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    Large format tiles

    When you are putting large format tiles on walls, do you use rapid set adhesives. or not? i find i have to mix very small amounts of rapid, or i get a lot of waste.
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    large format tiles

    Im having problems getting 600/400 tiles to bed on a wall without having steps in the tiles. hard to set them level on all sides, wondered if my adhesive not wet/soft enough? Anyone else had this problem? Cheers, Edd
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    Tiling Large Format Tiles

    Over recent years, the combination of improved tile production technology and interior design trends has seen a huge increase in demand for larger format tiles. Extra consideration has to be made when fixing these bigger tiles and we have outlined a few of the points to bear in mind...
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    Large format tiles, what adhesive?

    Hi, Just looked at a bathroom job today, what seemed like good plastered walls, 35 metres. The room looks massive, 3 metres high with big window, a reveal in a wall and an angled corner, so it needs two trims. I can do the job no problem, just think it will take me a long while. The tiles...
    • steve_c
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    • adhesive format large large format tile tile adhesive tiles usa what
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Adhesive for large format tiles

    As a matter of interest how large a tile would you go with ceramics with tub gear? I am currently using 248x331 ceramic tiles with tub gear all supplied by contractor i would guess this is border line what do you guys reckon?.
    • postie
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    • adhesive format large large format tile tile adhesive tiles usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    first porcelain large format HELP!

    Got my first porcelain bathroom to do on wednesday.Went round today to check what tiles are like.600 x300 about 12 mm thick. He's been given 2 tubs of bal whitestar ( 12sqmof wall tiling) but im not sure if this is ok to use> I thought it had to be powder gear like bal spf,but he said ctd gave...
    • tops111
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    • format help large large format porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    large format tiles

    Hi again all, just a quick one Bathroom shower walls to be tiled. tile size is 450 x 320 ( ceramic) I presume I should be using an 8mm trowel? Also bloke at topps gave the customer Bal grip Is this ok? Might of played safe with a cementitious adhesive. bloke was putting a finish on the walls. I...
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    large format tiles

    PJ Can anyone help? I am applying large format porcelain tiles to a wall using white powder adhesive. Can anyone tell me what size trowel I should be using to get a suitable bed thickness?
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    Large format stone on UFH timber suspended floor- a job for Ditra matting?

    Hi all, I'm doing a barn conversion at the moment and the ground floor requires 50 sq.m of indian mint sandstone. The floor to be tiled consists of about two-thirds timber suspended floor with wet UFH under a 22mm moisture resistant chipboard deck, and the other third is a floating chipboard...
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    • ditra ditra matting floor tiling format large format stone tiling work timber ufh
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    What tile adhesive is used for large format tiles?

    If you're using large format tiles you will need to use a thick-bed tile adhesive. A thick-bed tile adhesive will have 'filler's in it or a coarse sand to help it bond and cure correctly without shrinkage and cracking. Using the wrong tile adhesive and tiling trowel for large format tiling can...
    • Dan
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    • adhesive floor format large large format tile tile adhesive tiles usa used wall what
    • Replies: 114
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum

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