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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...
    • peterparker
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    • aus floor floors room sub floors tiling usa
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  2. 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?
  3. A

    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...
  4. R

    Square notched trowels on floors

    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...
    • RDTiling
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    • aus floor floors square tiling trowel trowel trowels usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  5. R

    Curved Edging tiles for floors

    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...
    • RDTiling
    • Thread
    • aus edging floor floors tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. A

    preparation for bathroom floors with wet UFH

    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...
  7. S

    travertine splitting on floors

    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...
    • shep
    • Thread
    • aus floor floors travertine usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  8. W

    trap door access panel for tiled floors

    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...
    • what
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    • aus door floor floors panel tiled usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. Cstiling

    Minimum Falls in floors

    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
  10. K

    chipboard floors

    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...
    • kkkkbbbb
    • Thread
    • aus chipboard floor floors usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    lifting wood floors

    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...
    • 2020Tiling
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    • aus debonding floor floors lifting tile usa wood
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  12. Dan

    How To Tile Videos from Walls and Floors

    A brand new range of helpful How To Tile videos We’ve just launched a series of handy How To Tile videos on YouTube and our website. If you’re doing a spot of tiling, give them a watch! They give quick and easy step-by-step instructions. Our professional tiler takes you through the process of...
    • Dan
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    • aus floor floors how how to tile tile tiling guide usa videos wall walls
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Floating Floors

    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.
    • gusgillespie
    • Thread
    • aus floating floor floors usa
    • Replies: 56
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    protecting walls and floors from water

    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...
    • malina
    • Thread
    • aus floor floors usa wall walls water
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. AliGage

    Floating floors

    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...
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    two floors

    hello everyone. i have a floor to tile 20 m2 with porcelain tiles 400*400. it`s a dining room and conservatory. conservatory will be build in a week time. the floor in conservatory will be screeded same level as in dining room and customer wants the tiles flow through. i told the customer...
  17. S

    Travertine Floors

    Hi there first post and after some advice. We've just had an extension built and the downstairs area is 50m2 which I will be tiling with travertine. I used to refit bathrooms for a living and also tiled a kitchen floor of about 20m2 in travertine. The floor has underfloor heating and I will...
    • sjmarsh74
    • Thread
    • aus floor floors travertine usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Which Tile Adhesive for Wooden Floors?

    Hi, Sorry to be a pain, but so many adhesives, such a broad price range & I'm easily confused.. I'm glueing & screwing 6mm orbry boards to sound t&g floor boards. Can you advise me on a brand / type of adhesive to use? 6mm notched has been suggested.is this ok? I will screw the boards down...
    • fizz_bosh
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    • adhesive aus floor floors tile tile adhesive usa which wooden
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Best Tile Adhesive for Walls and Floors? Voting is now CLOSED - Results are in!! Well done MAPEI!

    Which Tile Adhesive Did You Use Most During Recently? 773 Votes in total | Winner was Mapei - BAL was only 7 votes behind Mapei Voting is now closed. The following is the best tile adhesive poll for 2007...
  20. J

    Terracotta on wooden floors

    hi all, many thanks in advance for advice. I have a job to tile Terracotta tiles to a kitchen floor, and this being my first Terracotta job, I have found much invaluable advice on sealers for the job in this forum. My query is this ; What mm depth of ply would you recommend to lay upon floor...
    • JimmyShoes
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    • aus floor floors terracotta the tile association tta usa wooden
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice

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