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    Expansion Gap

    Hi there, would anyone advise me on how big should be my expansion gap if I use large tiles (415x315 with 8mm depth), also, corners are never even, so If I leave 10mm gap I wont have similar corner gap, so should I keep measuring and cut them with different sizes to achieve a straight line up...
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    Gap on non square wall

    Hi Just went back to check on tiler - who wasn't there and there was a gap running up the corners - the tiles fit snuggly at the bottom but as it goes up the wall the gap gets bigger is there a way round this as thin slithers of the glass tile is gong to be very tricky surely?
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    horizontal gap between shower tray and wall

    Hello everybody I have a horizontal gap of about an inch along one side of the shower tray and the wall. The other two sides of the shower tray are tiled and siliconed onto the tray, the forth has the shower door. I've had a leak along the horizontal gap. This had been tiled, but the tiles...
  4. T

    Grout gap

    What is the best looking gap size for grouting for a 600x600 Polished porcelaine tile. It's for a kitchen floor about 25 square meters.
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    How to finish a large gap to ceiling...

    Hi Folks, I have nearly finished tiling my bathroom and am getting to the point of grouting/Silicon. One wall is lower than the rest, however, so the ceiling slopes down to it - I wasn't really thinking when tiling along it and I should have mitred the tiles, but haven't so there is quite a...
    • Dougalogic
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    • ceiling gap how how to tile large tiling guide usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Finishing: 38mm gap at the end if the bath

    I'm currently completing my first ever attempt at tiling. I've got a gap of 38mm between the end of the bath and the tiled wall. Can anyone suggest how I should complete this part of the job. Thanks
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    cracking tiles along expantion gap ?

    tiles have cracked along the expantion gap of a floor a tiled a years ago, floor is chipboard over layed with 9mm ply ( i know i used ply but rest of tiles are solid and its taken a lot of effort getting the cracked ones up) primmed rear and edges and staggerd boards with expantion gap . floor...
  8. K

    Finishing off a ceiling - Do we have too much gap?

    Hi all, We were feeling all very pleased with our first attempt at a tiling job until we started thinking about how to finish the tiles at the ceiling. Examining a B&B's bathroom one weekend we noticed their apparently immaculate 2mm grout lines at the ceiling. Then we went back and looked at...
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    Gap

    Hi Guys Am a complete amateur but would appreciate some suggestions. We have an old house with downstairs shower room. I have replaced the tray and now have a gap between the tray and the old quarry tile floor floor that is about 2 inches wide and an inch deep. Can you guys suggest a material...
  10. F

    Gap filling on walls

    Evening all Just removed tiles in a kitchen and the substrate is plaster which has some big chunks missing approx 1 inch deep. I would normally skim the walls flat,but I want to know what I could use so I can tile onto without a long delay. The tiles going on are small ceramics approx 20 x 10...
  11. L

    Problem gap at ceiling

    I am tiling my bathroom, it is my first wall tiling project (have done a couple of floors). When deciding the layout I had to make a decision about where to have a narrow cut (I did the tile height story stick), for better or worse I decided to have this at the ceiling (I would have placed this...
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    Tips required for siliconing a large gap around a bath

    Hi all, Firstly, just wanted to say hi and say how impressive the quality and quantity of advice is on this forum :2thumbsup: (particularly for newbies and beginners such as myself). Secondly..... as the title suggests; I've cleaned off the old Silicon around the bath in our house and the...
  13. R

    Grout Gap advise

    After some professional advise please guys... What size grout gap would you recommend on 1. 500 x 250 wall tile. 2. 450 x 450 floor tile both used in the same area. Also what is the more preferred choice wedges or spacers ? Just trying to do the best possible job.
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    Shower tray - large gap behind tiles, leaking

    Hi, Was wondering if anyone could advise on the above? We've had a leaking shower tray onto the ceiling below for years, just keep patching it up and putting a box underneath to collect the leaking. Now, after removing the tiles at the bottom of the shower tray, looks like there is a large...
    • oxymore
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    • gap large leaking shower shower tray tile tiles tray usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    gap at top and bottom of wall for mastic

    Hi guiys what size of a gap do you need to leave for mastic top and bottom? I have done 3mm same as the grout but have been told it needs to be 5mm is this correct?
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    Filling Gap Between Floors

    Having had useful info on a previous question I'm back, since removing the wall between two rooms I have a strip in the floor where the wall was through which runs a plastic DPC strip and the wavy edges of the damp proof membranes, this area is about 10mm lower than the floor levels each side, I...
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    Grout gap for floor tiles

    Hi, I'm about to lay porcelain tiles (300mm x 600mm) in kitchen with electric UFH and on Marmox boards. On the box a minimum grout gap of 5mm is recommended but I'd prefer smaller if possible. Is that advisable or should I stick to the recommendation? Thanks, Roland
    • Rolandk
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    • floor floor tiles floor tiling gap grout tile tile grout tiles usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    type of caulking for gap filling on granite worktop

    Hello We had a black granite worktop put in our kitchen a couple weeks ago, unfortunately the installers left a big gap (about 10 mm at the widest) between the wall and and the worktop. They suggested we could fill it in with white caulking. I was wondering if there's any other material (i.e...
    • lgmi
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    • gap granite job jobs tiling jobs tiling work usa work worktop
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Anyone know where can I buy a large pipe collar for a waste to cover a wide gap?

    I have a problem with an old tiling job, done before I moved in. There is a basin waste pipe in the wall with a collar around it (forgive me if I am not using the right terminology) and the problem is that the hole for the pipe was not cut evenly so there is a gap one side of the collar of...
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    how to deal with gap at end of bath

    I got home from work very late tonight and found my plumber had been and moved the bath into the space, fastened to wall and connected the taps. Although he told me the bath fitted perfectly a few weeks ago [at which stage I could easily have boarded one of the end walls] now there is a 1.5 cm...
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