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    Help to ID this floor tile

    Can someone please help ID this floor tile? These are 13"x13", the back is stamped with the word "Corona" and also says "Made in Columbia" . TIA.
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    Wrong adhesive for floor tiles (already laid) help!

    DIYer here (and first post!). Done reasonable amount of wall tiling but no floors. New bathroom with concrete base and self leveling compound ontop. I've sadly laid the whole room with our 600 X 400 porcelain tiles using.. deep breath.. mapei showerproof ready mixed tile adhesive which I now...
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    My son and tiling training.

    Hi guys. My son, 16, not enjoying school or college has been working with me for a bit of money doing some grouting, sealing, cleaning and the odd bit of cutting(supervised of course). Talking to him today we mentioned apprenticeships. This is the first time Ive heard him interested in maybe...
    • Etherglide
    • Thread
    • advice course courses help tilers tiling tiling course training
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Tiling Courses
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    Pictures Looking for a tile

    Please help me find this tile.
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    Help with adhesive for porcelain wall tiles

    Can anyone advise if Mapei tile adhesive are any good. I have 305 x 76 porcelain tile to fit to wall tiles Will they be ok with this stuff ?
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    Bad job? Help! Or just being fussy!

    Hello, after some advice, I feel like I’ve had a really bad tiling job done, it’s half finished as he’s tried to place dark grout over white grout and realised half way through its not working, I just feel where he’s finished the spacing between the tiles isn’t even, am I being too fussy?
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    Wetroom leak remedial work - tiling help

    Wetroom leaked. Former and first course of wall tiles removed. WBP ply on joists (shower tray yet to be fit). Grateful for tiling expertise on upcoming predicament. Photos explain the following better: Corner shower - one wall masonry (stepped-render?) and other brick inside studs. Plan...
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    New Tiler Jobs - any help appreciated

    Good morning, i took voluntary redundancy that kicks in at the end of September. I did a home course with U.K. pro tiling and start a second course in September. I am looking to get work as soon as possible even if it’s labouring for a gang of tilers and learning their tricks of the trade. I...
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    Outdoor porcelain lifting help

    Hi all, I had my patio done with porcelain paving a while ago and one of the slabs has a little movement on the corner, like there is a 1mm void underneath the slab, causing the grout to crack. Nearly all of the slab sounds completely bonded, it is just this corner that sounds hollow. Is...
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    Help regarding quartz resin tiles. Lifting and now have warped

    Hello, I am hoping I may be able to get some advice. 2 years ago we had a new kitchen fitted and paid the company to fit the tiles at the time. My wife selected quartz resin tiles the kitchen company did not supply them so another supplier. these tiles are 60x60 starluxe tiles, the adhesive and...
  11. Adamwaymouth

    HELP To Restore black quarry tiles

    HELP To Restore black quarry tiles ??? They got cleaned with chemical lime wash remover and are now ruined 😡! Restoration? Please any help be hugely appreciated?????? Thank you Adam
  12. Sevenn

    help with buying a manual tile cutter

    Hi people, i am new to the trade and i am looking to buy a manual tile cutter at my training i used a "The Genesis super pro 600mm" with adjustable scoring wheel (i think was like 5 cm in length) i think this is to adjust for the thickness i was looking around my local shops and they all are...
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    looking for help to find a tile

    HI, I,m looking for a tile which is not in stock anywhere anymore. It was made by British ceramics. (who have gone out of business) The tile is a Laura Ashley tile, it's a ceramic, (250mm x 500mm) white and called "cottonwood" the tile code is = LA51454, i have tried all sites and have had no...
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    Bathroom started, wrong from the start? Advice appreciated please.

    Hi all, I've got a bathroom fitter starting on my bathroom he's put Hardiebacker all around the bath area, he was going to put hardiebacker at the bottom and middle and plasterboard at the top but I asked for full cement board. He's used 6mm hardiebacker, which I believe is for the floor but...
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    Help needed please! What could have caused scratches to these tiles?

    Hi, I’m after some help please. I had someone come tile my en-suite and it was looking ok until the grout stage. I went in to look after it had been grouted and there is loads of scratched tiles all either in a corner or along a grout line. The tiler says it’s nothing to do with him and I must...
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    Help with levelling a floor

    Looking for some advice. I want to tile a floor but it runs out by 20mm on one side. The levels are all over and wanted to know the best way of levelling it before tiling. The floor has already been concrete boarded as the floor was a mess
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    Cracked tile help please

    Hi could anyone help me a porcelain tile I kitchen has cracked and has a small hole the cracks around it are getting worse. Does anyone know if there is anything I can fill it with rather than removing the tile
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    help with 6mm floor tiles

    Hi guys, newbie here and after advice/opinion So we have 210sqm of 120x120x6mm porcelain floor tiles to go down onto UFH with a Chemfloor cement floor. I have been told I need decoupling mat due to the size and been told not to use the membrane due to potential air pockets that could cause...
    • ukjamie
    • Thread
    • floor floor tiles help large format membrane tiles ufh
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Bad Fitter has walked off job. Help!

    My mum is having her bathroom fitted and she sent me some photos and my partner pointed out that several things weren’t looking great. I spoke to the contractor and he said we didn’t know what we were talking about and that he’d been in the trade for 30+ years and told his fitter to carry on...
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    Bad Bathroom Fitter. Help!

    My mum is having her bathroom fitted and she sent me some photos and my partner pointed out that several things weren’t looking great. I spoke to the contractor and he said we didn’t know what we were talking about and that he’d been in the trade for 30+ years and told his fitter to carry on...

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