mosaics

Just staring to cut marble mosaic tile squares – and need to cut them without crumbling, chipping and shattering - if possible?. These are 300x300 sheets of 50mmx50mmx10mm squares cut into 3 sections of 2 (100mm wide) squares x 6 (300 long) @ 22.5 degree cut with factory plastic mesh on rear...

Hi, was just looking for some tips on how to get the best finish on an external corner using the split face mosaic slate. I have used it on a single wall but never had to return it around an external corner. It will be tricky due to the varying thickness of the slate and was just wondering if...

Welcome to Samuel Smith Mosaics, My name is Tom Smith and have been in the tiling industry for over 20 years. As a second generation mosaicist, I was taught the skill of tiling from a very young age. I spent most weekends sorting through glass mosaic for pocket money, as my children do now. I...

Hi all :) Installing an Impey wetroom former/tray & tanking kit. The floor will be tanked, then electric UFH, then mosaics... but before that, the existing subfloor is P5 grade chipboard which is in good condition. I assume I'll need something over the top of that before tanking, i.e. thin...

Had a customer come back today and say that the tiler says that the mosaics we supplied weren't right ? These were 48x48 cubes on a 30x30 sheet,There was one cube on each sheet a millimetre closer than the rest ! Would you send your customer back with this or would you overcome this ?

I have read about trowels for mosaics on walls, around 3/4mm but wondering if this this still applies when using mosaics on the floor. The tiles I got are 5mm thick (see photo). Thanks.

I've got the task of removing all the mosaic tiles as they are popping off, going ( was going) to replace with same original style mosaic, started stripping off and tiles are pinging off leaving all the old grout firmly bedded on... Originally thought the grout would just scrape off as well...

Found an old roman church with these amazing floors!

Hello, I've got a bit of an unusual enquiry that I'm hoping someone on here can help with. Some family friends of mine recently took possession of a farm property on the continent, as part of an inheritance, and what came with it was about 100 metric tonnes of what they believe to be Glass...

220462 Montal in brown /grey If anyone out there can help with these tiles, prepared to travel anywhere in country to collect. Kitchen alterations necessitate perhaps 12 tiles, would take more if you have them.

Hi all, my first post on here. We're looking for a specific tile that was used in our bathroom upstairs, it's a Copper Silver Mosaic, it was originally in Topps tiles but they discontinued it about 6 months ago and said they sold off all of the ranges. We want to finish our bathroom and need...

I had bought these faithfull tile nippers, which looked good in pic but were utter crap ( even they weren't the cheapest stuff on market and they aren't Faithfull at all!), Didn't realized that I can't even cut a regular tile with them only some very thin stuff and the cutting metal already...

Tiles from Original Style come in a wide range of types, sizes and finishes, with a design to suit every taste and every home. Please note this guide is not intended to be a definitive guide to fixing Orginal Style tiles and should not be relied upon as such. If you are uncertain about anything...

hi all, I've got a glass and metal mosaic border, it's fitted with white powder adhesive ( palace ) and white grout ( palace ). I fitted it about 6 weeks ago, and it's been noticed that the glass mosaic backing is dissolving, no bleach has been used to clean them and the manufacturer has said...

Visited a commercial renovation project in Bath on Friday. The artist designer wants to tile the communal (male/female) customer toilet floor with pebble mosaics (its a seafood restaurant). Never tiled using pebbles, but cannot see a problem until it comes to grouting... But would you put a...

Hello all, I'm in the throes of a front garden restoration project across 6 terraced houses in London, SE18 and seeking a tiler to complete 3 pathways. Some have the original Victorian pathway intact but the others have had to be removed due to their being unsalvageable. I'm getting very...

Hi all, My marmox shower tray is quite lower than my floor tiles since laid so is it ok to build it up with adhesive and shape to the drain prior to laying the mosaics. It's mainly on the back wall the porcelain mosaics are approx 8mm the floor tiles are 10mm and the difference from the shower...

Hi, I'm going to be installing a 1200x900 Kaskade wetroom former, and overboard the floor with 6mm No More Ply (as per their recommendations). Ideally I'd like to avoid the envelope cut needed with larger format tiles. But how big can I go with mosaics before I'd need diagonal cuts? I've seen...

So attempting my first wetroom floor. Tough-X Linear wet room kit bought from the very helpful people at www.TradeWetRooms.com (found through this site) As can be seen in the pictures substrate is all ready. Tray installed at joist height with 4mm Jackoboards to match the top of former...

Hi everyone, New to this forum, but having only read threads as a non member (very useful advice and tips, so many thanks!) thought I'd join up and try to get some advice on fitting my mosaic borders. I've fitted large tiles leaving gaps for a mosaic. So, 5mm adhesive + 10mm main tile = 15mm gap...