installation

i have three property lets that are constructed with water underfloor heating under a chipboard floor that is supported on beams. There is little to no deflection of the floor when standing on it. The floor is 18mm flooring grade chipboard. The first floor was tiled 2 years ago and the last one...

Hi, I am about to start laying a limestone floor, approx area of 80sq mtr. The stone is Sinai pearl antique 600x600 from mrs stone. It will be layed on a larfarge gyvlon screed 60mm thick with wet ufh, this was poured 7 weeks ago, the heating was commissioned 3weeks ago and gradually bought up...

Hi All, Im fitting a wetroom with a toilet and basin in a 3m x3m enclosed area in the garage. The area has been studded out using 3 x2 timber , the walls of the shower area have been fitted using hardibacker 12.5mm boards, the other walls are plasterboarded . The floor ,which has ceramic tiles...

Hi - I have made a boo boo. I have stuck the AquaMat100 electrich heating to the RIW tanking membrane without removing the backing film. The backing film has stuck to the RIW like you wouldnt believe, so I cant remove it. Do you think it will be ok to tile over the heating mat with the plastic...

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Hi, I am having my new bathroom installed and have had UFH fitted under my floor tiles. My bathroom fitters electrician came today to connect up my themostat and left without testing the system. I turned on the system last night (tiles have been down 7 days) to test and as soon as the...

We've done wetrooms on suspended floors with joists in the past, but never on concrete, so looking for some advice please chaps :). We are going to be creating a wetroom shower enclosure which is triangular (i.e. the shower screen runs at an angle to the corner of the room) with the two sides...

http://www.tilersforums.com/im-looking-wall-floor-tiler/60425-looking-someone-install-warmup-underfloor-heating.html Seems a straight forward job if anybody is local to them. Insulation and cable installation but not the tiling as it is a last thought.

There have been a few threads recently asking questions about the correct procedure for overboarding wooden substrates with hardiebacker cement board. I did one earlier in the week and took a few photos, so hopefully this will help answer a few questions. First things first, hardiebacker...

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Hello Guys. I have just removed my bathroom flooring, back to bare joists. The room is 8'x6' and I will be laying 16" square travertine tiles. I have read through the posts and spoken to a few people on what to fit as a base, it's all going to be new, wastes etc so floor height isn't really an...

I have 55m2 of travertine to be installed near Abingdon, Oxon. Anyone recommended? Approx price? Thanks, 7d

Hello Helpful Ones Yonda I hope I can get some help on various questions. I am trying to install engineered wood flooring (EWF) mainly on dry concrete subfloor in new build house of 13 years old, seems pretty dry under the carpet. I will be putting down as well insulation on the concrete floor...

Hi I'm new to this forum. Today our bathroom tiling was completed by our tiler all grouted etc, basically today I questioned the workmanship as I pointed out some raised edges in the shower area, I was told by our tiler that this was due to the tile being bent???, I bit my lip & I didn't say...

Hi Members.. Just trying to gauge interest in a Wetroom tray and tanking installation course... the course would be FREE!! and held at PHG Wetrooms .. so who would be willing to attend if one was arranged.?

Hello everyone. I'm new to the group, and so glad I found it. I'm a DIY, weekend warrior who has been searching high and low for information related to an issue I seem to be having – but to no avail. I hope some kind folks out there may be able to shed some light... I bought several square...

Just about to install a devimat in my bathroom before tiling. I can't figure out the wiring though.... Especially the earth. I have the centre cores on blue and black going to the thermostat on the wall, and twin and earth coming from a fused spare going to the thermostat. It says in the...

Hi folks I am away to install 400x400 travertine tiles on 25mm ply with a ci matt. I am led to believe that I should stick the matt down with an s2 adhesive (keraquick grey with latex plus). And use an s1 White adhesive on top of mat (keraquick White mixed with water)? What's the best trowel...

I am having full pedestal basin replaced this week and I would like to have a small tile backsplash to go with the tiles already installed on the other wall, but I do not have them now and won't be able to get them for a while. Is it ok to install the backsplash after the basin have been already...

We are tiling a single wall with brick metro tiles and plan to install skirting tiles above wooden floor boards. Have a few questions: - Which first? wall tiles or skirting tiles? - do i need to leave a gap between the floorboards and skirting tiles and if so how do you do this? - Do you need...