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    Bathroom flooring advice

    I could do with some quick advice please I have a maisonnette above and shop and the bathroom is directly above their store room with the pipes running through flimsy plasterboard downstairs. Whoever put the bathroom in has tiled directly onto the floorboards and the noise from downstairs...
  2. T

    Help! flooring grade chip board

    Help job next week What is the best thing to use to adhere ditra to water resistant flooring grade chip board? was gonna use ardex af200 but they said might not take??
  3. D

    My first flooring project advice please

    Hi I have just completed my first wall tiling project with help from all on here and now looking to tile bathroom floor. Its concrete with bitumen on top and is pretty level but not perfect. I've tried using a wire brush all loose material has been removed but most bitumen still there. Going...
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    Tiling onto Tongued and Grooved Chipboard Flooring

    Hi All, This is my first post so be gentle! I'm currently part way through completely renovating the downstairs of my house and am now at a point of being ready to tile the kitchen/dining room floors. The floors are moisture resistant tongue & groove chipboard and after having researched on this...
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    Epoxy Flooring Toronto

    We are Epoxy Flooring Toronto company providing terrazzo flooring, epoxy terrazzo floors, epoxy floor coatings, and terrazzo floor polishing at reliable cost. we pride of having ability to perform any Terrazzo installation work from the start to the end, from the simplest to the most complex and...
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    Tiling on to MDF flooring.

    If an MDF floor in a fairly new house is in good condition can it be tiled on to direct?
  7. Dan

    Make your flooring something to be proud of in 2012

    British consumers need to be more daring with their design and avoid the same-old beige interiors, according to interior design guru Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen. The Changing Rooms designer says he’s sick of seeing people sticking with the safe options like neutral shades, and wants consumers to be...
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    Cracks in travertine flooring?

    We had a lovely travertine floor laid throughout our new kitchen and into the conservatory. (50 sq metres!) It was finished about three weeks ago. Unfortunately we have now discovered about five tiles that have cracks appearing in them. One crack - at the conservatory end starts in the grouting...
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    Polished marble flooring by newbie / amatuer

    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...
  10. M

    Terrazzo flooring in supermarkets

    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...
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    Tile T&G flooring

    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...
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    Ensuite Revamp Advice Needed for Slate Walls and Flooring!!

    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...
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    Tiling on to chipboard flooring

    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...
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    Questions about flooring prior to tiling

    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...
  15. M

    hello - can u help with tile adhesive for reclaimed parquet flooring?

    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...
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    Advise on Insulated Undefloor Heating Installation & Engineered Wood Flooring

    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...
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    versaflex flooring system

    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...
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    lafarge gyvlon flooring adhiesives

    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...
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    Tiling on caber flooring on a new build

    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
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    Removing previous timber/chipboard flooring?

    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

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