flooring

  1. M

    Flooring advice and preparation of timber floor.

    Hi All, im after some advice on flooring if i may. What i am planning on doing is removing the floorboards in a bathroom, batten between the joists and then infill with plywood. Then, install 20mm of Jackoboard (xps insulated board) over the top with flexible tile adhesive and mechanical fix...
  2. B

    Advice on flooring and rates

    Looking at 150m2 of plank tiles for floors, the sub is anhydride and has piping underfloor heating throughout. would you Matt all of this out and use a cement based adh or go straight onto the sub using gypsum adh no matting Or use matting and gypsum adh? Also rates, planking what would you...
  3. Dan

    Flooring Forum for both Professional floor fitters, and the DIYers out there

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  4. R

    Tile selection

    Hi Guys, I have confusion whether to choose different tiles for different rooms or standard same tiles. For example, Kitchen and Hall glassy white tile Google Image Result for...
  5. 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.
  6. N

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  7. S

    Massive problem involving chipboard flooring and underfloor heating.

    I'm a chippy, I fit a lot of kitchens and some bathrooms, inevitably I have done quite a bit of tiling, which I have learnt from older tradesman I have worked with in my early years in the trade. I've never had a complaint about my tiling, I don't class myself as a tiler, I can accurately cut a...
  8. J

    110sq/m flooring - BN12, Worthing Area

    Looking for experienced tiler to complete 110-115sqm flooring project. Site is in Goring by Sea, BN12 All ground floor 60% new build extension (screed and underfloor heating base) 40% existing house (boards are sound but will need matting) Same tile throughout, tiles have been selected and...
  9. J

    Wetroom 3 different ways?

    Hello everyone, I tried to avoid asking this question as I'm sure you're all sick of seeing the same questions being asked, but after days of research I am unable to choose the best flooring to put down for a small ground floor wetroom on a suspended timber floor. 1.65x1.85m room dimensions...
  10. N

    Laying brick slips as flooring

    Has anyone had much experience of floor tiling using brick slips? If so, what sort of price did you charge vs traditional tiles? Any help/advice appreciated by a newbie!!
  11. T

    Poor natural slate flooring!

    Hello all I’ve had a natural slate floor laid by a tiler employed through our builder. He seemed unsure of the natural slate but carried on regardless. I understand that natural stone isn’t going to be perfect but I was shocked at the final result. He says that’s just what happens with natural...
  12. S

    Kitchen Flooring advice please

    Hi there I am going to be tiling my kitchen floor The kitchen floor has not be touched since we moved in. ( 2019 new build) The house is an upside down house, kitchen effectively on the first floor Tiles have been layed down direct onto the floorboards (Chipboard flooring) Tiles have cracked...
  13. T

    kennel flooring adhesive

    Hi all, came across this forum whilst looking for a suitable adhesive to put tiles on an outside kennel floor. when we laid the concrete slab we didn't use any dpm as never thought we would want anything other than concrete. I want to wile with 600mmsq tiles to help keep it clean. I am worried...
  14. B

    Dijon Tumbled Limestone Flooring

    Hello everyone, just had my kitchen tiled with Dijon Tumbled Limestone, using Kerakoll Biogel white adhesive, on 50mm screed (dry), self levelled in places. My problem being is that nearly every tile has white streaks/ veining on it,(rough to the touch) making the floor unpleasant on the eye at...
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    Introducing Keraquick XL Fibrelite - The Large Format Revolution.

    Keraquick XL Fibrelite products - http://bit.ly/2uOJUBT is a powder composed of a mixture of special cements, selectively graded aggregates, synthetic resins, fibres and setting accelerators that develop a high bond strength only 90 minutes after setting. For this reason floor installations can...
  16. R

    How best to bring flooring to level of wet room former befor tiling

    My brother who is a retired joiner, with a little tiling experience, and myself who doesn't have any, are intending to create a wet room type ( with screen) bathroom. I think I may end up with lots of questions, but the main one at the moment is, what is the best method of making up the...
  17. C

    Tilers wanted for flooring work

    We are looking for good experienced tilers to help with our increased workload in the West Midlands area. The majority of the work is floor tiling and domestic. No site work. All materials are supplied but you must have your own tools and transport and be reliable. Please contact us via...
  18. J

    Garage Conversion - what flooring to use for tiling onto?

    Hi, We're in the process of converting our garage into a kitchen/dining room. The back of the space was originally a separate utility room and we've knocked though. The floor in the garage has has a damproof course, insulation and joists. The utility room has a concrete floor. I'm wondering...
  19. U

    Ditra matting onto chipboard flooring

    Ditra onto chipboard flooring ,might put ply down ,customers had atiler round saying he will tile straight onto it
  20. D

    Raised Access Flooring

    Has anyone had experience of being asked to fix to this? Got a site meeting on Weds to discuss an installation, but I always thought the finished surface came as a part of that type of flooring. I'll be able to figure out what is or isn't possible when I see it, but just wondered if anyone...

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