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I have just grouted the Brazilian slate tiles and it was a disaster. The grout dried instantly on the tile surface and I had to scrub it off (way before the grout joint was dry
I washed the slates 3 times and let dry for a day before applying matstone tile sealer,2 costs applied with clean...
By far the biggest floor I've done and it's herringbone. The floors been over boarded with chipboard or something simlar and it feels very sturdy. There's a small dip in the middle of the room (few mm of a meter)
My thinking is to used an S2 adhesive and Hardie, but it's this right? Do I need...
HI There, im about to layout Jackoboard panels and wetroom shower tray on my bathroom floor, whilst the floor is up im going to take up the uneven and gappy 100yr old floor boards and lay a new subfloor new. Question is, should i use standard flooring chip board, standard 18mm Ply or 18mm...
I have for my sins purchased a lightweight ABS shower tray ( podium from plumbword). It needs a dead level surface to be bonded into place onto. My 18mm ply base is out by 5mm at one side so I need to level it from 0- 5mm across a metre in one direction. Which slc would be appropriate? Thanks
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First time on here, new to DIY and have my first challenge:
Decided to floor tile our first property and having done so with hardie backer boards and Lauara Ashley Dove tiles.
The floor had slight movement in certain areas, so we nailed down floorboards as secure as possible without me...
I'm doing a second floor condo kitchen, 6' by 9' of tile area. The surface is gypsumite (poured) over plywood. I'm going to use 12" x 12" porcelain tiles. I've put down the tiles (loose- not set) and walked on them. Floor seems level.
Questions: 1. I was told to seal the gypsumite, one source...
I have a 9mm x300mmx600mm porcelain tile to fit on the bathroom walls with Norcros standard set porcelain adhesive. I have purchased a trowel with round notches which I think/hope is the right one. Please let me know if I will be ok or should I get one with square notches?
I will also be using...
Contractors for New House Builders small to large sites, Possibility to have long term contracts for suitable individuals. Must have own tools and transport.
Need some advice please on sealing Slc.
Not sure if I'm in the right place for this but worth a try.
I have recently Slc a garage floor and want to paint over it as the finish but I'm not sure what to seal it with prior to painting as it has a very porous/dusty finish, any advice would be...
Looking for a bit of advice on what size of trowel to use for a mosaic laid on the floor. The individual tiles are 50mm square, and porcelain (if that has any bearing on it). The floor is perfectly flat, although it is plywood. I lifted the original floorboards, braced all the joists (450mm...
I'm tiling a small bathroom floor (8'x10') which is not level (1/2 low at the one end). I plan on using the TEC EZ floor level and then putting go-board on top of that. I'll thin-set the go-board in to the subfloor and leveled Tec EZ floor area. . When reading the go-Board for flooring...
Need a bit of advice on planning the floor tile layout for my downstairs cloakroom.
The width of the walls run-out by around 10mm as you move from the back wall towards the door way.
Tiles are 600x300 with 3mm spacers. ill be laying them longways, i.e the 600mm edge will run the length of...
Going to be doing a floor with 600x300mm ceramic tiles.
The floor is fairly flat for the most part. There are a few areas where the level deviates by 1-2mm near a few of the corners.
Whats the best size trowel you'd recommend for this job?
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Hi guys,
Literally just lifted the floor tiles of my porch floor (only about 2sqm 1920’s house) underneath is a kind of marble looking resin.
Google tells me this could be terrazzo!?
Anyway I need to level this and then tile.
Can anyone give me some advice here. Is it possible to level with...