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    Bathroom floor to be tiled

    Hey all need some advice so I can follow the same when doing my bathroom. My pensioner sister is having a bathroom refurb which consists of replacing a bath with a cubicle shower and fitting new toilet and basin. She's also having quite expensive porcelain wall to ceiling tiles & floor tiles...
  2. D

    Floorboard Substrate Preparation

    I am currently redoing a bathroom. Floor is to be tiled with porcelain tiles. The floor is 22mm wooden T & G floorboards. There are a fair amount of boards that have been previously taken up, presumably for access for electrics maintenance/ changes, etc.. Some of these boards have been badly...
  3. J

    Preparation for Mosaics on floor

    Hi all, After some advice. I’m tiling a 4m floor in 1 inch hexagon mosaics. The floor is green chipboard which is pretty secure but I would always use ditramat 25 on it prior to fixing but Schlüter have said not to fix anything under 50mm on to ditra 25. Anyone had the same issue? It’s not the...
  4. P

    Wet room floor membrane

    I am building a small wet room which is 900 x 1850. I am using an AKW Tuff form 900 x 1400 former so there is a 450mm gap at the end which needs to be raised to the level of the former (22mm). The former and the filler piece will be screwed down to the same sub-strait so there is limited...
  5. S

    To lift or not to lift? (old kitchen floor tiles c.1905)

    Hi all, This is first post here. I have an old house which we are in the process of re-doing kitchen and whilst lifting the many decades of different flooring, finally came down on what must be the original 1905 floor tiles. They are at least 2in thick and classic red terracotta. Under them is...
    • steph0249
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    • bathroom floor floor tiles floor tiling kitchen kitchen floor not tile tiles
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  6. S

    Looks like the floor has sunk

    :eek::eek::eek: This floor has been down for 3 years. The only place it has sunk is where new screed was laid. Anybody seen something like this before ? No tiles cracked.
  7. kiteboy

    Turning on Underfloor After Tiling

    Hi all About to turn of underfloor heating a month after we tiled the kitchen floor - (its cold) but i gather this should be done slowly and gradually up to the working temp and then turned back down again too Ive checked the control valve on the underfloor manifold and the lowest it goes too...
  8. P

    how much space between floor tile and wall for expansion?

    How much space should you leave between floor tiles and the wall when tiling over 60mm screed over wet UFH? Is 5mm enough?
  9. P

    is 6mm Delta board ok for floor?

    Newbie here, so be gentle :) Bathroom remodel project. Thinking of using 6mm Delta board over the chipboard, then underfloor heating (DCM pro mat), then tile. Is 6mm too thin for floor? Anything thicker will create a step, which I'd love to avoid. Any recommendations on pros and cons...
  10. dg-1984

    Removing skirting for wall tiles, floor already tiled.

    Basically I have a tiled floor in a toilet with skirting in place, as we were not sure if we were going to tile the walls or just wallpaper. Now decided to tile the walls so I will remove the skirting, I just wanted to know how to get the tile to the correct thickness so it sits where the...
    • dg-1984
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    • canada floor floor tiling removing skirting tile tiled tiles wall wall tiles
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  11. R

    Tiles cutting into original floorboards

    I would like to put tiles cutting into the original floorboards where the the 2 different flooring meets. I’ve generally seen it with engineered or hardwood flooring but not old floorboards. Is there a way to avoid cracking tiles? Thanks
  12. O

    Didcot, Marley plastic floor tile replacement

    I have a flat currently with B&Q plastic tiles that have been in for 14 years and have lasted fine. Substrate is concreate block and beam, would like replacing with similar.
  13. N

    Floor Prep ideas please

    So this is not what I was hoping for on uplift. (But probably should have expected. Probably latex based LC coming away with vinyl flooring. In varying degrees and where it doesn't old Addy residue. The original screed is poor as well. So thinking grind off old leveller and worst high spots of...
  14. N

    SLC mistake on floor.

    Ok, before i start, I totally misread (as in missed!) the priming instructions on the Mapei 1210 SLC and didn't prime my floor before adding the SLC in my understairs toilet :( Anyway, I poured the well and correctly mixed SLC over old black tile adhesive and everything thus far seems ok! The...
  15. Y

    Kitchen floor Prep Help

    Hi All, I am looking at moving on to the next project in my house which is kitchen area. This includes the utility room and conservatory. Existing floor was tiled about 10 years ago with porcelain tiles 60x30. All of the floor was fitted with thin tile backer boards, underfloor heating and...
    • YT233
    • Thread
    • bathroom canada floor floor prep floor tiling help kitchen kitchen floor prep
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  16. J

    Loose tiles & underfloor heating...

    Hi all New to the forum so hello, please go gentle, and let me know if I'm posting in the wrong place? We've recently had an extention, during which we also had the kitchen, utility and all three toilets refitted and retiled. The builders organised or 'did' all the work throught the build...
    • JMRolfe
    • Thread
    • canada floor floor tiling heating loose tile tiles underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  17. Andy Allen

    Weber set plus suitable with underfloor heating or not?

    Always said on the bags suitable for UFH, notice today it's disappeared off the bag..... Web site, pdf, and technical advice all seem sketchy..? Any one know if the format has been changed...?
  18. R

    Tile levelling system for 300mm floor tiles

    I need to lay some tiles on a bathroom floor area of about 2m by 2.7m. The tiles are 300mm square porcelain. The floor is 18mm plywood, marmox, heating mat and SLC. Despite my best efforts, the floor is sloping slightly. It's about 7mm out over the 2m width. Can I use a floor levelling system...
    • Rabbit Chef
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    • canada floor floor tiles floor tiling levelling levelling system system tile tile levelling tile levelling system tiles
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  19. Dadsiphone

    Victorian floor tiles

    Hi, anyone done any original style flooring ? I’ve done a few but I always do my own layout and setting out. So just wondering how you other tilers do it Sid
    • Dadsiphone
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    • canada edwardian edwardian floor floor floor tiles floor tiling geometric tile tiles victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  20. G

    Popping tiles where underfloor heating pipes are...

    Hi, some of the tiles in the kitchen, landing and bathrooms have grout that that loosened and fallen out and tiles are popping in various places. Mostly where the underfloor heating pipes are. Under tile is concrete. We ripped some of the tiles out and re laid again. However the issue is still...
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