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    First attempt at laying new subfloor, concrete boards & tiles

    Please can somebody share their knowledge and let me know if I’m on the right track, i.e do you think the steps I am about to undertake are going to prolong the life expectancy of my first attempt to tiling a floor (I am just a mere DIYer and not professional)? The situation is that I’m trying...
    • Sam Firmin
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    • boards canada concrete first floor floor tiling laying new build subfloor tile tiles wooden wooden floor
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Laying stone onto ply

    What’s people’s views on laying trav onto a 12mm ply? Using ditra matting. The floor hasn’t got any movement in it.
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    Laying out on tiled bath panel

    Quick one to check I'm on the right track - I'm planning to do a tiled bath panel (with access panel using some Schluter magnets). Am I right in thinking I should have cuts below the bath rim and cuts down onto the floor? It'll be about 560 mm high, tiles are 200 mm high, so I'm thinking to...
    • LEH
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    • bath bath panel laying layout out panel tiled
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
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    HELP! Do we need a DPM before laying tiles

    Hi, We've just finished pulling up old quarry tiles ready to fit new Porcelain tiles throughout! Had to remove quarry's due to levels of external doors, were unsure what the subfloor is beneath the quarry's, I believe the property is prone to rising damp seeping through subfloor as no DPM. I'm...
    • Sam2494
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    • canada dpm help laying tile tiles
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    How long do you wait before laying Ditra onto fresh Self levelling?

    S/L went on yesterday . 10 mm thick .Plenty of air movement to dry. When can I lay Ditra mat ? And should I seal with SBR first ? Thanks
    • LJD
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    • canada compound ditra how laying levelling mixing self self levelling wait
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Which adhesive, what orientation for tiles, size of spacers, brick or straight laying shower wall

    hi I bought 200mm by 500mm Argenta Camargue Perla ceramic tiles and Bal Grip plus tub... to find out the Bal Grip plus isn't up to the job because of the size of the the tiles. I see from other threads there is a more 'professional look' way to lay tiles, so we are not sure how to lay them...
    • BUffy
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    • adhesive brick former grout choice laying shower shower tray size spacer spacers spacing straight tile tile adhesive tile spacer tiles wall wetroom what which
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    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    Laying 895 x 225 wood effect ceramics on d-mat process, eg solid bed, back buttering ? Bed thickness

    Interested to see how you guys would approach this e.g bed thickness , how many m2 laid per day etc?
    • El frizz
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    • back canada ceramic ceramic tile ceramics laying thickness wood
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Limestone flagstones - Price for laying

    Hello Gentlemen, I am undertaking a small self-build cottage in Norfolk. I am looking to have 20mm thick limestone flagstones layed on the entire ground floor - which consists of four square rooms and a total of 64m2. The base is a near perfect concrete slab and will need a 10mm adhesive...
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    Laying 600mm x 400mm limestone advice

    hello all, I'm laying 600 x 400 limestone tiles in a small downstairs toilet. It's been tiled on to a primed ply floor screwed to floor boards. This is the old stuff that was there from when the floor was tiled before over 20 years ago. The ply seems in good condition I've just added loads more...
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    Laying Wood Effect Porcelain - Advice and grout selection

    Hi All Getting a big job done on the kitchen come living room. Having wood effect porcelain planks installed. It is part of a renovation of my new house and the builder is looking after most of the work. He will have his tiler do the work, but just wanted to check in here with the experts to...
    • Buckfast
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    • advice grout laying porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile grout wood
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Tile Adhesive and Grout Advice
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    Help laying Travertine on existing floor

    Hi all, I'm hoping someone will help me with some much needed advice.... I am renovating our 1930's property room by room and next up is the kitchen! I have laid wall and floor tiles before but never natural stone, in this case we are looking at using travertine tiles. The existing floor is...
    • NickW
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    • canada floor floor tiling help laying travertine
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Laying quartz Tiles

    Hi please forgive my ignorance ,im looking for a few pointers with my new kitchen floor,i've taken up the old tiles and chipped away all the old adhesive and im ready to lay my new floor. I've chosen MAPEI KERAQUICK RAPID-SET FLEXIBLE TILE ADHESIVE and MAPEI LATEX PLUS Is this correct ??I need...
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    Laying large limestone tiles over UFH

    Hello all, We had a wet self levelling screed floor pumped into our kitchen back in October. UF Heating has been running well since. Just ordered 900x600 limestone tiles and need advice on prep before laying them. We have been told various things, conflicting too. Do I need to seal/prime the...
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    Laying large formats

    what adhesive do you's all recommend for laying large format tiles to floors, I usually use Dunlop large format , or kerakoll h40 skimming the back of the tile obviously! Looking for a few other options with great coverage and grab ! Tiles will be 1200 X 600 onto heated screed
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    Slate - External - Procedure For Laying From The Soil Up?

    Ok.... so there is an area of hardcore over mud. Its going to be a patio area. Natural black slate 300x600. The tiler has laid approx 3-4 inches of cement and dropped the tiles on. They have not been cleaned or sealed (customer complaining they are not black enough), butt jointed so not going to...
    • Tile Shop
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    • canada external external tiling laying slate
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Laying 80m Of Hardie Boards (concrete)

    Alright pro tilers Have a question for you all Had a look at a job that involves building up a area of 80m for a floor to bring up the height to the other floor, the client has got that hardie 12mm concrete boards, will it be alright to prime the floor and use flexible adhesive to stick the...
    • ChiversTiling
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    • aus boards concrete floor hardie hardiebacker laying usa
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Laying broken marble

    And just when it was all going so smoothly.... I was cutting an envelopea cut in marble tiles, made a template, cut them all, so they fitted brilliantly, lines all in line, then started taking the tiles out, and one broke down a fault line. The marble has a mesh on the back, so everything lines...
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    Laying Backer/insulation boards

    Do these always need to be fitted with adhesive over timber chipboard flooring? Is it possible to just screw it down with washers. Here is what it says on the site. It's 6mm board. tile backer board | underfloor heating | ProWarm™ Customer wants the finished floor level to be as close as...
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    Limestone Tiles - Laying Tips (am I Mad?)

    I've just bought 85m2 of these Limestone Tiles The sub-base consists of a wet UFH system, covered by Keracem Eco screed. Commisioned and has been running since Nov 2014, so nice and dry. I've laid tiles before, but nothing remotely on this scale, nor any tiles so large. The pattern is...
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    Laying On A Floor With Cracks

    I had a job booked to retile 19m of kitchen floor where the house had apperently had a little bit of subsidence causing a a couple of crack lines to appear across the original tiling. Another tiler had already pulled up original tiling before customer called me, then bottled it on doing the job...
    • wayfoward
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    • aus crack cracking cracks debonding floor floor tiling laying usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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