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    Should I leave gap for grout inbetween border tiles?

    Hi there My husband and I have just finished tiling our bathroom and are having a disagreement. We have laid the border tiles but my husband put spacers inbetween all the border tiles which I believe affects the flow of the pattern, I think it would have been better without a gap. So my...
    • HelenW
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    • border gap grout leave should tile tile grout tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  2. J

    slate mosaic tiles with less than 1mm gap - can't grout

    Hi all, I've not done much tilling so apologise if this is a silly question and please answer in layman's terms! I've got some Uncalibrated Linear slate mosaic tiles from Topps to lay in a bath shower area. Now I'm looking at them I've realised the joints between the pre glued together tiles are...
    • jofusmofus
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    • gap grout mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics slate tile tile grout tiles usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  3. M

    How to fill gap at top of walls i have tiled

    Hi all. Im tileing my bathroom,done 2 walls floor to ceiling so far . Finished first wall on a whole tile at the top with only 2mm to spare so had no cuts. Thought great,what a great fit . On the second wall the ceiling turns out isnt level and i have a varying gap at one end of half inch and...
    • maninnottz
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    • fill gap have how how to tile tiled tiling guide top usa wall walls
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  5. R

    1" gap between bottom of plasterboard and shower base

    Totally new to this game. Had to rip off 3 rows of shower enclosure tiles at the base of my shower on 2 walls and replace a small area of damaged plasterboard which I have done. 3 questions 1) There is roughly a 1" gap between bottom of plasterbard and top of shower base unit lip which had...
  6. K

    Too much of a gap

    Hi all, I started putting up my wall tiles today. All was going fine however, it appears the gap between tiles at the internal corner is way too big(see photo). All tiles are level horizontally and vertically so I assume the walls are off. I couldn't add extra tile as I would be cutting strips...
  7. M

    gap at the end of bath

    I have just done a bathroom walls and floor and have finished the job now the bath has been left with a gap at the other end of the bath from the taps . I have no photos but it dont look the best the customer is looking for a strip or something to cover this as it is hard to fix to something to...
  9. P

    Bridging gap from wall to bath

    Hi. I've just fitted my shower-bath in place, using a large bead of mastic around the edge to help fix it against the walls. I am about to tank the area with the BAL Waterproofing kit and I've been told to lay the tape from the rendered wall onto the edge of the bath, by an amount small...
  10. P

    filling 10mm gap

    Hi folks. Fitting a 1600 shower-bath in a 1625 gap, and taking into account the tiles and adhesive, the bath will leave an 18mm gap (give or take). I cant really dot/dab plasterboard to either sidewall to make the gap up, as one has a door, and the other has a window. The rest of the...
  11. B

    Gap between tops and tiles?

    Hello All, Just a quick question? I have to remove some old tiles and replace with new in a kitchen. The work tops have recentley been replaced and there is a bit of a gap in places between them and the tiles ( the tops are not right up against the walls) and the tiles I will be fitting are...
  13. Sean Kelly

    22mm gap to fill.

    I started some repair work on New Years Eve. Water had been getting behind some tiles and the tiles were coming away from the wall. I removed 3 tiles 600x300. The fourth tile could not be removed because it would have definitely broken in half. The tiles are about 5 years old and the customer...
  14. M

    Plywood floor, tile gap

    I have laid plywood and left a small gap around edge. Once tiles are laid there are certain areas where skirting will sit over it and there are other parts where units will sit over it. But there will be small gaps. As there are air bricks in the outside wall, what do i use to seal up the...
  15. aflemi

    any seal product to cover large gap between tiles and shower tray??

    Called back by customer whose Gulf Stone floor tiles I rescued and relaid earlier this year ( were dot'n'dabbed on 6mm hardboard !!!!!!!! ). The bathroom 'fitter' has left a 10mm gap between tile and shower tray which has been carefully GROUTED. Unsuprisingly, this has started to crack and is...
  17. B

    Grout gap for Wall and Floor Tile Alignment

    Hi all, First time tiling my bathroom floor and wall so have been doing a lot of research to try and do it correctly first time! What I am hoping to do is to align the wall and floor tiles (i.e. line up the grout gaps). However, from what I understand the grout gap on the floor is typically...
    • Bobski14
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    • floor floor tile floor tiling gap grout tile tile grout usa wall
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  18. U

    top row of tiles leave uneven gap by ceiling

    Am having tiling done in the bathroom. The tiles are now all up, although there is an uneven gap where the top tile meets the ceiling (ranging from half an inch to 2 inches). I am told this is because the ceiling is not level. Our tiler is suggesting we put coving to finish it off to conceal...
  19. N

    Gap in Marble tiles

    Hi guys I have 500 x 500 x 18 marble tiles to lay, only 3 sq metres but heres my problem! My client wants no gaps between tiles and wants it to look like a central london banking hall - smooth and flat like glass. How do achieve this? Understand 2 or 3 coats of sealer... But underfloor...
  21. F

    Gap between last tile and ceiling

    One more! When tiling floor to siling in a bathroom...in this case plasterboard/skim ceiling...what size gap should you leave between tile and ceiling and how should this gap be filled? Silicon? grout? thanks :8:
  22. J

    Gap between top tile and ceiling

    Hi all. I am trying to finish my house extension that has been going on for almost a year, and tiling the ensuite is the final job. I am using 600x300 ceramic tiles laid landscape and in straight rows. I have used MS Excel to make a grid of tiles and also the dimensions of the walls with...
  23. J

    Clearance gap for bath panel, toilet and basin

    Hi guys Let's say my floor tiles are 10mm thick and I will be overboarding the bathroom floor with 6mm No More Ply, how much additional clearance for the tile adhesive should I allow for my bath panel, basin pedestal and toilet? I need to ensure my bath, basin and toilet heights are set...
  25. M

    gap around shower tray on floor

    the floors laid etc but client tray is a one off with a raised bottom, giving us a gap of around 12-13mm from our finished level. do i use a 1) L trim, 2 ) quad bead 3 ) wide grout and then a sealant concrete floor, everything in, just need to finish this and get out of this crazy job...
  26. M

    grout gap above worktops

    Have just finished tiling my kitchen -I left a 3 mm gap between worktops and first row of tiles - i grouted into this gap and am about to silicon over it (grout is dry) - I'm now wondering whether I needed to grout this gap and if not what problems could it cause?
    • marko56
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    • gap grout job jobs tile grout tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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