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    1st time doing an expansion/movement joint.

    Hi, i'm after some basic advice on fitting a movement joint in a kitchen floor that runs into a small toilet area. The kitchen is approx 12 m2 and the toilet about 3 m2. I plan to insert a Schluter expansion joint where the suspended timber floor of the original house (the kitchen) meets...
  2. S

    Excel Bond Flexible Wide Joint Limestone - help!

    Hi All Long time reader, first time poster :) We had someone come and tile our kitchen over a year ago, and we need to tile a few areas more, ajoining the original tiling. The grout he used previously was Excel Bond Flexible Wide Joint Limestone. I can not for the life of me find anyone...
  3. J

    Expansion Joint Sealant/Grout?

    I'm tiling my kitchen floor and have been told to put a 10mm expansion joint around the whole area where the tiles meet the walls ( is this correct?) Not sure how to handle the expansion joint- I intend to put sealant into the expansion joint but do i then cover the sealant with grout or leave...
  4. U

    Silicon expansion joint

    Hello, i have tiled my floor with a limestone tile, wher my conservtry meets my kitchen i have a joint in the tiles to fill with Silicon as an expander. Is this right, i read somewhere it needs to be done, thanx
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    Movement Joints, Expansion Joints And Control Joint Profiles.

    Movement Joints, Expansion Joints And Control Joint Profiles from Schlüter® The movement joints, expansion joints and control joint profiles of our Schlüter-DILEX series offer maintenance free and functional solutions for all relevant movement joints in tile coverings. The...
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    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Expansion Joint Help

    OK Guys, 207m sq floor, 405x405mm tile and epoxy resin grout in a food hygiene area.... How often should expansion joints be used and is there a specified joint that should be used? Contractor specifies expansion joint around perimeter of floor to skirting tile only but are coming back to me...
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    porcelain joint width

    Hi gents, laying porcelain tiles on concrete and self levelled floor customer asked me if they could have the tiles butted up together i told her it shouldnt be done , so she asked me to put them as close as i can. Now i normally use a 5mm grout line on floors , am i right in saying the...
  8. P

    concrete to wood joint

    Doing a floor soon where it goes from wood to conrete, i know i'v got to use a movement joint where these two substraights meet.The problem is that the concrete is staggered, on one side of the floor the concrete comes out about 10 inches furher than on the other side. Any ideas on how to get...
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    Do I need to use an expansion joint?

    I will soon be tiling a kitchen/diner with 330mm square glazed porcelain tiles. The floor is concrete, overlaid with Wedi board and T2Red UFCH. The floor is 6.3m x 3.8m. The tiles will be laid before the kitchen and skirting boards are fitted, so a 5mm gap will be left around all of the edges...
  10. H

    WIde joint grout - powdery

    Hello, I have been repairing a shower which is as follows: raised wooden base with 15mm plywood floor for shower (no tray) covered in porcelain floor tiles 25cm square. The cowboy who originally installed it had some of the floor tiles sloping away from the waste causing water to sit in the...
  11. R

    Ditra Matting and Dilex-KS Expansion Joint

    Hi All, WHERE CAN I BUY DITRA MATTING AND DILEX-KS EXPANSION JOINTING IN ********* OR REASONABLY ON LINE? I AM JUST STARTING A NEW PROJECT WHERE I HAVE SOME VARIABLE SUBSTRATES AND A SMALLL PIECE OF TIMBER FLOOR ADJOINING A LARGER SCREEDED FLOOR. THE TIMBER FLOOR IS SOLID, FLAT AND WELL...
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    3 way corner joint tile trims needed

    Hi all. Does anyone know where I can find 3 way 'corners' for tile trims? I am using 9mm chrome tile trim (Homelux) along the top of my tiles as I am only tiling to 2/3 the height of my room. I have now come to a 'boxed in' water pipe section, so need to use the trim vertically on a 90...
  13. M

    Is 3mm joint too small for 450mm tiles?

    Hello, I'm tiling a bathroom wall and floor with 450mm porcelain tiles and want to run the joint from the walls into the floor. They're really nice full bodied tiles and I want to keep the joints to a minimum. The floor tiles will be stuck with BAL fastflex onto 25mm ply. Would 3mm joints...
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    expansion joint

    I'm starting a job on monday 36sm2 floor half the floor is concrete half is floorboards the problem i have is where they meet they dont run in a straight line some of the floorboards have been cut around a concrete block so there is no chance of putting an expansion joint there what can i do...
  15. J

    Floor movement joint sealant

    I'm tiling a domestic garage floor and want to put a movement joint in the middle because i'm moving from one set of tiles to a different type, do i fill the joint with ordinary sealant?
  16. D

    Silicon expansion joint & UFH

    Hi ive just began tiling and had a question on electric UFH, Im laying 9m2 of tile in a bathroom over Electric UFH all of which is on a 12mm ext grade ply sub. I have 2 questions really i know from other posts that purpose made expansion joints are rarely needed in domestic situations but I...
  17. J

    Expansion Joint?

    Doing my first splashback, the splashback has two walls i've done the one with the window next to the sink now i'm going to do the other but not sure about the expansion joint for the corner? Have been told to include the tile width and adhesive and spacer, but dont understand where spacer comes...
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    Minimum grout joint

    I am tiling a bathroom floor using a marble effect fairly high glazed 600 x 300 mid grey porcelain tile. Tile manufacturer states best overall finished look comes with minimum grout joint gap , using convention tile spacers the gap looks too big and spoils overall sheet-marble effect. Any...
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    Bal Wide joint Grout - AAAAAAAHHHHHHH !!!

    I just finished a 20sm bathroom and i was sold the wrong grout for the bathroom i was doiung, the customer wanted grey grout so i went into topps to get 20kg worth, but me being an idiot didnt look at the bag. they sold me the wide joint grout which was an absolute nighmare to put on, it was...
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    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tile to Carpet Joint

    Hi Hope someone can advise?? Have just tiled the kitchen floor but I am left with a gap of 35mm between tile and existing carpet in the adjoining room. Is there any floor strips that cover this gap? Many Thanks Tim.
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