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  1. W

    Herringbone pattern issue

    Hi everyone, New to the forum and new to tiling. I am redoing my fireplace surround and wanted to do a herringbone pattern on the floor with 3x6 subway tile. I measured the middle 3 times, and dry layed the pattern out and still was off a inch on the right creating small pieces. I really took...
  2. W

    Herringbone pattern issue fireplace surround

    Hi everyone, New to the forum and new to tiling. I am redoing my fireplace surround and wanted to do a herringbone pattern on the floor with 3x6 subway tile. I measured the middle 3 times, and dry layed the pattern out and still was off a inch on the right creating small pieces. I really took...
  3. D

    Is this shoddy tiling? Advice much appreciated!

    Hi! We've just had our kitchen installed and one of the installers said he does tiling too. So we got him to the tiles, including a herringbone pattern behind the oven/splashback. White tiles, dark grout. The main issue is the corners, where there is a massive thick line of grout on some...
    • Deleted member 53218
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    • advice bad job canada issue much problem quality this tiling work
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  4. K

    Issue with Glass Tiles

    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...
  5. C

    Trim issue - opinions please

    We've had a tiled splashback put in as part of a kitchen refit. While the work looks good in general, I think the trim looks a bit odd. It's been used where two planes of tiles meet, and on the vertical lines where there are cuts, but they've left raw tile edges on top. I think this...
  6. L

    Herringbone issue

    Hi, we are having a herringbone pattern in our bathroom and the tiler has done one wall but then when he’s gone onto the next wall and the lines don’t match. Is that right? It looks funny to me but I’m no expert! Your help would be appreciated before we waste too many tiles and time!!
  7. I

    Grout issue

    Hello people need advice. I relayed three tiles in my kitchen couple of days ago and grouted them yesterdat afternoon . Ive this morming that some of the grout is darker in certain areas. Is the grout still drying ??? I think it might be that when i went over these certain areas the grout...
  8. C

    Please help fix my wetroom floor issue

    First off, thank you to everyone that posts on this forum, although this is only my second post, the advice I have picked up from reading others has been invaluable. On to my error. I have discovered rather late in the build process that my floor is not perfectly level, I did check it but...
    • Coops
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    • canada fix floor floor tiling help issue please tanking waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. D

    Butech colorstuk issue

    Hi all , Used a new bag of colorstuk today and it was pretty much like a wide joint grout and a complete pain to put on the walls. Spoke to Pnosa and apparently I'm not the only one whose noticed a difference. Anyone else feel it's change since going to the new bag? Diggy
  10. JordanLincs

    Self Levelling Compound issue (pictures)

    So this is my first time using SLC, it's Mapei ULTRAPLAN 3240. Once I was coming to the end of the mix I notice a sludge at the bottom, I assume because I've mixed too fast *Facepalm. I mixed half a 25kg bag. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm worried the mixed might be too wet now...
    • JordanLincs
    • Thread
    • canada compound diy issue levelling mixing pictures self self levelling self levelling compound tilers
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  11. Cranbrook

    Ats porcelain blade issue

    This has happened to my blade today... Never had this happen before :confused2:
  12. B

    ford transit custom engine code issue advice !

    code reader on transit custom says mass air flow sensor fault . new one fitted by me - does the engine management light need clearing before i can find out if fault has gone ? any help appreciated !( or it goes into the expensive dealer !!!).
    • bluesky
    • Thread
    • advice canada custom issue transit
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. C

    Grout Efflorescence problem on black grout

    Hi, I've recently laid 600x300 quartz starlight in our bathroom, used flexible black grout for joints, they've almost turned white/ light grey. Ive read i can use lithofin cement away or similiar products to take the efflorescence aeay and restore the grout to the black colour its supposed to...
  14. O

    Efflorescence problem

    Hi all I was hoping to call in to a job today to seal some large format Tuscany Limestone but it has a small number of small efflorescence patches on some 50m2 o Limestone around the perimeter of the tiles.(20mm Limestone on Ditra on a screed with commissioned UFH using Kerakoll H40 eco...
  15. N

    Tile Shading issue advise

    Hi all turned up to my job this morning laying 60x60 Versace porcelain and have complaints about shade variation The job has a large centre piece with Nero black tiles then the the border and then the blanco into the other areas of the room First day layed centre piece then borders and white...
    • Njdceramics
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    • canada issue tile
    • Replies: 108
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  16. D

    Deflection issue with No More Ply down

    Hello I am a DIYer and after a successful shower tile project set about tiling bathroom floor. Victorian terraced house, previous floor - exposed original floorboards. After research and consultation with a carpenter, I understood that the deflection wasn't bad and that I should screw down any...
    • Deleted member 46792
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    • deflection down issue no more ply ply
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  17. M

    Moisture & Efflorescence Coming Through Grout

    Hi all, I've had to come to the arms now to get a definitive solution to a problem I'm having with a floor I laid a year ago, feedback would really be appreciated as I need to get this sorted and put it to bed......so here we go details as follows.........it's abit long sorry! Okay so I removed...
    • MW Smith Ceramics
    • Thread
    • efflorescence grout issue moisture tile grout
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  18. F

    Small Floor Job Issue

    I've been to look at a kitchen floor today, 7m, due to an issue with levels the floor has been batternd out and over boarded with chipboard, as it stands it's a disaster, he's layed Ufh on it and slc straight onto the chipboard, no primer, loads of duct tape on the wires, there's creaking. you...
    • Flintstone
    • Thread
    • canada chipboard find a tiler floor floor tiling issue job jobs small tiling job tiling jobs tiling work ufh work
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. T

    Issue Drilling Glazed Porcelain Tiles

    I have got wind of an enquiry today. A customer has got 600x300 glazed porcelain tiles that they are trying to drill a 6mm hole into. They have tried dry bits, wet bits with a cooling system, loose tiles from the front and back, fitted tiles, tape, a drill clamp...... but the tile just...
    • Tile Shop
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    • advice aus drilling issue porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tiles
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  20. Element

    A Bathroom Floor - The Toilet Issue

    Have been asked to lay electric UFH in a bathroom with 12mm travertine on top. The question is the toilet - in the past I have always wired around the toilet bowl & allowed one tile to sit beneath it unheated however am I simply better to have the bowl down on the insulation boards & not only...
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