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    porcelain 60cm by 60cm trouble laying and cutting

    hi, i am new here, i am no tiler to say the least. i have decided to lay some black porcelain in the hall way and kitcen. the kitchen is concrete and the hallway is floor boards. for the hallway i have brought some 6mm ply and was going to put the tiles on top. i have picked up a bag of...
    • bangs_18
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    • cutting laying porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles usa
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    laying reproduction flagstones on a pumped screed

    Hi All, I will start by saying I wish I found this site a long time ago as it is very imformative indeed, basically i have been doing a refurb on a old farmhouse and have to my cost found out that there are pitfalls with laying slabs on a pumped screed floor, The screed was pooring in Aug 2009...
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    Laying down 25mm WBP plywood ready for tiling

    Hi, I am replacing my bathroom floor with 25mm wbp plywood. I will be using 3 sheets of plywood and was wondering how best to 'butt' them together. I have seen on various forums that I need to leave about a 2mm gap between the sheets. Do I need to fill in the gap with a flexible adhesive and...
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    ditra mat query laying on polylumb overlay UFH and ply

    just a quickie starting a job monday, and they have the polyplumb overlay stuff in, which, from what i can see is 12-18mm ply, with grooves cut out, and the pipes fed through. reflectective foil keeps the heat going the rigth way, up. the system is screwed down to the chipboard floor, and...
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    screed laying

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    laying wall tiles or floor tiles first

    Please would someone inform me whether to lay the wall tiles first or the floor tiles. I live in Thailand, here they always do the walls first!! and 90% of the time do things backwards would be interested to know which is the right way Regards H69
    • hasher69
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    • first floor floor tiles floor tiling laying tile tiles usa wall wall tiles
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Advice on laying 600 x 600 Quartz please

    Hi I need to lay 20 metres of 600 x 600 egineered Quartz tiles, the and adhesive & grout have been supplied the addy supplied is Mapei keriflex maxi flexible S1 with Keracolour grout + fugolastic liquid are these suitable? its a concrete kitchen floor which will have "Warm up" UFH going...
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    Advice on laying tiles in kitchen

    Hi Kitchen is 7m x 4m and floor screed is pretty good, so should i tile straight onto the floor or does everyone still put a levelling compound over the screed to guarantee the area is perfectly level. Thanks in advance to any advice on this. Also the best adhesive for this area, Im on a...
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    Advice on laying travertine tiles on part concrete/ part wooden floor

    Apologies if this has already been answered as I know there is lots of info on plywood floors here, but think our situation is unique. We've got a kitchen that is part concrete floor, part wooden, and a small section of brick (where an old stove once sat). We would like to lay travertine tiles...
    • Speppin
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    • advice concrete floor floor tiling laying tile tiles travertine usa wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Advice for laying Quartz tiles

    I was wondering if I could get some advice on laying 21 m2 of black starlight quartz floor tiles, I am a bit concerned after reading some of the threads on Quartz tiles. What adhesive should I use ? it's a susspended timber floor that has been screeded over with metal plaster lath with sand and...
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    Advice for laying a black limestone hearth underneath log burner

    Hi, We're having a log burner installed in a couple of weeks and need to lay a new hearth beforehand. We like the dark coloured natural look and found some nice flagstones at B&Q. They were black limestone. I think these are the ones... B&Q Select Natural Quarry Limestone Black (L)60 x...
    • Morph3ous
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    • advice black black limestone hearth laying limestone usa
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    laying quartz

    i am gonna use quartz in my bath room but worried about the weight on the walls i have 2 out side walls and 2 stud walls is it not a good idea to have the 2 out side walls skimed? what should be done? and the stud walls where there is no water use ply and just tile straight on to it or will...
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    Laying travertine over ceramic floor tiles?

    Is it possible to lay travertine floor tiles over an existing sound ceramic floor tile and if so what preparation is needed?
    • posher
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    • ceramic ceramic tile floor floor tiles floor tiling laying over tile tiles travertine usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Laying slate floor

    Hi, I've recently bought a slate floor and upon delivery the tiles are dusty and look as if they have a slight rust colour stain to them. Could someone let me know if I should clean each tile before I lay them, and if so with what, or should I lay them, grout them and then clean and seal...
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    Price for laying Porcelain please

    Hi, I looked at a job last night, it was 2 bathroom floors, just over 3mts each and they want 600x300 polished porcelain tiles down. From what I can see It looks like chipboard on the floor,so im thinking of plying it with 12-15mm... I dont price by the metre, I normally price on what I want...
    • bluevin123
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    • laying please porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles price usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Laying and sealing Tavella Anticata terracotta tiles

    Hi all I have spent a bit of time looking at the website and have found it very useful for general information and tips (for which thank you). This is my first post. I am having a new kitchen floor laid with Tavella Anticata terracotta tiles from Terrafirma Tiles ). Terrafirma say these tiles...
    • tommymcgough
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    • coverage laying liquid paint seal sealing terracotta the tile association tile tiles tta usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Laying down 10mm Marmox boards on floor

    hello all, I'm about to lay 10mm marmox insulation boards onto 12mm ply. Do I just stick them down using flexible tile adhesive, or is it also wise to screw them down at 300 centres. If screwing, will the plastic backboard washers be fine with the UFH? regards
    • ap222
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    • backerboard boards down floor floor tiling laying marmox marmox backerboard tile backerboard usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    What to put down before laying floor tiles

    Hi, I wonder if you can help. I am about to embark on a tiling project and can't seem to find a definative answer! Our bathroom used to have a carpet layed onto a chipboard floor. I have removed the carpet and we want to lay ceramic floor tiles. What is the best product to use to prep the...
    • bluegazza
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    • down floor floor tiles floor tiling laying tile tiles usa what
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Laying travertine

    Good evening fellow tilers, :hurray: I'm going to look at and quote a job tomorrow evening to tile a travertine bathroom. From what I understand it's a standard size bathroom; 3m-4m on the floor and 10m on the walls. Before I price the job and agree to do it, I want to be 100% sure that I'm...
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    Laying tiles diagonally help?

    Hi guys Sorry for such a newbie post but wanna get this right!! Im going to tile the bathroom floor which is only 4m2 but want to tile it diagonally! How do i measure the tiles at the edges so i know where to cut so they fit nice under the skirting board? Hope that makes sense!! Also is it true...

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