Hello everyone,
Have lurked here for over a year. Great forum. I gleaned great info and have avoided potential mistakes, so for that I thank you all. :thumbsup: Needed to know plenty as the builder had no idea!!! Here is my question.
We have had wet UFH system installed over a year ago. Spanish...
I've read a couple of posts re quartz and the issues of delamination and curling up at the edges and it sounds dreadful. I will be going to look at a job soon 150m 2 of 600x600 Quartz 10mm thick.
I do not know what kind of screed we have until I see it - however its heated with hot water...
Morning all.
I have a job coming up where the client has asked if i would install UFH on top of quarry tiles that are basically bedded on dirt.
They dont want the expense of having to rip it all up and have a new concrete floor put down.
They are then having it tiled over.
Can anyone see any...
This is a personal one....and Im putting the feelers out now because I have a feeling what the outcome will be.
My sister who lives in central Aberdeen, got someone in to do the downstairs shower room 6 weeks ago. The job basically is installing a new shower tray, vanity and loo, and tiling...
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I am looking for someone with experience of installing the Impey Aqua Dec / Tilesafe / DeviMat combo, in Belfast. This is a bathroom refurb incorporating a wet area. The wall tiles are 15x30 ceramic, the floor tiles are 60x60 porcelain, including on the dec itself so tiler must be happy...
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1. The substrate must be free of bondinhibiting components, load bearing, and even. Any unevenness in the substrate must be levelled prior to the application of Ditra.
2. The type of bonding adhesive used to apply Ditra depends on the type of substrate. The adhesive must bond to the substrate...
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I have an existing shower enclosure 3 x internal 4 inch blockwork walls bonded and skimmed which is 770mm - 775mm wide, it used to house an 800x800 tray which was very badly installed, cut into the walls and then a 760 bifold door installed at the front.
I want to put in a...
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A couple of questions on UFH installation:
1) I'm planning to install in on ply.. do I still need to use SLC? Is SLC only neccessary if the base is not levelled?
2) The electrical supply for UHF matting, does it come from main ring spur?
3) Can I first install the UFH and do the...
:mad2::mad2: Hi,
The floor that I am supposed to be tiling with Travertine was screeded just over 2 weeks ago, but im concerned over the drying out times...I have heard many people say different things, the lads at my local Tile Giant store said an inch a month at the minimum to dry out...its...
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I'm in Woodford Green and looking for a tiler to quote for installing a black and white victorian floor. I have done basic measurements of our floor, taken some photos and found a shot of the kind of black and white floor we'd like - all this info is in the pdf attached. The floor has...
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i'v got 80 sheets of marmox to fit soon, most of it on concrete, and some onto a bitumin screed. I know onto concrete it is pretty straight forward, Prime and bed on spf, but i'm not to sure about the bitumin screed if anyone can give me advice on this i would be grateful. Thanks
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I have a question regarding the Tilux shower tray and no-one else seems to be able to answer it. I have a customer who has had a Tilux shower tray fitted into a concrete floor. The tray is firmly fitted and theres no way its coming out. The problem is the customer has had altro...
Can anyone please help???
I have a builder who has installed travertine tiles over a plaster board partition. We found the tiles were not level. When he tried to remove them, they do not come out. He has said that the whole wall will end up being ripped out if he tries to remove them. He is now...
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Hi Ive been asked to retile a shower which has been poorly installed.
The current bandq white tiles are falling off and the wall the shower head and mixer taps is on is made of brick.
The pipes are not recessed into the wall enough at the bottom so I would need to put something in to pull the...
North East Tiling Training is about to start a new 4 day course aimed at tilers and plasterers sorting out the plumbing side of bathroom refits
Multi skills is the way forward as 1 man takes all the jobs now, punters havent got the time and dont want the hassle to look for different tradesman...
I would be grateful for advice on appropriate remedies for the problem described below.
My installer has used WPB plywood as the backer board for 16"x16" marble wall tiles. 4 weeks after installation, two floor-to-ceiling cracks have appeared, each roughly following the line of a join between...
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Just like to thank russell and shaun from complete bathroom installation, in stoke-on-trent They have just completed all our bathrooms and ground floor areas in honed travertine. Ive some pictures of there work, i live in cheshire and these guys are recommended by the wet room people, the...