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    Advice on Splashback/Window Sill Tiling

    Apologies if this has been covered by another thread. I'm about to embark on tiling my kitchen splashback/windowsill. I'm using tiles 300mm x 100mm but my window sill plinth is currently only about 90mm above the worktop. I'm thinking of building up the height of the existing plinth to allow...
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    Kitchen splashback preperation, priming and adhesive advice required.

    Hi All, I will shortly be tiling a splash back around the perimeter of my kitchen using 50mm x 400mm ceramic tiles (8mm thick) upto a height of 200mm from the worktop. The walls are plaster skim over render in good condition but with a very slight dip over a short distance and are painted with...
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    Lash clips and riamonde levelling systems

    Anybody used the riamonde levelling system,I have used the lash clip ones but it hurts your fingers after a while,thinking of going the painless way,or do I stick to doing it without either to keep the cost down as you can spend £30/£60 a standard size bathroom,for the clips
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    Tiling a small splashback above a freestanding cooker

    Hi All, need to tile a small splashback (using 10x10 tiles) roughly 60cm wide x 50cm high on the wall behind my cooker. The cooker is the freestanding slot in type. My question is what is considered the norm for how low these tiles go? 1 Should I be looking to tile below where the cooker top is...
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    Glass Splashback Removal

    Hello fellow tilers, Can anybody please tell me what they have found to be their best method for removing a glass splashback, as my customers now require ceramic tile splashback instead, i presume it has been siliconed on. Many thanks Steve
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    Kitchen splash backs, trends change.

    I find them as rare as hens teeth, very rarely do i get a kitchen splash back to tile now.. always seems to granite tops and up stands.. how about you. ?
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    Glass SplashBack

    Sent a customer down to the local Tile Giant to look at their Splashbacks, 600mm x 750mm roughly. They were looking at the limegreen one & were told by T/G staff that they have had issues with this particular colour, there is a chemical reaction happening & the adhesive is turning the green...
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    Glass splash back tiles

    Hi all, Error made and thought I'd share. Had to fit a 750 x 600 glass splash back behind an Aga. Now the wall was pretty battered and the flue was very much in the way. Decided to put the adhesive on the Glass back, found out it had just been spray painted black and using all I knew, ran a...
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    splash back tiles

    johnson's underground tiles/sacamer metro wall tile 200/100 any one used them in the past have you got any pics im using red/black mixed for a splash back. there beveled edges soo will the ts 60 pluss snap them ok or ill just use my new clinker when i get it thanks bri.
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    trav mosaic splash back advice please!

    Hi all iv got a travertine mosaic splash back next week (first trav mosaic) and have a couple of questions! 1. do i seal them before grouting and after? 2. do i use the usual mosaic notch trowel? 3.would you work up from the work tops (not perfectly level!) 4. would you still silicon the...
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    splashback wall repair

    Hi, I'm needing to do some small repairs on a wall which has went back to sand and cement, what would you suggest? I was going to repair with gypsum joint filler is this ok? It's just a small repair. I would like to tile the same day other wise I would bond and skim. Cheers Paul
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    Grout for Kitchen Splashback

    Hi all,I'm in the middle of tiling a kitchen splashback and walls behind the sink and above the worktop. I'm nearly done tilling and now thinking about grouting and would like opinions on different grout types.I'd thought epoxy grout would be needed for a kitchen splashback (as it'll not let...
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    Whip clips or lash,lol

    Lash Clips (raimondi). One of my big locals told me they were for getting in a dozen big sets of them and would love me to try a set out for them. The manager tells me he seen a floor lately tiled using them and could not believe how perfect it looked. Now i can tile really well but will try...
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    Tiling up to glass splashback

    doing a job next week house has only glass spashback from cooker up to hood, she wants all the rest of the walls tiles from units down to worktops keeping the glass slashback. My question is when the tiles meet the glass would you grout or would you Silicon ? many thanks in advance :smilewinkgrin:
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    Brick style splash back

    i am currently doing alot of tiling on kitchen splash backs on council houses. the walls are in bad shape and the tiles are 200x100 brick style. i cant seem to get a good finish and there is alot of lippage. im using a 6mm notched trowel but a few people have mentioned using a 8mm or even a...
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    Granite splashback 300x300 ,before and after

    Just a few pics of a job done in Orpington in the week. Granite 300x300 , strange choice for a splashback but turned out great. Another happy customer :smilewinkgrin: Oh and anyone that can take the time to "like" our facebook page that would be great . Its a a new page ,so trying to build...
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    Level wedges

    hI Has anyone used this product yet Level Wedges they also act as a spacer Let me no what you think.
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    Proper Job - Sink Back splash - How?

    Hello all, Please see the attached pictures. I am a Diy'er. The Wall - multi finish - painted. The worktop - laminated chipboard. I want to create a black-splash (including the side of the sink) to protect the rear/side of the chipboard worktop from water that could potentially get through...
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    Kitchen counter splash-back tile grout failure - u won't believe your eyes!

    Hello everyone, This is my first post ever, and what a stinker of a problem it is! I removed the laminated chipboard kitchen counter top that the sink sits in. On the wall are the tiles - in which the 10 yr. old grout has failed. I almost laid an egg! ImageShack(TM) slideshow Given these...
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    Trade tiler lash clips or similar ?

    Have been looking at these for ages !! Has anyone used these or similar ? Spoke to David, he says the initial outlay for wedges which are re-useable will eventually make you quids in with time saving getting your tiles bang on level and not having to lift and re-bed. Always willing to try new...

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