flooring

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    is slate mosaic a safe flooring for disabled?

    Hi I have just registered to ask a question if anyone could help please. My father is disabled and is changing his bathroom into a wet room, he has order the furniture and shower etc. The only thing left is the tiles he likes the look of fake marble capuccino wall tiles, and is now...
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    RobZ's inspirational flooring DVD - where is it?

    Tried to find the original thread and couldn't - remember the inspired inlaid flooring DVD that got sent on to different people, collecting business cards as it did the rounds, to send back to Rob when we were finished with it - who had it last, where is it now? I seem to remember it was a bit...
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    Underfloor heating and flooring for tiling

    Hi, I'm working on an old house with suspended floors on the ground floor. As we wanted to insulate the floor we decided to put in wet UFH as well. So we've lifted the boards, used them as battens screwed underneath the joists to hold 3 inches of insulation, Wet UFH pipes and a nearly dry...
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    reclaimed parquet flooring

    hi i have a load of parquet flooring that we are going to do two rooms with the backs have been heated and scraped and most of the bitumen removed to a smooth layer of it left on the back. the sides and top have not been cleaned. my questions are do i need to remove all the bitumen...
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    New Member looking for help with flooring

    Hello, I am looking for some some sound advice on the following, I will explain as best I can, apologies in advance for the droll !: - I am fitting out a new upstairs bathroom in an old house (circa 1900's so well settled) I have removed the old floorboards and replaced with 18mm WBP Plywood...
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    What sheeting to use on flooring joists

    Hi I am in the process of renovating my bathroom and turning it into shower room with a wet room area. I am going to use a preformed shower tray such as a Tuff2 tray to cover the showering area with wood sheeting covering the remaining floor area. Currently the floor is covered with varnished...
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    Limestone Flooring 28sqm Kitchen near Oxford.

    I have 32sq metres of “Jerusalem Salem Gold Tumbled Limestone” which I need laid in my kitchen. The tiles are 610x406 and the kitchen is 6.8m x 4m and has a concrete floor. The floor appears level but there are two areas where we had a wall removed which I have filled with concrete but there...
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    Basic question - flooring prep

    Hi guys, Got a kitchen to tile - about (some pics here and layout http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-forum/45729-tile-orientation-600-x-400-way.html#post470936) I still haven't started (busy with work again) but am keen to get started. I was wondering if I needed to do any floor prep...
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    A big flooring problem!

    Hello - apologies from a complete techno-phobe, so if this is in the wrong place, please advise! This is also my first visit and I am hoping someone may be able to give some much-needed advise! As part of a kitchen extension (5mx4m), a new concrete floor slab was laid by a builder at the...
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    Limestone flooring

    Hi, i am a new member here. Any advice on what i need to do to lay a limestone floor onto a screed floor. Area of about 40 Sq mts. I am from Hull area. Cheers! Berty
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    Heating mats on chipboard flooring

    Got a quote to do for 45 square m of ufh, its a new build with the green chipboard flooring already down. I thought about laying the heating mats then self levelling and tiling. Is this not appropriate to self level over chipboard. Would appreciate some info. Cheers
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    Natural Stone Flooring Advice - kitchen problem

    Hi, I'm a new user so I hope I'm using the correct forum for this post. In October I ordered a new kitchen from a firm that does everything: install, electrics, plumbing, units, appliances, granite and tiling. I knew that this would be more expensive than project managing it myself but I've...
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    Sterling board flooring

    Hi all, Does anyone know if There are any adhesives now that can be used on sterling board or if you can use Dural CI or any other matting stuck to sterling board to tile onto (Floors) ? Just been to look at some jobs and noticed floors have been boarded with sterling board. I was...
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    Limestone Flooring

    Hi, I am about to start laying approx 250 square meters of Dijon limestone flooring (100 inside and 150 outside) with regards the inside this will be laid on top of underfloor heating in a Gyvlon screed, I just wondered if I need to seal the screed first or if the adhesive can go straight...
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    Kitchen flooring questions

    First post so please bear with me. Having kitchen refitted in a couple of weeks so getting into getting all the materials together at the moment, it is a complete strip out of existing (including floor tiles) and laying new. The existing floor I am assuming is solid concrete, house only 10...
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    best flooring choice for uneven floor with multiple surfaces

    Doing some renovations on an old property. We have knocked a few internal walls down to make larger room and want to install new floor. The area to be covered has four different existing floors. 1. wooden floorboard 2. concrete floor with some kind of screed and amtico vinyl on top 3...
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    UFH Height, Transition to Adjacent Flooring

    Hi all I have been working out my new floor height when I have installed my UFH in the bathroom. 3mm Adhesive 10mm Thermopanel 6mm Self levelling compound (containing the UFH wire) 4mm Adhesive 6mm Tile That adds up to 29mm, I will need a chuffing lift to get into the bathroom from the...
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    Flooring Forum

    Our Flooring Forum has been upgraded. Please check it out for all your carpet, vinyl, laminate and real wood fitting and buying advice. Professional fitters are always wanted on this forum. So please register and join in if you fit other floor types. www.flooringadviceforum.com Cheers
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    Bathroom flooring HELP!!

    I have a new build house so the bathroom is not big. Its small infact but functional. Here is my dilemma. Bath and shower all replaced. Floor to ceiling tiled but few tiles I wasn't happy with had to be replaced (not the best tiler that I hired). Neutral bone porcelain tiles. 60cm x 30cm...
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    brick flooring, 9"x4"x42mm

    Hey everyone, I've got a job coming up as described, I was just wanting to know if anyone out ther had done anything similar, as its not you run of the mill tiing job especially the thickness of tile/brick (42mm). Would you recommend floor or wall trowel, rapid or standard set, or any other...

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