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    Wet room floor with heating installation issue

    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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    Hallway - bi susbstrate issue

    Hi peeps, just a quick question to advise on the transition of floorboards to concrete. What would you advise ? Im thinking rip up the floor boards and ply with correct size, then Duralbase through the both rooms. Any other options ? cheers peeps. PS the tiles are Henley Cool | Topps Tiles
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    Shading Issue

    Just tiled a wall in an en-suite with 200 x 250 glazed ceramics from BCT. Neither I nor the customer noticed some tiles a different shade until grouted. Tiles were picked from different boxes during tiling. Boxes had no batch number on but shop confirmed to the customer they're all one batch at...
  4. Dan

    Samsung v Apple - A light touch to the issue

    Samsung Calls BS On Apple's Charges Of Copying @ TeamCoco.com Thought this was funny.
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    Efflorescence

    What's the best product to get rid of some efflorescence. Grouted this bathroom yesterday with weber joint pro silver grey used it many times before with no issues.
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    grouting issue

    Hi, grouted a bathroom friday with mapei jasmine and this morning[monday] its dried but its not uniform, the floor looks nuts but some of the walls still look a bit dark, like its not quite dry yet. what have i done wrong? nothings been said but im not happy, i dont mind raking it back a bit and...
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    Small step into sunken lounge issue

    So ive essentially created a suicide step into my loungeroom. It is only about an 80mm step and because all the grout lines follow, when walking down the step you cant tell its there when walking up, i am putting a border/darker colour tile on the face so you can see it there but walking down...
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    Wet room issue

    I have a problem with a wet room I installed just over a year ago. My client is getting a small leak appearing downstairs, we have removed some of the ceiling and can see the leak coming between the ply and tray former. The room had 25mm ply and tray former laid, tanking membrane to walls and...
  9. STEVO

    Contracts? Anybody issue them?

    Evening all! I am putting in a price for tiling of 20 bathrooms in a hotel refurb. If we win the work ai am planning on getting the customer to sign a contract, covering the price (er obviously!), and payment terms etc. Does anyone have any experience of this and can i get hold of a sample...
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    substrate issue

    looked at a job today customer is having piped underfloor heating the substrate is joists with the pipework running inbetween them the problem i have with it is the builder is planning to overboard the floor in caberboard p5 is this suitable to fix a membrane too then tile over it ?
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    UFH, decoupling issue

    Hi Guys, I'm after a little advice ? I'm just in the process of pricing the following job, the spec is 600x600 callibrated slate tiles on a split substrate (sand and cement screed/chipboard). The screed has pipework in it and the chipboard will have polypipe system overlay on it (approx 30 sq...
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    Height issue - plastic ply the answer?

    Job coming up with ufh matting. Sub is 6" t&g floor boards. Originally I was planning to nogging iy all up and relay boards. overboard with 6mm hardi, with slc and 12mm granite to top off. This would obviously cause quite a step and was wondering what peoples thoughts on this plastic ply are...
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    Travertine issue

    Hi, I've had some tiling done in a new build. I've had Travertine put full height in three bathrooms. I'm very happy with the work that has been done, he recommended a waterproof mat for the shower areas and generally seemed very knowledgeable. However, due to time constraints I've called...
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    Keraquick Issue

    Hi After laying a 3.5m floor on Tues, I was getting ready to grout the floor today after finishing the Walls when I noticed that the tiles were hollow sounding so had a closer look a noticed that a tile was moving, so got a screwdriver and lifted a tile then an other and another........ When...
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    Dewalt 24000 issue

    Can anyone steer me in the right direction please? I've recently had a couple of full bodied porcelain jobs, both by co-incidence have been 600 x 600, and on both jobs I have experienced issues with the edge of the tiles sheering away right at the end of a cut (see pic). I've replaced...
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    Grout Issue

    Firstly happy new year to everyone. I tiled a bathroom floor about 6 months ago and have had to repeatedly regrout it as the grout keeps cracking and coming loose. I was wondering if anyone could advise me why this is and how it can be remedied please? I ply lined and primed the floor prior...
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    When going self employed, do you think age is an issue?

    What do people think about self employed vs age? Im 24 now so this may effect me in a year or so and it may not depending what happens in the foreseeable future but for younger tilers looking to go self employed, will it be more of a struggle? If i was to get a few quotes for a job and say...
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    Dark grey grout gone white patchy ? Efflorescence ?

    Please help, do you reckon its efflorescence in my grout lines ? Will I have to dig out and re-grout ? or is there a quick way to resolve ?
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    Weight limit an issue at low tile height?

    I am doing out my bathroom in quartz 30cmx 30cm tiles which weight 2.15kg each. Im tiling 2 tiles high around the bath (so a height of 55cm (below bath rim) to 115cm exc gaps and trim). The wall that spans the length of the bath is plastered 12.5mm plasterboard which was cemented onto...
  20. D

    Limestone issue

    A customer that I installed a French Limestone kitchen floor for last year called today to advise that he had spilt limescale remover on his floor. I've had a look and it appears to have stripped the surface of the stone and bleached the grout. I grouted with Ardex FS Limestone and sealed...

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