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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...

When is*renovating stone floors*and walls the solution? Renovating floors*and walls is a task that is difficult to avoid if you own a natural stone surface for a long period.*Over time natural and artificial stone walls and floor tiles can become … Continue reading → More... Auto Feed from LTP...

How do I keep that clean shiny look for my tile floor? One thing we are told time and time again is that our customers really like the appearance of their floor tiles when they have just been mopped. The … Continue reading → More... Auto Feed from LTP Blog LTP Sealers Technical Blog

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...

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...

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...

Looking for advise, I always use Heat Mat underfloor heating, and on timber floors fix onto 10mm Marmox either screwed or stuck and screwed, doing job for builder where I specified this, but architect has made enquiries with Heat mat,and says they are happy to go straight onto timber with...

No moaning this week , just finished tiling two large floors this week and i really enjoyed the speed and ease of it all , for a change the floors were perfect ! no self levelling , rubbing down or buttering tiles! i love my job! lol p.s one small issue next time ill purchase a large floor...

Hi guys, Advise would be appreciated- Tiling on 22mm chipboard, over-plyed with 9mm boards, with 1 part adhesive but some tiles appear to be de-bonding. Some slight movement in the floor, would a 6mm cement board help this? Or any other suggestions? thanks

With underfloor heating you can have the heat just where you want it even in bathrooms and kitchens where wall space for radiators is limited. More... Tiling Tips by TTA.

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Kitchen - 3m x 3m - presently bare floorboards - nailed down, all units removed. The tiler should be familiar with “No More Ply” backing board, and the use of recommended adhesives, sbr, and screws. Note that there is a concrete area approx 760mm x 760mm in the top right of the kitchen. This is...

Hi all, a plumber here. My wall tiling isn't bad as I take a lot of care over it, but I haven't done that much floor tiling. I've got a bathroom (1.7m x 1.9m) and a small cloakroom to do. It's an old house and the existing floor boards are all over the shop. Very uneven with gaps and corners...

Hi all For years now, I've been over plying chipboard floors in bathrooms, and never had any failures (to my knowledge :thumbsup:) and all is good, but recently customers have been talking to me about the raised height level etc, especially if I then overlay 4mm marmox board to repel the UFH...

Hi Guy/Gals. I looking for a primer so i can laytex on to a resin floor. I've been told by TA rep that i can use a primer by mapei called primer p4 but i cant find it in the product range. Its a type of primer that leave the floor gritty to allow the laytex to stick. Must be a flexible type...

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Hi All I am a plumber but I commissioned an excellent tiler to tile a bathroom wall and floor for me. The tiles in both areas were a sort of light brown with the floor tiles being a slightly darker shade of brown. Anyway the colour of the grout used on the wall tiles was white whilst the...

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Just out off curiosity which brand off primer and adhesive you prefer to use on an anhydrate floor? And wheather you prefer to use that perticular brand because it is? Tried and tested Down to cost The only brand/make available near you Was highly recommended Easier to apply then other...