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Hi guys Find myself a little stuck and in need of some technical advice. I'm about two thirds through tiling a small bathroom with large format ceramic tiles however I have a vertical feature panel of glass mosaic to install and I'm not certain how to proceed. Mosaic are blue glass...

I am currently tiling a shower area. Field tiles are installed with space for a vertical 300mm vertical feature/ border and a 100mm horizontal border. Both horizontal and vertical borders will be fitted with glass mosiac tiles of different designs but both of a depth of 7mm. I have used the...

Hi all just got back to tiling my bathroom after suffering with a slipped disc since the start of December. I'm doing a 140mm wide vertical border with 10mm glass mosaic. I've made an MDF template and screeded a layer of standard set adhesive. Then I'm gonna do another 2 to 3mm using the same...

Most mortar for glass manufacturer's say they do not support installation of glass tiles larger than either 3x3 or 6x6. The galss tile I have is 9x18. What would be the best mortar for me to use and what is the proper wall preparation - some sheetrock with wallpaper stripped off and some new...

So, we chose blown glass accent tiles for our shower. Looked fine coming out of the package. During installation, a lot of the corners chipped off! Contractor says this is the “nature of the material”, and it’s “part of the look”. However, I have viewed other samples of this work. Maybe one...

Hi, I'm looking for a bit of advice to help me salvage a DIY glass mosaic tile installation. I've done a bit of standard format wall and floor tiling in the past and always achieved a fairly decent enough finish to be satisfied with it so I have braved a glass mosaic in our new kitchen...

Hello everyone, one of our glass tiles has fallen off and cracked so I need to replace with a new tile but have to cut down to size. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 1567957748 Pic attached

Hi all, just had a new bath fitted. Took out the old one and had to remove one course of tiles around the bath as the new bath was taller. (see picture attached). I am going to tile the 150mm gap with these glass mosaic tiles Botella Indian Peacock Mosaic Tile | Topps Tiles -...

Hi all, Recently finished a bathroom renovation only to find that underneath the cardboard I laid in the bottom of the brand new bath there was a small chip. It was a multi trade job so who knows how it got there Has anyone had any experience with this spot repair kits? Which is easiest to...

Are there any negatives to fitting a stainless steel u channel on top of a shower tray to support a glass panel? It will not be a wet room.

am I being unreasonable by not wanting to leave a glass edge in a shower niche I wouldn’t mind but the glass mosaics where quite rough ( fired earth ) she didn’t want any trims also didn’t want me to tank it out said it was a waste of money .?

Hi, I'm putting in a wetroom shower screen. It's going to be 220cm x 90cm Any advice on 1. Whether the glass needs to be a special type? Can I just get hardened glass from the local merchants or should it be specially treated to help with limescale etc (or is that just a gimmick?) 2. How...

Hi, I'd like to fit in a shower screen 1850 x 900. The new style of screen on the likes of Houzzz look ver minimialist without the long bracket going to a wall or ceiling to provide support. I'm wondering how they make it stable enough? I've uploaded a picture with labels "A" and "B" on it...

Hi, Got a job next week doing kitchen splashback in the above tiles. Firstly, what adhesive do you recommend. I use tilemaster adhesive for pretty much everything as that's what's stocked at my provider, so if you could recommend one of their adhesives that would be great. Or is it something...

In our old Portuguese property the shower floor is tiled with white glass mosaic tiles. When they were laid (years ago) a lot of the adhesive which is very hard squeezed out through the gaps. The tiler never bothered to scrape out and just grouted as they were. The result is that there are...

Workman chipped one of the tiles on our bath panel. As product now discontinued, I am searching for a replacement.

right this is going to sound dumb but could someone please clarify - when the wetroom glass says for example 975-1000mm / 25mm adjustment Does this mean that the glass itself is 975mm and using the channel can be extended to 1m Or The glass itself is actually 1m but can be sunk deeper into...

hi, I'm after your advice on the best way to tackle this probem I need to fit a frameless glass wetroom/shower panel. The channel is wall fixing, however there are 2 rows of bridge/pencil border tiles running around the room including in the shower area so the channel does not fit flush against...

Near the end of finishing a wetroom. One of the last jobs is to fix a glass sceen to the floor. It will have a wall channel and a brace at the top. I cannot drill the floor for obvious reasons and would like it to be frameless. So a clear sealant and strong adhesive is on the shopping list...

Hi, I'm researching the best method of fixing a 8mm glass shower screen to a wet room floor. Is there an adhesive that will do the job to avoid any floor penetration? Any advice gratefully received.