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    How to cut fixed porcelain tiles up to door frame?

    I'm not a tiler. Hope that's OK! We had a new kitchen, and the builder laid the porcelain tiles. After he'd finished (and we'd paid him), we saw the line by the living room door wasn't straight. He apologised, and offered to cut it straight with an angle grinder, but he can't get to the edges...
    • chris.hughes23
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    • aus cut door door frame frame how how to tile porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tiles tiling guide usa
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Dot n Dab around a door frame issues.

    How do you guys board around doors? If i go up to the architrave then the tiles will be too proud, if i remove the architrave then you'll always see the edge of the board and tiles from the side of the door. (if you follow). Can this be avoided? If so how do you guys normally finish this off...
    • danmasey
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    • aus dab door door frame frame usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Tiling on wooden frame

    Hi Tilers, About to tackle the biggest job left, the kitchen tiling with 60 x 30 porc. with electric ufh/insulation boards and with flexible addy. However there is a wooden patio frame in the way which i'm going to cut into for the right depth(flush with insulation board, any lower would be even...
  4. O

    Frame for backlit glass bath panel in wetroom - in metal?

    Hi, Am on the final straight of my wetroom project! The wetroom is fairly small (2.5x2.0m) and there is a bath fairly close to the shower area, so I am expecting the bath is going to be splashed by water when taking a shower. I want to fit glass panels to the side and end of the bath and...
    • ojtiler
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    • aus bath bath panel frame glass metal panel tanking usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  5. Dan

    Linear drainage channels no longer ‘in the frame’

    The ever increasing number of people looking to install a wet room at home now have even more choice when it comes to drainage options after Schlüter-Systems revealed the latest addition to its Schlüter®-KERDI-LINE range. Click here for the full article.. RSS feed from For tiles, tilers, tiling...
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    A frame ladders

    A quick one are a frame ladders banned on sites over there
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    Window frame problem...

    A few years ago I went to look at a job for a friend of a friend. I ended up not doing it for one reason or another but I remember a problem I would have had with the job and thought I'd ask whilst I was thinking about it. He wanted big format tiles that were quite thick on his bathroom walls...
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    Setting out the concealed toilet frame....

    Guys, quick one... should I continue the brick bond patten on the back of the toilet frame? or should I centralise the flush button and ignore whats going on, on the wall behind? the top of the boxing in and the left side will be done in mosaic if that helps heres a few pics of what I mean...
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    Timber frame new build and Porcelain

    Hi there, One of the builders I tile for has done his latest build as a timber frame house rather than traditional build. The tiles are 600 x 300 polished porcelain, broken bond. Normally I use Bostic/Biscem Stoneflex for these tiles on a traditional build but Im wondering if I need something...
    • ORTiling
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    • build frame new build porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles timber usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  10. F

    Depth of reveal/window frame

    Always struggle with these...getting them the same width each side. If width of the window frame on either side is not identical how do you get both sides identical thickness once tiled?
  11. T

    Wooden floor with brick in door frame

    I'm tiling a kitchen floor over a suspended wooden floor (overboarded). At the rear of the kitchen is a large doorway and windows to the garden, wooden framed but mounted in the concrete/brick. The brickwork is approx 150mm wide, it and the overboarded floor are at the same height and tiles...
    • tim_r
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    • brick door door frame floor floor tiling frame usa wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Bath frame, aquapanel alone ok?

    About to frame and tile a bath. I was intending to use 12mm aquapanel fixed to a stud frame, but looking at some pics on here wondering whether I should use ply with ap on top. Cost is a real issue for the customer.
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    Tiling Around Door Frame

    I am in the process of tiling my bathroom with travertine. My door frame is flush with the cement board walls and I am wondering the best options with regardings to tiling this area. If I remember there was skirting or arcatrave (whatever it's called) around this area prior to me ripping the...
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    Plasterboard on wood frame?

    I have an artistic mosaic job to do, as a free hanging feature, fixed onto a plastered wall (in a barn conversion) with possibly sandstone behind. The feature will be a combination of mosaic over a 3d inlaid casting plaster background. I would like to use plasterboard as substrate for economy...
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    metal door frame , help!!!

    made the fatal mistake of assuming something! my wifes grandparents struggle to get in the bath. so decided to buy them a walk in bath from ebay. went to fit it yeaterday to discover the door is only 585mm wide!! assumed it would be at least 2'6". so thought " right i'll take the door frame out...
  16. M

    Newbie questions, tiling up to door frame

    Hi guys, looking for a bit of advice. I'm a total tiling novice about to embark on my first go at tiling, so please bear with me if these are stupid questions!! Firstly when tiling up to a door frame, should I just grout up to the frame or do I need to use sealer (I've read you need to do this...
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    can I cut a door frame

    Hello all, Just wondering if it's ok to cut off all the door frame/architrave etc from the bottom of a door and slide a tile under rather than doing a very tricky and time consuming cut? I'm using large tiles and going from one room into another. Is the frame bearing much weight? Many...
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    Bathroom timber frame - water damage

    After ripping the old plasterboard down in the bathroom, I have noticed quite a couple of the 2x2 timber batons are water damaged and starting to crack. I have added several reinforcing bits of 2x2 (sawn treated rough timber) and this has strengthed it up. I am screwing 12mm hardibacker onto...
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    Tiling a Ply bath frame

    Morning all, newbie here! Im trying to make a surround for my bath. I have put a plywood frame around it i want to put ceramic tiles on top of it. I tiled the bottom layer last night, however this morning they just fell off when touched. Is there a special adhesive i need to use? I used a...
  20. S

    Tiling Around Door Frame

    Hi All, I've nearly finished tiling my bathroom with large format 60 x 30 porcelain tiles. Its taken me a while but i'm finally getting there. I think my question is a fairly simple one for you experts BUT i'm struggling as I'm not sure what the best practice\method is. My door frame is...
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