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  1. T

    Tile removal in the center of a floor?

    Does anyone have a DIY link or suggestions for removing just a single central tile from a kitchen floor? Here's my situation: - Prior homeowner either built the countertop around the dishwasher, or the floor after it was installed. Either way I cannot remove it as-is, nor fit the new one in...
  2. J

    Replacing a Floor - Best Material for Tiling

    Hi all, first post. I’m currently doing a job on my house where we’ve moved the kitchen and knocked together three rooms. The intention is to tile the floors (suspended timber) with natural stone, we’re looking at 15mm limestone. Before going out for quotes for tilers I’m hoping to get my head...
  3. JakubK

    What adhesive would you recommend?

    Hello, I've got to lay 45 X 45cm tiles (1cm thick) on a suspended floor with 22mm chipboard overlaid with 18mm ply (and treated with sbr) What would be best adhesive for the job? Thanks
  4. N

    Hardibacker advice onto chipboard floor

    Hi guys. Been out of the tiling game for some years and just about to tile kitchen and hall in 60*60 porcelain. Tiling over a chipboard floor and laying 6mm hardibacker first. My question is, is it essential to need the hardibacker onto adhesive then screw down or can you just screw the boards...
  5. D

    Tile down to wooden floor or skirting board

    Hello everyone, my name is David, nice to meet you all. I would like to ask you all your opinion on this, all opinions would be greatly appreciated. Should I tile down to the wooden floor the customer wants to install or should I tile down to a skirting board. Im worried about movement in...
  6. D

    Wrong adhesive for floor tiles (already laid) help!

    DIYer here (and first post!). Done reasonable amount of wall tiling but no floors. New bathroom with concrete base and self leveling compound ontop. I've sadly laid the whole room with our 600 X 400 porcelain tiles using.. deep breath.. mapei showerproof ready mixed tile adhesive which I now...
  7. B

    Kitchens floor slope

    Hi all it’s My first post here newbie alert lol I’m fitting my kitchen and the floor is slanting towards the gas meter by roughy 10mm iv self levelled the area on the meter wall already but it’s not come up enough using 2 bags I am going to lay either tile or vinyl click and would like some help...
  8. L

    Bal green screed/Bal new floor adhesive

    Hi ya, can anyone tell me the difference between Bal Green Screed Addy and Bal New Floor Addy, thanks.
  9. macca321

    Solution for suspended floor with chipboard Wet UFH?

    I'm a total tiling beginner having my kitchen/diner redone by builders. The dining area has a concrete subfloor, and the kitchen area has a new suspended floor. We have bought the chipboard panel based wet UFH already. The builder has planned for 20mm before the finished floor level, thinking...
  10. R

    Floor preparation too low

    Hi Everyone, My tiling job has come to a standstill, please help. The concrete floor was suppose to be raised to match the rest of the ground floor. We tried to raise it by mixing concrete. Sadly it's about 30-40mm too low: we are 50mm from the ffl and so we need to account for the tile and...
  11. D

    Dot and dabbed floor tiles

    I have recently moved into a house with both underfloor heating in the kitchen and bathroom. 3 or 4 of the kitchen floor tiles have cracked and i am fairly convinced they have been installed using the dot and dab method as i can hear a hollow sound in places. I wonder if there is a product out...
  12. L

    Sub floor query (transitioning between types)

    I've got a kitchen install coming up and the client wants floor tiles. Half the room is a concrete slab and half is floorboards on joists. It will all have backer boards. Could there problems with grout cracking on the transition between sub floors?
  13. Wilwong

    Zamora Brown 600 x 600 floor tiles bought from Topps Tiles 2009

    Hi needing 4 at least to replace after redecorating I bought them from Topps Tiles back in 2009.. believe these were manufactured by Megastone cheers!
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  14. L

    Can I prime a floor this weekend and lay tiles 9n it next weekend?

    I just sealed my calcium ****** floor with tilemaster+ primer which requires a 3:1 coat and a following coat of undiluted primer. OK with that but I wonder is it OK to prime this weekend and lay tiles on it next weekend or is that not going to work?
  15. B

    Upstairs ensuite floor... which solution?

    Hello, I've started refurbishing my ensuite and I'm a bit overwhelmed by the number of options available for floor preparation. Have done a lot of googling and not found any threads on here which completely address the situation I have, so any advice would be really appreciated! The floor was...
  16. C

    Small floor large tile layout question

    Hi guys, im doing a small downstairs cloakroom with 600 x 600 terrazzo tiles. I cant decide on the layout. The width is just under 1.1m so i can either go 1 grout line up the middle with small cuts on 1 side of each tile or 1 full tile up the middle with a cut tile on each side. Has anyone done...
  17. B

    Identify floor tiles

    We have these floor tiles through the house on a solid cement floor. Now we want to clean and reseal them. I thought they were some sort of quarry tile. Size is 1 ft x 1 ft. Rough irregular satin surface. Possibly a glazed colour. We tried cleaning and resealing a small patch but it came out...
  18. K

    Removal of stubborn oil stain on concrete floor before tiling

    Hiya, I am in the process of preparing a concrete floor in my mum's house for tiling, and have found that cooking oil which was spilled on the carpet years ago has gone right through, leaving some stubborn stains. I have already tried Sugar soap/detergent Mix of sawdust and white spirit...
  19. R

    Padova beige floor tile - Topps Tiles code 810329

    Due to being them poorly laid some years ago, I have a few cracked tiles. I know these have been discontinued but if anyone knows how I can get some, myself (and the wife) would be eternally grateful. Paul
  20. D

    150x900mm floor tiles - 2mm grout and 50:50 pattern

    Builders have installed 15x 900mm tiles with a 2mm pattern and 50:50 brick effect. They suggested 2mm (I previously suggested 4mm), I probably suggested 50:50, but did not know that grout / pattern effected anything but aesthetics. There is now widespread lippage due to what I am told is...
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