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  1. Bopster

    Which electric ufh system

    Looking for recommendations for a job I looked at yesterday, it’l be a high spec kitchen which will be having a tiled floor on the concrete slab. Now although I have installed plenty of electric ufh in kitchens and bathrooms none of them have been this size. It’s all one floor area but would...
  2. C

    Plastering advice - large porcelain tiles

    I would be grateful for some help please! Bathroom walls were bonded a few weeks ago but didn't apply skim at the time (long story). Is it too late to skim now? If not, how should the bonding be prepared / sealed prior to applying the skim coat now that some time has passed? I understand that...
  3. G

    Large format popped around edges

    Hi guys I wonder if anybody can tell me what's gone wrong. We have laid a load of 1200sq porcelain tiles using the retailers recommend adhesive. The ufh was fired up a week later and temp was raised a couple of degrees per day and every tile has lifted around the edges. They are still stuck firm...
  4. M

    Cutting large porcelain tiles

    Hi I have a 900 x 900 shower enclosure that was showing some dampness through the grout joints and solid plastered brick walls after 20+ years. I liked the tiles and have manage to remove and clean most of the 250x 300 porcelain tiles, ready to refit after tanking the walls, (on a tight...
  5. D

    New kitchen diner extension project - large format tiles

    Hello, my introduction and screed issues thread has probably run its course now that I have bitten the bullet and have a contractor appointed. Now onto the real deal so to speak... The scope is to tile a new kitchen diner extension which is 30sqm with an l shaped kitchen and island. The room is...
  6. J

    Large quartz tiles

    Hi, looking for help. I had my shower tiled in 600 x quartz tiles about 4 or 5 years ago. Over the last 12 months cracks have appeared in the grout on the top 3 rows of tiles and they have started to protrude. I have removed the offending tiles and found that they have only been fixed with dot...
  7. G

    large format tile gaps

    I am laying some large format tiles 100cm x 50cm soon and i always thought the gaps should be 4mm plus ? however you see many tile jobs with small gaps eg, 2mm ? I would really appreciate some feedback please
  8. R

    Large tile on the shower floor..

    Hallo all, I tought may be I get some advise from this great forum. I have been offered a job for a small bathroom, appr. 1,8 x 1,8m floor area, to be tiled with 60x60cm tiles, same tiles to wall / floor. Also, I need to make a slope to the drainage, its the "linear" model near the wall. I...
  9. O

    The less glamorous side to fitting ex large formats.

    This is how I got covered in Celotex dust in the image from Simons post. It wasn’t much fun, nasty stuff that. This is the less glamorous side to fitting ex large formats. Trying to squeeze 3.2’s x 1.6’s in to a very small space. They were cutdown to 2.4m first, and had to go in to a shower...
  10. R

    45 Sqm Large Format Tiles Suffolk

    Hello. I've been browsing around the forum and hopefully can be put in touch with someone that can help. We are looking at getting 45 Sqm large format tiles installed in our games room floor. We are struggling to find someone that will install large tiles. I would like the look of continuous...
  11. JP Tiling

    Bath - large site

    We have got a large site in Bath with an immediate start Nice easy spec with only 2 tiles acros the whole site, a nice bit of meterage per unit to go at, and a friendly site Team. There are good rates of pay available and an immediate start. If of interest please give me a shout!
  12. J

    Tiler wanted for large floor job South Surrey

    Looking for a low cost efficient tiler for large 120 sqm job. Brand new flat as a pancake anyhdrite screed and large format tiles on single storey barn conversion should make it a v. straightfwd job. A few posts and lights to cut around but mostly straightforward. Will prime and clean so all...
  13. P

    UFH in extension, expansion gaps? Large format tiles?

    Hello everyone, we are in need of some sound advice on a dilemma we cant get 100% answers to, we are having a single storey extension and knocking out the back wall and dining room wall to form one large open kitchen/living area. We intend to fit wet UFH to the new part of the extension but we...
  14. Mapei UK Marketing

    Introducing Keraquick XL Fibrelite - The Large Format Revolution.

    Keraquick XL Fibrelite products - http://bit.ly/2uOJUBT is a powder composed of a mixture of special cements, selectively graded aggregates, synthetic resins, fibres and setting accelerators that develop a high bond strength only 90 minutes after setting. For this reason floor installations can...
  15. M

    Extra Large format tiles..

    Bathroom tiles 3000x1200mm floor and wall. What tools do you reccomend? Any install tips is much appreciated..
  16. S

    Large format Tiling and its difficulties

    Hi All. Just been to see the Wizard of Oz @3_fall . Met Marc onsite today to pick up some tooling. Given a good demo on how to use it ! Marc spent all day with me showing lots of his tricks and modified tools to make life easier to install these difficult tiles. Anyone out there who thinks its...
  17. U

    Uneven Large Format Tiles

    Hi, I am new to tiling and would like some advise on how to keep large format tiles flat and even on the wall. I am currently installing large format porcelain tiles to a bathroom wall that bows out in the middle and dips back in one of the corners (makes the tiles bumpy). It is an old house...
  18. F

    Large format floor, anhydrate, 270 Sqm

    Hello fellas, About to price 170m 1500x750 10mm porc on anhydrate screed, big areas. Initial laitenance removed, will use Kerakol primer and bio addy. Also about 100m of 300x300 in smaller rooms. The job is in one of the most expensive roads in one of the most expensive areas of south bucks...
  19. S

    Acceptable lippage in large format floor tiles

    hi all, I wrote some time back about issues with ufh system, we managed to get this laid and poured a screed over to level the floor. The screed wasn’t perfectly level but there wasn’t a great deal of variance across the floor. We employed a tiler as opposed to DIY due to large format tiles...
  20. O

    The new Raimondi Raizor, ex large format cutter.

    So this is it, the very latest large format cutter out there, released just a few weeks ago by Raimondi. Standard kit is the two 1.7Lm rails, carriage and pliers, all wrapped up in a padded bag. The 1Lm rail is an optional extra. There’s one more missing piece, however, it’s not even released...

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