flooring

OK, hi all Names Darron. Where do I start......??? Job: Bathroom removing bath and replacing with walk-in shower (cast stone shower tray NOT acrylic), replacing sink, pedestal, toilet pan, cistern. NO too big a job but my wife has decided that I sholud pull up the teak parquet flooring and...

Does anyone know how terrazzo is adhered to the substrate in supermarket builds? I'm curious to know how it is laid (I know about the grinding afterwards, but have never seen, or been able to find out any info on the initial fixing). All I have seen is a short video repairing some damaged...

Hi all, I'm renovating my bathroom. I was going for lino on the floor but I've changed my mind and want to tile it. I'm confused about what's acceptable. The floor is 18mm T&G floorboards. The bath is in already so I can't really go back to joists and put down 25mm ply. I also want to avoid a...

Hi Everyone, I have been trawling through the site looking for answers and think I now know roughly whats need for the job but wanted to confirm with experts... already been to a few local tile shops and got conflicting advise..so not convinced.. your knowledge and advice would be most...

Hello, I'm a newbie here as i'm currently doing up our first house on a budget! I was wondering if you could give me some much needed advice and suggest some suitable BAL products? I'm narrowing it down to BAL as they come highly recommended! Here goes... I'm about to tile a small bathroom...

I'm Back..... Yes it’s me... The guy who took six months to do his cloakroom (see previous thread http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-forum/53532-1st-job-six-months-later-never.html Never say, Never again!!! :yikes: I’m now doing my main bathroom (3x as big) which is on the first floor. I...

Have browsed the web and am overwhelmed with info! Now to ask the experts as have found this blog - yippee! :hurray: Have reclaimed parquet flooring (small 5-piece oblong in squares, then squares of 9) which was previously laid with black stuff (asphalt?) onto chipboard. Want to lay it on a...

Hello Helpful Ones Yonda I hope I can get some help on various questions. I am trying to install engineered wood flooring (EWF) mainly on dry concrete subfloor in new build house of 13 years old, seems pretty dry under the carpet. I will be putting down as well insulation on the concrete floor...

Hello everyone just been asked to do a shop floor for a company with porcelain which isnt a problem! The thing is its new stuff called versaflex where there is no adhesive or grout required they just seem to clip together. Looked at a few videos and it looks easy enough just wondering if anyone...

hi all I have a lafarge gyvlon floor screed and i am looking to lay 22mm natural stone floor slabs, can anyone advise me on the adhesives to use?? I have been advised that gipfix is the one to use.. has anyone used it yet?? I have wet underfloor heating on 82mm of celotex over a block and...

Hi all. I am tiling a few floors for a friend on a new build. Is it ok to tile straight over caber flooring? Its well fixed down and i was thinking a thick coat of PVA and flexible adhesive and grout should do the trick. Any thoughts? thanks

Hey up folks. How would you go about removing old floor boards or chipboards if they travel underneath the next room aswell???? (upstairs bathroom) Thanks

Has anyone fitted any of this? Zeus Limestone Flooring looks very well made from the sample I looked at. Just in two minds how to price the fitting, ceramic price as it doesn't need sealing, or stone price. Also can it be dry cut?

i am tiling from top to bottom of the bathroom walls and then having lino/vinyal (some call it either but its from Carpet Right and its the flexible rubber stuff not the hard stuff, its soft under foot like a carpet). whats the best way to make a neat edge from the tiles to the vinyal...

Tiler required for limestone flooring in the city of London just off fleet st, good rates, will be working as part of a crew, needed for middle of next week approx one weeks work to start. Reply to [email protected]

Apologies for repeating this thread but I put it in the wrong place first time. Hi guys, I am undecided on what to do and wanted some advice. The builders are in at the moment and we are having a reasonable size through kitchen/Dining Room. I am very undecided on flooring. At the moment I...

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...

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...

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...

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...