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  1. Rhedyn

    Materials for slate bathroom floor in old traditional stone house?

    Hello all, I'm looking to lay a Penrhyn slate floor, approx 1.5m x 1.8m, for a first floor bathroom in a very old (but not listed) traditional Welsh stone farmhouse, and I have some questions about the best approach to take. I have attached a photo of the underside of the wood beam and plank...
  2. Aethelweard

    Please help. Bathroom wall tiling preparation advice. 30s house.

    Dear Tilers Hi all, I've just joined the forum. I am renovating my 30s semi. I am a diyer and I have just removed some original tiles from a 1932 bathroom in my house. They were in bad condition and cracked so had to go sadly. Thing is, I want to retile, probably porcelain. Underneath the tiles...
  3. R

    Wet concrete tiling in old house - help!!

    I really need some sound advice as I’m well out of my depth. We have a little second home with a galley kitchen by the coast. Unfortunately we had a washing machine leak which soaked the cement floor over 5 months ago. I thought it had dried out having lifted all the vinyl etc. we had put down...
  4. S

    Strange shadow marks appearing all over the tiles in my house. How do I clean them?

    Hi, I had my house tiled almost two years ago. The tiles themselves were not the best quality, just an affordable option, but my tiler did a good job. Now almost two years later some strange shadow looking stains have started appearing all over the tiles all over the house. It started with one...
  5. S

    I'm Looking For This Tile house of mosaics Casablanca

    Need to find 8 30x30 sheets
  6. J

    Looking for self employed wall and floor tilers for new house building sites

    Hi, we run a small tiling company based in Wiltshire with most of our work on new build housing sites. We have sites in Bristol, Chippenham, Swindon and Calne. We are always expanding and looking for self employed tilers to help out with whatever days they can. They must have experience, CSCS...
  7. E

    Subfloor preparation old house

    Hi, first post here. I've been lurking this forum for advice for a while, thank you all who share your knowledge. I'm to tile a kitchen of an old (old old) house, farmers concrete with NO DPM, house has no dpc, stone walls. Area 17 sqm, waves up to 12 mm difference, to be finished with...
  8. G

    New house - bathroom floor, mixed advice

    Hi Going to be helping with tiling the upstairs bathroom floor in a new house. Just bare flooring right now. I've read / watched just about every bit of advice from just using PVA to seal the boards first and then tiling directly on top with a flexible adhesive to putting down ply then backer...
  9. R

    product like no more ply when tiling a first floor bathroom in a new (2018) build house?

    My house was built in 2018, the floor is sheet boarded which I believe to be green chipboard. I am told these are bonded together as well as to the I joists. There is not a lot of movement but I am no expert. So I ask "is it necessary to use a product like no more ply when tiling a first floor...
  10. Dave

    Tiling to an old house with quite a wonky wall.

    Tiled a few weeks back but after a cuppa and a head scratch lol , set about setting out this very old house and it’s wonky hallway. Yes I’m still using mayonnaise to tile with 😂
  11. A

    Is this a bad tiling job this is my first tiling work done on my house

    Hello i never had tiles done im not sure if this job is done correctly or not. So far from some post i have read i think there are some issues here. The grout at some places is thicker and some places smaller there is grout discoloration on some edges and some of the tiles are not even,i have...
  12. S

    House rennovation

    Hi guys. Renovating an old house 1960s at the min and have some questions as per usual!! Entrance hall way as with nearly the full house is timber suspended floor. I intend to remove the wood flooring and renew after pipework is complete, I can't lift it atm as the stairs need to come out...
  13. S

    I'm Looking For This Tile Wanted 1 x Nihon Bianco 80x80 (from Tile House)

    Wanted: 1 x NIHON BIANCO 80x80 floor tile. Help! Does anyone have any spare I could buy - only need one or two. Originally purchased from Tile House high Wycombe 2017. They stopped supplying them 6 mth ago.....i have whole downstairs floor in them but now one cracked/unuseable tile. Many thanks Sue
  14. O

    I'm Looking For This Tile How to identify porch / doorstep floor tile from 1920’s house

    Hi, I’ve got a few of these outside floor tiles missing from my front porch. My google search skills have let me down and don’t know how to identify what this type of tile is called and how to find a reclaimed tile or replica. The house was built in 1925 I believe and I’m assuming they are...
  15. T

    Moved into house now renovating

    Hi All, moved in last july , now renovating, decorating etc, now refitting bathroom and ready to tile on to tile backing boards, picking up tips on this site.
  16. N

    Old tile query in 1950s house

    Afternoon all. I'm just starting a cloakroom toilet project and i need some advice regarding old tiles. Having just ripped some old skirting off, i discovered that it had been bonded to some very old looking tiles that transition 90° bewteen the floor and the wall. Unfortunately some of them...
  17. J

    red and black floor tiles 100mm x 100mm need to do repairs in old farm house

    need to find something looking like these, any size as I can cut to size. need about 2m2
  18. T

    Tiles de-bonding from new house

    Hi there. Has any seen an issue with tiles that de_bonded or became loose? We moved into a new build. Floor base was not powerfloated (which is better for tiling). Tiler used Larsen Primer, & Larsen flexible rapid adhesive to tile ground floor with 75x75 porcelain tiles. 6weeks later we could...
  19. S

    More New house build sites won = More quality fixers needed

    Hi We have numerous on going new build housing contracts along with picking up more developments from existing builders and being asked to take on more where we can Builders include Bloor Homes, Redrow Homes, Crest Nicholson, CALA Homes, Cameron Homes, Spitfire, Hayfield Homes along with...
  20. C

    I want Onyx Tiles in my house

    Have you ever installed onyx tiles in your house? I have seen a beautiful blue onyx tile and I want this in my house. Looking for people experience with onyx tiles.

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