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    Floor tiles lifting after laying. Please help

    Hi I would be very grateful for your suggestions/thoughts. Details: -Laying ceramic floor tiles 33cm x 33cm in the conservatory - 15m sq.. -The floor was chipboard and I layed 12mm WPB plywood screwed at 25cm intervals. -Coated with BAL - bond SBR -Used homebases Evo-Stik Tile a Floor...
    • Unregistered
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    • debonding floor floor tiles floor tiling help laying lifting please tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    laying SLC for beginers

    hiya lads , im trying to prrpare myself for going on my own, so in my wisdom id thought id try my hand at SLC my garage floor is old concrete slabs so im gonna use this to practice on ,rather than a clients house:thumbsup: so, wheres the cheapest place to buy a decent SLC, and r there any to...
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    Laying ply help!!

    hey lads. I've been offered a couple of bathroom floors to tile recently but i've shied away from doing it because ive never layed ply or backer board on a floor before. what i want advice about is how do i go about laying ply say to fit round a curved shower, ive read threads describing...
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    Laying of Victorian tiles

    Hi all Just a question relating to laying reclaimed victorian tiles. The tiles are about 20mm thick and about 80mm by 80mm square at a rough guess. The tiles are to be laid outside the front entrance to a residence. The original base is concrete, so firm and rigid. Is there a specific adhesive...
    • Brad
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    • edwardian edwardian floor geometric laying tile tiles usa victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling victorian tiles
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Laying slate hearths

    I've just ordered some pieces of 25mm riven slate to use as a hearth for my 4kW woodburner. I am laying them on a 40mm concrete base (on top of a concrete floor). What adhesive and grout should I use bearing in mind the heat from the fire?
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    What are you favourite tile laying out designs / patterns?

    When it comes to the layout design of a bathroom, what are your current favourite patterns (wall and floor)..... also border at dado height or vertical border? Just interested as been thinking alot recently about layout designs :smilewinkgrin:
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    saltillo tile sealer prior to laying

    Hello, I am about to get quotes for laying a saltillo terracotta tile floor and having read what is on the web I am confused about what the best sealer would be prior to laying the tiles. If they need a lot of coats I am prepared to do this so the tiler can get on with laying them. The...
  8. Dan

    BAL Laying Off!!!!

    I hear through the grape vine that BAL are laying off staff. Mapei last year caught up on their UK coverage and nearly took over them with projections this year to wipe the floor with them. It looks like they're right as I hear BAL (and this is on other forums too) are laying off staff...
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    laying marble help!!!

    Hi been asked to lay marble 4m2 in a bathroom just wanted to know whats best to put down on the floor first to prep its chip board at the minute. Plus are they a nightmare to cut and would i need a special blade? Will i need to seal them and in what order ie before i lay them or after? Sorry for...
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    Laying 75m2 Travertine Prep Help.

    Hello guys. I get alot of work from a local kitchen company and i need some advice. Some of the jobs im going to that are prepped and not really prepped to the correct standards and as my name is to the tiling id like it to be correct. First off ive got a 30m2 kitchen to lay in 600 x 400...
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    laying tiles on to wet concrete

    Hi guys I am hoping you will be able to help me out. I have built a concrete block raised pond and I am intending to tyle it with smashed up tiles creating a mosaic effect. These will obviously be underwater and I am running out of dosh quick. Someone told me a cheap and effective way of...
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    Tiles not flat after laying onto perfectly flat surface!

    The title says it all and it's me I'm moaning about. :mad2: The tiles are travertine 300mm square with square cut edges and are of uniform thickness. I'm using a topps tile solid thin bed trowel with 6 by 10mm notches. I butter the back of each tile but scrape off any excess adhesive and put...
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    Laying a plywood floor

    Hi All, I am in the process of tiling my bathroom floor but need to relay the floor first. Most of the boards are in very poor condition so I am going to remove them and replace them with Plywood. I am also installing a wetroom and have a tray former that is 22mm deep. Can someone...
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    Advice on laying 2ft Porcelain tiles

    As a favour for a friend ive recently taken on tiling his bathroom. Which wouldnt normally pose any sort of problem. I was on the assumption it would be your normal ceramic tiles and maybe a mosaic border or something similar. However it turns out there great big 2ft x 1ft porcelain tiles that...
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    • advice laying porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Your help please on laying out polished limestone

    Looking for a little assistance in laying out some 610 x 406 polished limestone. The room is exactly 2.5MTRS wide, now I have the option of putting down 4 tiles (2455mm with 3mm grout and two slithers 23mm each eather side to make up the 2.5mtr, or have the 4 tiles and a 46mm slip one side (sure...
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    Tiling, Block Paving and Flag laying

    I had a weird dream last night that entailed me taking my tiling and bathroom fitting service to another level. Flag laying and block paving. Are we all not in the same line of business ? All bothered about surfaces we lay onto, the look, the finish even the "grout" lines !!!! How hard...
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    Adcive for laying slate floor tiles

    Hello, Iive bought slate floor tiles and was just wondering how easy they are to lay?? When i was in topps tiles buying grout for my wall tiles i was quizzing the bloke about laying slate tiles. He was telling me not to bother as they are a nightmare to cut, my toilet and sink won't sit...
    • bcurtis
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    • floor floor tiles floor tiling laying slate tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Laying Slate

    I am looking at having some slate layed in my back garden which is currently covered in pebbles/stones. Underneath the pebbles is black lining and under that earth. Can anyone suggest the best way to lay the slate, do the stones need to go or is there a product that can be used and the...
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    Laying Porcelain kitchen tiles - HELP

    Hi all, First post here, just wondered if you could tell me if i am about to do this OK? We have brought the following tiles Homebase - Make a House a Home I know i probably shouldnt of brought them from Homebase but the wife wanted them :) Old tiles have been cleaned off floor, which is...
    • nathsea
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    • bathroom help kitchen kitchen tiles laying porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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