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  1. R

    advice on concrete to timber floor joint

    Hi all, we are preping a kitchen floor for porcelain tiles, the floor is made up of 1/3 original 1930s concrete slab (3m x3m) no dpm and sat on earth, this was originally quarry tiled and seems sound and dry, although the original adhesive (sand/cement?) Is well adhered to the slab and won't be...
    • rich.
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    • advice aus concrete floor floor tiling joint timber usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  2. Andy Allen

    Which Grout For Porcelain Wall Tiles With 2mm (small) Grout Joint?

    What grout would you use on a 600x300 porcelain tile thats going on a wall with 2mm joints...
    • Andy Allen
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    • aus grout joint porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles small tile tile grout tiles usa wall wall tiles which
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  3. D

    Grey wide joint

    I usually use weber wide joint for floors on concrete.. but the customer wants a mid/dark grey, but weber only do silver. Can anyone recommend a grout, how dark is the bal grey once dried?.. Or TA flexigrout? ps, I hate using Mapei. Thanks
  4. D

    big toe joint pain

    morning to The Forum, nearly finished a long bathroom job, joists/ pipes / low down fiddly cuts etc, Does any one have exercises they rely on to alleviate the ache or at least bend the big toe back after a day spent folded in half. My foot at end of day looks like I've got Ali Baba slippers...
  5. T

    Grout joint cleaning

    For 8 years i have been using bits of old cardboard, pencil ends, spacers and wedges to clean out my tile joins. Or my finger which is now torn to shreds!! But then i had a light bulb moment and took my tooth brush in to do the job........... Perfect remedy for this annoying job, one wipe with...
    • TJ Smiler
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    • aus cleaning grout joint tile grout usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  6. M

    Wide joint gout for brushed limestone taj grey

    What a the best wide joint grout ??? Grout joints between 18-22mm ??
  7. S

    Grout - Do Mapei do an equivalent to Bal Wide Joint Superflex?

    Question says it all really. Looking for a good single part grout that has the same flexibility as Bal I like Bal Superflex but limited by their colour range on this job.
    • Stealth
    • Thread
    • adhesive aus bal bal adhesive building adhesives equivalent grout joint mapei mapei adhesive mapei grout tile grout usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  8. F

    Help - Silicon joint on ribbed tiles!!!

    Hi everyone. This is my first post on this forum after taking some very sound advice for my first tiling job. I have fitted a new bathroom and carried out all the tiling myself without any prior experience and I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out. It has taken me nearly every weekend over...
    • firsttimetiler
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    • aus help joint silicone tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. W

    Perimeter gap / expansion joint size?

    Hi all. I've had a bit of a trawl through the forum and can't seem to find any numbers as such. We're laying about 27m2 of Travertine over wet UFH, going down on Durabase matting. We're wondering how much of an expansion gap to leave between the base of the external door and the tile? And I...
    • WillCalderwood
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    • aus expansion gap joint size usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  10. D

    Expansion joint in a commercial pool !

    just got to find out what product to use and how much it will coast per lin-meter , anyone know ? or would like to find -out just in case anyone needs to know for the future :thumbsup:
    • Diamond Pool Finishers
    • Thread
    • aus commercial expansion joint pool usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  11. Dan

    Tiler for Joint Business Project with a business in Scotland

    Quality Tiler for joint business project | Contractor Forum | A Building Forum for Professional Contractors System3 is a mod on our plumbing forum who's opening a bathroom showroom thing in Scotland, and he's looking for a tiler to join the team. Sounds like a good deal for the right bloke...
    • Dan
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    • aus business find a tiler joint project scotland tiler tilers directory usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  12. R

    Joint tapes for insultion boards in bathroom

    Hello, I am putting underfloor heating in my bathroom, we have a large bath, shower and kids, so I fully expect the floor to be like a swimming pool daily. I have got 10mm concrete backed overboards. (similar to marmox) I plan to screw them down to the existing timber floor. Seal the gaps with...
  13. Dan

    Mapei announce new joint MD

    At a recent board meeting, Phil Breakspear was appointed joint Managing Director of Mapei UK Ltd. Click here for more information on this article. For other news, checkout Tile News Blog.
    • Dan
    • Thread
    • adhesive aus grout joint mapei mapei adhesive mapei grout new build usa
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  14. D

    Has anyone used the Bal Superflex Wide Joint Grout, Charcoal colour?

    Hello all, Wondering if any of you have used the Bal Superflex Wide Joint Grout, Charcoal colour, 3.5kg bags as sold at Topps Tiles for £11.49. Used for joints 3mm-20mm. I need to use a charcoal grout for my client. Its going on the 15cm glossy white wall tiles from Topps. I was going to...
    • dominocat
    • Thread
    • adhesive aus bal bal adhesive building adhesives colour grout joint tile grout usa used
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. C

    1 mm grout joint

    How viable is it to go with a 1mm joint on walls in an average bathroom with rectified tiles? I understand this would be a very 'stiff' installationand perimiter expansion would really be the only expansion the tiles would get. The benefits of this joins would be that you could go with darker...
    • charlie1
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    • aus grout joint tile grout usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  16. R

    Movement Joint?

    I'm fixing 36 m2 of 600 x 600 glazed porcelain onto SLC'd electric UFH onto 10mm Marmox onto screed using Keraquick. The tiling continues into another room of 10 m2 without the UFH. Would you put a movement joint in the tiles at the doorway between the heated and unheated parts? If so, is it...
  17. C

    expansion joint with grout

    Hi all, Do any of you just grout the expansion joints like internal corners of shower cubicles?? Was working with a tiler a while ago, he does it all the time!! ....same old line.... never had any problems!!... ..whats your thoughts?, certainly looks nice but i think id loose sleep!
  18. T

    Amtico floor preparation - Joint feathering compound question

    I'm preparing the floor of our bathroom prior to putting down some Amtico tiles. I'm putting down a couple of sheets of 6mm WBP ply and my question is : is there any smoothing / feathering compound I can buy in small tubs to do the joints between the boards? It just seems overkill to buy a...
    • tobyfin
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    • amtico aus compound floor floor tiling joint preparation usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  19. R

    expansion joint

    Ive got a barn floor various room sizes one room is 10 mts in length do you think I would need an expansion joint or would it be ok or leave 5mm away from walls where the skirting is going
  20. W

    Waterproofing around shower control and waal and tray joint

    Hi Guys, Was going to use the mapei shower waterproofing kit to tank shower cubicle- how do you seal up to the shower control, and how much of the strip to you allow to overlap onto the tray to seal along the edge? Thanks, Will
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