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    Walls or floors first

    I have always tiled walls first then floor last, even in wet rooms, to save working all over the floor and risking damage, I see a few photos of people doing it the other way round, the final finish shouldn't look any different really, why risk tiling floor first? Unless it's for the wall and...
  2. JMC tiling

    What grout for wetroom floors? discuss!

    Hi all, Just wanted to get a feel for what types/make of grouts everyone is using on wetroom floors? I have a done a few wetrooms over the past couple of years and have used Bal micromax and weber without any issues as far as I am aware, however, I have one to do in a few weeks and was...
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    Resin floors

    been thinking of looking at a resin floor course ,becoming very popular ,any thoughts ,
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    Bespoke Floors And Walls

    Professional contractor with over 20 years experience in all aspects of floor and wall tiling.
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    Lining Up Walls And Floors

    Who does it whenever possible? I do sometimes but I rarely try and match all 4 walls up with the floor. It often compromises the set out of the walls. Do you try and match up the end with the width with using 60x30 tiles?
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    Best Option For Timber Suspended Floors

    Which option among the 2 is best for UFH on timber suspended floors
  7. Cstiling

    Soft Joints In Floors

    Hi there,i have a 380m2 floor to Tile on topcem screed builder wants to use soft joints in the floor rather than expansion strips .how wide do theses joints need to be builder would like to keep them the same size as the grout joint (3mm) I was thinking they maybe need to be wider .I've never...
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    Tiling Timber Floors - Preferred Method?

    Hi all, I do a lot of my work for a bathroom fitting company and the fitters constantly discuss the best method for dealing with wooden floors. I was brought up on 9mm WBP screwed every 100mm and primed, but I am now leaning towards anti crack matting. Others use Kudos Aqua4ma or Hardibacker...
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    Cracks In New Concrete Floors

    Hello all I'm a tiler in Ireland and I get a lot of new one off houses to tile, most of these have ready mix concrete floors, the kind that's pored before any walls are built and most of these floors have cracks in them, hairline cracks and slightly bigger, I have been using the Bal decoupling...
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    Large floors

    Question for the pros- how large a floor b4 having to add expansion joints?
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    5 ensuite bathrooms floors and walls in houghton near huntingdon

    hi im a professional tiler looking to expand my skills in wall and floor tiling i have been passed a job on which insists of 5 bathroom en-suits for a b and b which is thought to be highly well known so a good advertising pitch its in Houghton so im looking for someone more local and with high...
  12. AliGage

    Floating floors

    Ok, so I've been back on here a few days and thought I would raise a somewhat "controversial" topic. Floating floors! I've not had one in a while now, priced many but it tends, once they're fully informed, to scare my customers away. I'm in the middle of one at the moment. It's a kitchen...
  13. Dan

    What Tile Sealers For Floors Increase The Anti Slip Rating? (ptv Rating)

    Don't mind me while I try and get some discussion on this pendulum test value thing I've got going on at the moment. Searching the forum back to 2006 I can find very few threads mentioning the r value or ptv for floors and I see it as being quite important especially now polished porcelain is...
  14. Dan

    Tile Adhesive From Walls And Floors - What Are These Prices Like?

    Tile Adhesives | Walls and Floors Are their tile adhesive prices any good? I assume perhaps not trade-wise? Do they do trade?
  15. Dan

    One Of The Nicest Floors I've Seen For A While!

    http://www.tilersforums.com/media/image.11997/
  16. Dan

    Bal Single Part Flexible - Tile Adhesive For Walls And Floors

    BAL Single Part Flexible - Tile Adhesive For Walls and Floors - Polymer modified water/frost-resistant cementitious tile adhesive for walls and floors. BAL Single Part Flexible Use for Fixing ceramics, porcelain and fully vitrified tiles, mosaics, natural stone including marble (excluding...
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    Tiling on ply wood floors

    Hi all! I have been reading a lot of posts about avoiding tiling directly onto plywood. Most of my work is bathroom fitting and I usually rip out all the floorboards and strengthen the floor joists and run a line of 3x2 between the joist where a joint in the plywood will be. Then I glue and...
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    Tiling a room with multiple sub floors

    Good morning I'll be having my kitchen tiled in the very near future. It is about 8.5m by 8.5m. It has two different kinds of subfloor ie suspended timber and solid concrete. The suspended section has been reinforced with plenty of noggins and then over boarded with 22mm ply. The two floors...
  19. High Peak Tiling

    Walls & Floors Online

    Whats your thoughts on this online shop? I use it regularly for examples and samples. & when ordering Metro's and kitchen tiles. pricing and quality seem great so far i have found. What has been your experience?
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    Recommendations for Bathroom Walls (and Floors)

    Hi guys, I was looking to completely renovate my new small-ish bathroom (1.63m wide x 2.52m long), but even with the assistance from search engine results I was still a little confused about which materials are recommended to use as wall tile substrate(s) and the relevant adhesive/mortar. The...

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