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Experianced tilers required for refurb evening project in Milton Keynes, Working hours from 6pm-2am. Top rates for professionals. Ready from next week . Walls Porcelain 300x300mm Floors Porcelain 600x600mm All materials supplied. Please drop me a mail for more info

Hi, I've been asked to quote for over 200 m2 of large format slate 1200 x 900 on a concrete screed which has piped under floor heating. The largest area is 58m2. My thoughts would be to de-couple, expansion joints in largest area and between rooms and on perimeter. 15mm trowel and back butter...

I'm looking to buy a cutter so that I can snap 1200 lsqaure really hard porcelain tiles (Micron's). The Rubi 1200 XN won't touch them. I've just completed a job with the same tiles but in a 1200 x 600 size and ended up having to angle grind the long lengths. I scribed the short lengths with my...

We have a project in Walberswick (Southwold) in Suffolk. There is a bathroom & separate WC to be tiled with large format calibrated honed limestone tiles with some wall areas to be tiled with 23mm marble mosaic. There is an additional wet room with walk in shower - the whole of this room is to...

Evening everyone. Long time no speak! my current customer is looking for some large format polished porcelain tiles and we are struggling to get a supplier, hence me asking for some help. Tile Giant and a local independent tile shop are also on the case but its slow going. I need a tile at least...

I'm tiling an area of 11mm mosaics that abuts 12mm large format tiles. Am I okay tile the mosaics on to the same relatively thick bed of adhesive as the large format tiles or should I look to raise the area the mosaics are on?

I need to lay hardie backer boards to ply + Dural CI+ / WP and a mix of marble mosaics (50x50) and marble 600 x 400 tiles to walls and floors and looking for advice on which adhesives to use. Last time I tiled (600 x 400 limestone) I used Weber.set rapid SPF which worked fine but with the...

morning, would some of you guys give me some advice please, i have a customer who wants me to put some floor tiles on the wall (600 x 400,) , the walls have been skimmed over with fresh plaster but it was only done 4 days ago, but the customer wants me to get on with it now, if i prime the...

Hi All, I have boarded a wall with aqua panel, dot and dabbed and then plugged and screwed to give a mechanical fixing. Despite best efforts in ensuring all boards were level and no lippage between the joints, one of the boards seems to have pulled in too much along the top . I’ve put a...

Hi Everyone, I am making wetroom. In the shower area I have 1mt X 1mt area which has 25mm WPB plywood primed with Bal Bond SBR. The rest of the wall and other walls are covered with 20mm Marmox board levelled to the plywood. I am thinking of using Mapei Shower Waterproofing Kit. The tile...

Evening all, Got a couple of jobs coming up using 950mm and 1050mm length tiles so decided to treat myself to a new cutter. Seen the Rubi TX1200N and looks good (already got a TX700 and I'm happy/used to that). Anyone got one of these mega Rubis? Any problems I should consider befoer hitting...

Good Afternoon and Merry Christmas everyone, and congratulations and thanks for a very informative forum adn excellent research for all things tiling; both professional and novice. I have read the forums with great interest over the past weeks as I begin to embark on two DIY tiling projects in...

I've only got a 6 mm at the mo and am ordering another , the tiles are 800x400 filled trav . Is it worth spending the extra on gold ?

Is it worth paying the extra for a gold one , or just 12-18mm silver ? The tiles are big babies , 800x400 unsure of the thickness?

What's the best method for preparing solid walls which have been plastered, ready for tiling with large and heavy stone tiles (e.g. 600x400 marble)? a) Would you remove the plaster and hope that underneath the walls have been rendered? Otherwise the browning or hardwall would need to come off...

I was wondering what people would charge for a 34 metre floor 600 by 600 pocelain the customer is adament he is tiling on plywood he is also tiling a 18 metre kitchen floor in quartz tiles i would appreciate any feedback on this the job is at least 6 weeks off but the customer wants a rough idea...

Just doing a bathroom reburb. The floor is to be tiled in 600x600x10mm porcelain tiles. Bathroom size approx 2.5mx2.5m. As I had to lift a lot of the floorboards for the new pipework, I decided to replace the lot with 18mm WBP ply. The plan then was to use Ditra and then tile. I'm just a little...

Hi guys got a job 230 mts of 900*600 limestone 22mm thick anyone got an idea of a pattern to use client has asked, also he wants an expansion joint what would you suggest also joint size do you reckon Thanks Rob

900x300 ceramics from porcelainosa, must admit, they are perfectly calibrated, 1st time working with them and well impressed. Went with 2mm spacer.

what is anyones opinion on fixing large format porcelain 600 by 600 onto painted walls that have been primed ,will they stay up