floor tiling

  1. P

    Solution To tile floor issues

    hi guys, thanks to this forum I am a little wiser. I’m 1/2 way through my bathroom refurb been completed by a contractor, using various tradesmen. The good news is only the bath is fitted, the bad news is it’s boarded over but still squeaking when walked on. They have also only used 9mm ply...
  2. M

    I'm Looking For This Tile BCT TED BAKER PARTRIDGE GREY FLOOR

    approx 4-5 m
  3. T

    Porcelain tiles on linoleum floor

    Hello all, Linoleum floor is not coming up at all, anyway to porcelain tile on top? Thanks
  4. Bbbecca7

    Tiling bathroom floor- floorboards/cement board question

    Hi all! Since everyone was so helpful with near tiling disaster last time I am hoping to get a bit more advice now that we are coming to tile our bathroom floor. We want to make sure we do it right first time! The floor of the bathroom is wood floorboards. They're in relatively good nick and...
  5. P

    Hardiefloor, UFH and tiles on suspended floor.

    Hi Guys, I am new to this forum and I'm an "experienced DIYer" if I can say that :). We (my wife) has an idea about swapping kitchen and a living room... I got no problem with plumbing and electrics but she also want tiles and UFH in the new kitchen. The current floor is wooden and suspended...
  6. R

    Tiling on suspended timber floor

    I'm looking for some advice, I'm planning to tile the hall floor of my 1st floor flat (approx. 8m²), the existing floorboards are a bit knackered as it's an old (1870's) building. I was planning to lift and remove the existing floorboards, brace the joists with 2x8 at regular centres and at the...
  7. Andy Allen

    Kitchen floors and white goods.

    If your tiling a kitchen floor, would you remove the white goods...... washing machine, fridge freezer, oven....etc ..
  8. B

    The good old tiling on to a suspended floor debate

    Soooo, I have had an extension built which is watertight and fully roofed. I am doing the majority of the remaing work. The ground floor is a suspended floor with 8x2 joists at 400 centres. The largest span is approximately 2.5 metres with sleeper walls and internal walls breaking up the spans...
  9. J

    Floor prep - backer board

    Hi, I'm converting a bedroom into a bathroom and doing a lot of the unskilled work myself. I'm at the point where I need to prep the timber floor ready for the tiler to come in and I plan to lay 6mm hardie board using screws and adhesive. I would like to know is there a particular type of...
  10. M

    instalay self adhesive floor tiling mat.

    we have an architect building a number of apartments that we are pricing for. he would like this used on the bathroom floors. has anyone on here used this product and is it any good. cheers.
  11. A

    Levelling ground floor [repost]

    [reposted here as it seems much more active] Hi, I’m not looking to tile the floor, but feel this forum has some really smart and helpful people who could give great advice... Our ground floor is made up of quarry tiles cemented directly onto the concrete slab in the hall and kitchen, and...
  12. A

    Levelling Ground Floor

    Hi, I’m not looking to tile the floor, but feel this forum has some really smart and helpful people who could give great advice... Our ground floor is made up of quarry tiles cemented directly onto the concrete slab in the hall and kitchen, and then suspended timber in the living room and...
  13. B

    Tile Choice for Kitchen Floor

    In the photo attached I want to put down a new floor in the kitchen off the hallway. Currently there is lino there. I'd like to put down something that won't look awful with the Victorian tile hallway. My first choice is tile, although wood has been suggested that I would always have avoided...
  14. N

    Natural stone on wooden floor with electric UFH

    Hi Guys, I'm 6 months in being a tiler, I've done lots all my life and sold the dam things for 10 years so I'm after a little advice on a upcoming job please. 10 Sqm of natural stone (they have not chose which stone yet) on a upstair wooden floor and they want electric under floor heating too...
  15. J

    Porcelain 600mm x 600mm. Same adhesive for floor and walls?

    Looking for some adhesive advice... DIY bathroom job, 600 x 600 porcelain tiles 26kg per sq metre plus weight of adhesive (pick my Sigma 3c3m up tomorrow). Tiles going on floor and halfway up walls both on 6mm hardie backer (unless plaster board will take weight of tiles going up the wall...
  16. T

    Floor tiles lifted on calcium based self level floor

    Hi all,my tiler fitted 600x600 porceline tiles to my calcium based concrete slab,it was 4 months after it being poured and he did a test by laying a peice of polythene taped around edges to see if it was still emiting moisture,this was after it was professionally sanded sorry and no moisture was...
  17. L

    Marine plywood floor for tiles

    Hi all, I hope you're all well. Is it ok to tile on to a marine ply floor? If not, what sub floor are people using over joists these days. Thank you
  18. Adam18Spring

    Recalimed Brick Floor 45sqm Project

    Hi guys following on from my previous wet room build here: Full Wetroom Build Thread - Start to finish - https://www.tilersforums.com/threads/full-wetroom-build-thread-start-to-finish.88057/ My next project is doing 45sqm of recalimed 150 year old bricks. So let's start! The basic build up is...
  19. J

    Tiles cracking On conservatory floor

    i have a conservatory floor which is 33 sq mts in a L shape It had a level screed over the pipes and was. very flat as laid with a laser, backed up by tiler who said it was within 1mm all over. I used a proffesional tiler and was laid with mapei? Both tile and grout cement. The floor was laid...
  20. D

    Suspended Timber Floor Tile Prep

    Hey guys, I normally post over in diynot for general DIY but wrt tiling over timber I need some specialist advice... I've recently replaced a very bouncy/squeaky subfloor constructed out of 4x2 (unknown grade) @ 16ish centers on a 2 course sleeper wall (sleeper at either end and mid span @...

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