mosaics

I’m tiling a bathroom with a cement grey tile and mosaic glass border. I’ve tried a couple of different grout colours but the grout I like for the tile (mid grey) seems too dark on the mosaic. Would it be crazy to use a different (lighter) colour grout for the border. And if it’s not a...

Been asked to price my first kitchen mosaic splashback in a seriously long time, and the customer is supplying the brick effect type.. but he wants the complete reveals tiled including the heads.. two windows worth.. Maybe im having a dull moment but how do the mosaic folk on here go about doing...

Hi a friend has asked me to tile her bathroom to which I said yes I’m it a professional but had done my own house refurbs to which she’s seen anyway she has purchased 2mm thick 300x300 mother of Pearl Mosaics to which she would like cut into 100 wide strips to form a border normal tiles are 9mm...

am I being unreasonable by not wanting to leave a glass edge in a shower niche I wouldn’t mind but the glass mosaics where quite rough ( fired earth ) she didn’t want any trims also didn’t want me to tank it out said it was a waste of money .?

Hi all, new to this forum so thank you in advance for reading my post. I'll try to be short and concise. On Friday my kitchen plash back was tiled with 10mm thick marble moasics with 12.5mm trim by a tiler who had previously done my kitchen/dining room floor. Unfortunately, I feel the kitchen...

morning, So I’m tiling the floor today in the wetroom (yup, still on this job!). The tray I’m doing in 10mm porcelain mosaic (4mm addy bed), the remainder in 10mm porcelain 60x30 (12mm addy bed). The mosaic will sit lower. I need to raise it by 4mm so there isn’t a step, how would I do that...

hello, So I’ve been reading a few posts on here about laying mosaics, can’t seem to find anything for wetroom formers that already have the fall built in. Can anyone give me a few tips to laying mosaics over a wetroom firmer please? Area is around 2.5m2 and custard hasn’t chosen mosaics yet so...

I have a customer who has been gifted a quantity of Fired Earth Oyster mosaic, Freshwater Pearl They are glass with no backing, and the images on the website seem to show a blueish tinge when installed. I'm trying to find a tile that would compliment them and thinking grey (is there anything...

Hi all, I’ve been asked to fix some oxidised copper mosaic tiles, but having never used this type of tile before am unsure of best way to cut and beat addy to use. Here’s a link for the tiles- Hexagon Oxidised Copper 29.5cm x 30.5cm Mosaic Tile -...

hi, Im about to install a mosaic center feature up the middle of a 900 shower enclosure, Its 300mm wide foor to ceiling, There is a 10mm square chrome trim up either side but the mosaic sheets are only 6mm Whats the best way to make up the 4mm needed ? Was told to try 3mm ply but was a little...

Hi Guys Just a quick one, i have 2 internal corners to do. The walls either side are in standard beveled white metro tiles 100x200mm The end 'feature' wall is in 50x150 mosaic metro tiles: My question is how would you do the junction between the 2? Just Silicon the gap? Thanks

Ok, so they’re not BRAND new, but @Schlüter-Systems Ltd looking to expand both sizes and colours, to include the Trend line colours. 45degree fine detail profiles to protect mitred edges from 2.5mm all the way up to 12.5mm. So I thought I’d try to get them some feedback. I’d appreciate it if...

Hi all I'm a keen diy'er and have tiled the odd bathroom in the past. I'm looking to build a false chimney breast in my living room (timber frame). I want to fix it with split face slate or quartzite mosaic. I'm after advice on which board to fix.. I'm thinking hardiebacker or similar (6 or...

In our old Portuguese property the shower floor is tiled with white glass mosaic tiles. When they were laid (years ago) a lot of the adhesive which is very hard squeezed out through the gaps. The tiler never bothered to scrape out and just grouted as they were. The result is that there are...

Hello everyone. Having spent a chunk of work-life battling for others decided to go it alone and get stuck into tiling full-time excuse the pun!. Covered a brief period plastering, however, found my home tiling projects far more enjoyable. I have a small job coming up involving Mosaic hmm...

Hi all, Please see pictures... I'm struggling with these film fronted glass mosaics. They're 6mm deep with no mesh on the back. The backs of the mosaic tiles have a slight hollow in them so the mosaic mesh I've brought to install doesn't stick very well. I Spread adhesive on wall and back...

Hi, I've just had my WC tiled in hexagon mosaic tiles. I've had the floor and half the back wall covered, per the photos (sink unit due to go on along with pan). I'm not overly convinced the tiler has done the best job in the world, particularly around the basin area just below the bottom left...

Hi everyone, I have been following this forum with a lot of interest and need some advice please. I have a kitchen splash to do tomorrow and the customer has just rang me to say they want charcoal grout now instead of white. I normally use Bal mosaic fix, but as some of the mosaics are dark...

Hi there, I've done a couple of job's recently where the customer has wanted a horizontal mosaic border. Although the customer's have been pleased with the result I'm not! I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I'm looking for advice on fixing the mosaic (the 15 x 30mm type that come on a sheet...

Hi there I'm putting mosaic tiles behind my bathroom sink but the worktop is stepped down how would I get around this any advice would be most welcome. Thanks