. C

    Floor prep for u.f.h.

    Hi, on an uneven concrete floor would you prime, self level ,lay and test the mat then self level over the mat or just prime lay mat then self level. just not sure if it will make a difference laying the mat to a uneven or level floor?
  7. M

    Floor prep in bathroom - with UFH

    Hi all, OK, I've read lots of different threads and am only succeeding in getting myself more confused than ever! I'm about to start on a bathroom renovation project. I am using a builder friend of mine to do the first fix work (I consider him to be extrememly competent) and want to be sure...
    • MarkP80
    • Thread
    • bathroom floor floor prep floor tiling prep ufh usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  8. W

    Floor prep

    Hi all Doing a job for the father in law at the weekend and he insisted on doing the prep to hellp me out! Anyway the original floor is 18mm weyrock floor i think and he has overboarded it with another 18mm tongue and groove chipboard. I have checked the floor is screwed down properley and...
  9. B

    Help with floor prep !! i'm a noob.

    Hi Guys, Great forum you have here very helpful guy's !! I have searched loads of posts but can't find some answers to my qestions, Im tiling my kitchen floor and side room. I have taken up the tiles in the kitchen and the sticky back tiles under that and i'm left with a black kind of...
  10. N

    Slate floor prep

    I am after some advice on what i should use for a sub floor for slate tiles. I have just built a kitchen extension and the floor is now part existing floorbaord and 22mm ply in the extension. The floor looks pretty flat and I have purchased brazillian slates for the floor. I was intending on...
  11. B

    bathroom floor prep

    hi all, just picked up a job at last lol and the guy wants to keep is floor height to a min, currently the bathroom floor is 18 or 21mm tongue and grove chip board sheets in a new build (2004) all screwed down at 300mm centres and all joints on joists, the floor size is 1.50m x 2.50m i said i...
    • beaulock
    • Thread
    • bathroom floor floor prep floor tiling prep usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  12. B

    floor prep

    what would you go with on this: geometrics(7m2 hallway) onto joists 22mm ply then what-ditra or an slc??? i really want the floor a la pancake:yes: any ideas on an slc for ply?
  13. T

    Floor prep

    ok guys this is my first post next job is a 20m2 floor. porcelain tiles, 8m2 of cable ufh in one specific area/end of the room. the sub floor is 22 mm t & g board screwed to joists @ 450 ctrs i know how i am going to prep the floor for tiling,set the ufh and my choice of addy but would be...
  14. S

    V small ensuite floor prep

    Hi there, wonder if you can help - a mate wants his 2.5 metres squared ensuite floor in his newbuild house tiling as cheap as possible. I've only tiled onto concrete so far and looked at the floor and it's flat, hard, v sturdy and I'm not sure what it is!Chipboard, plywood?My question is, can I...
    • samwich
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    • ensuite floor floor prep floor tiling prep small usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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