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    Levelling walls for large format porcelain

    I'm planning to lay 60cmx60cm porcelain tiles onto stud and plasterboard walls. Some areas are perfect but in others the wall is way out with a trough of up to 10mm from plumb. What is the recommended technique - I was thinking of running a 96" darby vertically along the wall and then running...
    • space refurbs
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    • format large large format large format porcelain levelling porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles usa wall walls
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Help! travertine multisize format problems.

    Hi all, just wanted to know if i was loosing my mind or if there are other tilers on my wavelength? I have a customer who has purchased 40m2 of sawn edge travertine in a multisize format. I am supposed to be laying this over underfloor heating i have told her that in this situation joints...
  3. aflemi

    what tile area defines small format/large format

    I have 330mm x 250mm ceramic tiles to put up on bathroom wall inc shower area. Can I use tubbed, eg bal green star for normal walls and bal grip for shower area?
  4. D

    Large format porcelain tile adhesive

    Whats the best large format tile adhesive anyone has used for solid concrete bed floors without underfloor heating??
    • diamondtiles
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    • adhesive format large large format large format porcelain porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Laying large format ceramic wall tiles

    Hi Guys...Some advice pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease with regard to laying 900 x 300 large format ceramic wall tiles in particular, what preperation is required and what adhesive is recommended. The location is a bathroom in a new build. The walls are skimmed plasterboard onto which has been applied...
    • aspley
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    • ceramic ceramic tile format large large format laying tile tiles usa wall wall tiles
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Large format travertine floor and wall tiles fixing to wood, plasterboard and plaster

    Hi, As in my intro I have never tiled before and have set myself one major challenge. I am tiling an en-suite with 610x405x12 honed and filled travertine. I am tiling the floor and the walls in the brick effect pattern. I have looked through the many posts and have tried to assemble all of the...
    • thedavis
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    • fixing floor floor tiling format large large format plaster plasterboard tile tiles travertine usa wall wall tiles wood
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    new large format cutter

    ok guys i am looking at buying a new large format cutter. i have always been a rubi guy but have been hearing a lot about monolit and several other cutters. i am looking for something that will cut at least 700mm tiles and eat porcelain.am also looking at it as an investment so will pay for...
  8. D

    Large Format porcelain

    Hi I have a floor job , my first large format floor using 600x600 tiles coming up and am in need of a bit of advice. Firstly am going to use 3mm spacers throughout. The floor is 9mm ply screwed like nothing on earth every 10cm, floor is level and sound too ready to be primed prioir to the opf...
    • DavieA
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    • format large large format large format porcelain porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  9. D

    defining large format tiles?

    As we all know, tiles are getting larger but is there a definition for a large format tile. Is it a certain amount per sq m, or is it density? Started fitting 600 x 400 about 5 years ago and thought they were massive then, but these days it's very rare that I fit anything smaller, got a house to...
  10. C

    Large Format Trowel

    What's your prefered choice of trowel when laying large format tiles? Does an 18mm large format trowel use too much ady and is 12mm enough? Answers on a postcard cjbombero
    • cjbombero
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    • format large large format tiling trowel trowel usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tuscan Leveling System

    I heard about this from another tile setter in the US and he really likes it. I haven't used it ...yet. But the next large format stone job that comes up I will most definitely be pricing this into the quote. The first truly simple marble, slate, granite tile leveling system... It is...
    • Alberta Stone
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    • floor format large lash clips leveling leveling system levelling qep raymondi rubi system tile levelling system tpt usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  12. D

    Large Format Tiles a few questions before I crack on

    Hi people, I'm not exactly new to this forum as i have been floating around for a while picking up tips and learning from the Pro's :thumbsup: I And with that info and advice I did my first bit of tiling a few months ago, my bathroom. If I can i will post some pics up soon for you all to see but...
    • Daz_C
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    • crack cracking debonding format large large format questions tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tuscan Levelling System for marble

    Hey guys, Received this email recently concerning the Tuscan Levelling System for laying marble. I don't have much experience laying marble myself so was just wondering the opinions of ye guys.
    • BIMP
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    • floor format large lash clips levelling levelling system marble qep raymondi rubi system tile levelling system tpt usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  14. T

    QEP - Lash system

    Has anyone used this? I have and wondered if anyone else had and what they thought of it.
    • teebum
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    • clips floor format large lash lash clips levelling qep raymondi rubi spacer system tile levelling system tile wedges tpt usa wedges
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  15. S

    Adhesive query for large format tiles

    Hi all - I am new to this forum so hello to everybody :thumbsup: I am doing my own bathroom and will be using Topps Zamora tiles [600x300x10mm] which I think are porcelain [porcellanato?]. I did buy a load of Unibond Tile on Walls waterproof tile adhesive [tubbed - before I bough tthe...
    • SteveST4S
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    • adhesive format large large format query tile tile adhesive tiles usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  16. U

    Large format, thin-walled photographic tiles

    Anybody know where I can get hold of large-format (500 x 500), thin-walled (4mm), tiles at a reasonable price? World's End Tiles is charging about £1,000 a sq metre for an Italian supplier but since they have been out for all of a week hasn't someone from South-East Asia got around to offering...
  17. J

    Advice with large format tiles

    Went to measure up a job the other day only a small bathroom and the customer has had a plumber in to fit new bath,sink and toilet and wants 400x300 tiles. Now the sink and toilet are really close together and i can see it being a right pain cutting this size tiles round to fit behind what would...
    • J4CK THE RIPPER
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    • advice format large large format tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  18. L

    Spacing - large format travertine

    Just about to do my bathroom but before I start I just wanted to get an idea of opinions on the ideal spacing for large format 600x40x12mm travertine. Apart from obviously wanting it to look good I am planning to use Ivory BAL Superflex and want to know whether the wide joint stuff will be the...
  19. E

    Large format tiles

    When you are putting large format tiles on walls, do you use rapid set adhesives. or not? i find i have to mix very small amounts of rapid, or i get a lot of waste.
  20. E

    large format tiles

    Im having problems getting 600/400 tiles to bed on a wall without having steps in the tiles. hard to set them level on all sides, wondered if my adhesive not wet/soft enough? Anyone else had this problem? Cheers, Edd
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