If you are going to remove the 18mm chip floor and replace it with WBP ply, what thickness of ply do you need to use if you are going to tile the floor ???
Could someone please let me know if these are the correct products to use?
We have similar tiles for our bathroom walls and floor and I would like the same colour grout on both. Am i right in thinking that I need BAL microflex microban ivory for the walls and BAL superflex wide joint ivory...
Hi Ive got 2 bathrooms to do in same house
Bathroom 1 16sq walls 5sq m floor
Bathroom 2 20sq m walls 4 sq m Floor
Floors will be cement board 6mm ontop of std weyrock 22mm floor.
I have alwasy used BAL for walls but want to give Mapei a shot, ideally use the same addy for walls and floors...
Another DIYer seeking advice. I had bought most of my materials (on the advice of the Topps Tiles shop) before I found this forum. Having spent hours of reading I think I may have to take most of it back! But before I do so I would appreciate the professionals’ input.
It is a first floor...
Hi guys, just had a product flyer come through the door called Ci75 by Stonefix. This is a highly flexible adhesive for laying decouplig mats onto chipboard or anhydrite screeds, it comes in a 8 litre tub and a 15 year guarentee. I personally never use tub adhesive for floors but just wondering...
How do you do it,
I dry lay all the tiles then do my cuts , then I lift some tiles leaving a key tile then apply addy. This works but takes a long time.
what method do you use ?
Hello, I am hoping somebody can give me some advice. I have had an extension built on my kitchen. This is nearly ready for tiling.
On one half of the room i have joists with old floorboards on, they have been removed and replaced with 18mm moisture resistant tounge & groove chipboard which is...
Please can you give any advice on cleaning hall tiles they are old and terracotta coloured have been down approx 200 years, they are worth bringing back to life, they seem to have white ingrounded in some of them and bits of concrete stuck to some. Also my dining room has a old stone floor that...
Hi stone fixers -
Due to the current interesting market conditions I am getting regular enquries for floor refurbishment.
I have had lots of nice work from clients who have had stone fixed by regular ceramic tilers, to rectify and properly finish stone installations (come on guys!!!) and am...
Hi all,
Just wondering what you found to be the best primer to use on floors and walls,in terms of quality and price and how far it goes.
I have just run out and need to get some more.
I have been using Webber PR370 its a PVA priming,sealing and bonding agent and 2.5kg watered down lasts me...
Has any one done any of the Victorian tile courses and how did it work out for you, work or no work, concidering the climate at the moment.
The reason I ask is that I have a spot on "Tilers in your area" and out of the tilers on there no one does victorian floors.
The courses are about 700...
Hi,
We have just had an extension to our kitchen built. I am wanting to floor tile (probably Tavertine) the existing kitchen area & the extension area as one continous level area.
The problem I have is that the kitchen is suspended wooden floor and the extension is a concrete subfloor that...
Hi all
Have a job to price up walls & floor with these tiles 300x 300 marble tiles
Wickes – Tiles – Floor Tiles – Natural Stone Tiles – Emprador Marble Wall and Floor Tiles
Emprador Marble floor & wall tiles, never used these before so wondering what meterage...
I want to be sure before starting, so can anyone answer whether there is any preparation required before laying ceramic onto concrete floors?
Im sure there ain't but want to be certain.:innocent:
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Hi everyone. I am a Building Surveyor and have been reading your forum with interest. I am currently dealing with two properties where limestone tiling laid over heated screeds has cracked. I have uncovered the screed in both properties and found the cracking indeed extends through and seems to...
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6 inches concrete its been in 6 weeks , normally i wouldnt tile on it so soon but the client is saying the tile supplier reckons its fine to tile on, i have talked to my own supplier he reckons min 10 weeks , just wondering has anyone tiled on concrete after 6 weeks and had problems, this guy...
Hi folks and thank you for the welcome to this brill forum. We are 2 girls part way through our house renovation and need lots of advice on tiling the bathroom.
The walls are part new plaster and part paint.......I believe we need to leave 4weeks drying time for plaster then sand and prime and...