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...

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...

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?

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...

Over the last few weeks I've been called out to replace singular floor tiles in a few bathrooms and kitchens. From looking at the dried adhesive patterns, after the loose/cracked tile was removed, they look as though they have been laid using a square notched trowel dagger than a u notched...

Evening all. For those of you have read my post on whether to tile a bowling toilet club floor. Thanks to Geoff and others I have sufficient information to tackle the prep work with confidence. The walls are not being tiled unfortunately, but are having some form for aqua panel with a marble...

3 bathroom floors, all with wet UFH, currently have movement in them. Two of them have walk-in shower areas, grout has broken in many places, tiles have lost alignment, tiles move and some are so loose it wouldn't take much effort to get them up. After the existing tiles are taken up what is the...

Hi. I have been called back to two jobs i done about two years ago where the travertine has split on the floor. Both jobs have a hairline split in two adjacent tiles with the split running through. Both jobs are on sound timber floors with 12 mm hardibacker and palace flexi rapid set spread with...

I need an access panel in a floor for the stop ****. I have seen plastic ones for walls but nothing for floors. What i need is something like a galvanised steel tray/frame to house a 300mm tile bonded to a piece of ply which can be set into the floor. I does not need to be hinged or anything...

We are delighted to announce that the Tile Association has published a full revision to the Technical Document Tiling to Heated Floors. Click here for the full article.. RSS feed from For tiles, tilers, tiling and the tiles industry: The Tile Association.

Hi does anyone know the minimum fall per meter a screed must have to let water run away ? Have a garage floor to tile builder has 30mm fall in 6 meters I think double that would about right but not sure of the exact spec you need . Thanks in advance

hi laying on chipboard floor,no more ply 12mm to bring up levels using their adhesive and screws. this is to a floor connecting to a hall, the hall has been tiled with trevertine and a thick bed presume flexible adhesive and grout onto a coni floor. i'm going to lay pocelean tiles on both...

I need too replace a old warped chip board floor and then over board with ply in a kitchen 9mtrs, The kitchen has just been fitted and the plinths are on, also newish skirting board has bee fitted last year. My question is what's the best way to take the floor up? and where do I start and...

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Hi, In the process of pricing 30m2 of flooring on a floating floor filled with polystyrene balls and no joists, plenty of bounce in the floor. Anybody tiled on a substrate like this and if so any tips. thanks.

Hello guys. There is going to be a shower over the bath, no power shower though. Tiles on the walls are 15x15cm, only around the bath, on the floor marble mosaic. our tiler thinks that occasional shower is not going to affect the walls which are plastered. I was thinking that he should use some...

There's been two or three discussions on here about floating floors and wether they should or should not be tiled. Someone (maybe PJC?) suggested in one of the posts to put a laser level on the floor and see how walking around would effect the laser. With a bit of time on my hands i got a...

Easter time is almost here! A time for relaxing, and having the family over. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a new kitchen or bathroom to show off? Tiling is the easy way to completely transform the look of your home. Scrape off those old, drab tiles, and replace them with some stylish, modernistic...

Walls and Floors are at it again, with more fantastic savings on tiles, adhesives, grouts and accessories. Their current Spring Sale brings up to 60% off across their entire site. Were you looking to do a little Spring DIY across the Easter holidays? Why not freshen up the kitchen or bathroom...