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  1. L

    Finishing off bath edge

    Hi. I’m not happy with this finish as I think it looks messy. In an ideal world we could have got a bigger bath or boxed it in with a stud wall but neither option would have worked given out limited space all round. What’s the best way to finish this gap between the bath and wall? I was thinking...
  2. J

    Tiling around off centre bathroom window

    Using 30x60 tiles, window off centre. I was thinking using centre of window as centre line. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers.
  3. P

    Tiles falling off in shower enclosure

    Hi, a few tiles keep falling off in the shower enclosure. Any tips on the best material to use to replace the plaster. Pink area in the middle. Thinking sand and cement (4/1 parts) or aquapanel piece screwed in. thanks, pras
    • Pras
    • Thread
    • aquapanel cement cement board former off shower shower tray tile tiles walk in shower water waterproof wetroom
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    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  4. M

    Porcelain floor tiles

    Desperately looking for A & M ceramica ONDA porcelain floor tiles. 50 x 50 off white with sandy marbling.
  5. P

    Has my hydroban gone off? Lumpy

    Hi, My new 5ltr container of Laticrete hydroban is seriously lumpy - the whole body is one big jelly mass with some pale green liquid on top. Does it just need mixing, or has the pack gone off? Picture below. (It's a batch that says use by 18/09/20). I'd be really grateful for any...
  6. P

    Any tips for keeping HG Extreme Power Cleaner off painted skirtings etc?

    Hi Guys Just completed my last little bit of Chinese slate in a downstairs cloakroom and looks great but i am now going to clean and reseal the existing slate in my hallway which has been down 15 years. Using HG Extreme Power Cleaner as it was originally sealed with an HG Impregnator. Have you...
  7. D

    Cutting small amount off porcelain tile

    I am about to start tiling the walls and have spent a long time planning the setting out of all the walls. The result being that I need to tile down on to on to a raised tiled shower tray. Because the shower tray has a fall I will need to take a small amount off the bottom of some full tiles for...
  8. finlay

    Off to Aus

    Hi One of my tilers has just got a permanent residency visa for Australia. He is emigrating on the 15th April and going to live in Perth with his family his wife is a nurse and has got a job but he is going and will try and find work when there . Is there anyone who has any contacts etc to help...
  9. P

    Polished off white tiles. Not happy with grout

    Hi, purchased some off white polished porcelain tiles. I wanted grout to match them as close as possible. Tiler has used mapei Jasmine but it looks like a yellow colour against the tiles. Do you have any recommendations to an alternative grout that would be a better match? Thanks 1579212198
  10. D

    For Sale 74 off Collectable Classics Design Samantha Vegetable Ceramic Kitchen wall tiles

    Various Size Collectable Classics Design Samantha Vegetable Ceramic Kitchen wall tiles in the original box. Not used. I purchased them for about £130 for my parent's house but we had to sell the house. so do not need them. I have the following brand-new Samantha design wall tiles with beautiful...
  11. abrogard

    How To Get Old Ceiling Tile Glue Off Hardboard

    I don't know if you call it 'hardboard' in the USA but that's what we call it here: a shiny on one side brown stuff made of compressed something or other. Very cheap. Used on ceilings and generally painted over. This time I've found a place where they glued those very light foam plastic...
  12. Dave

    Time off over Christmas

    When are you breaking up for Christmas, how long are you taking. Maybe your off on hols to a warmer climate. Im finishing around the 18th and going back on the 6th. A nice break 😁
  13. Y

    tensile bond/pull off strength of tile adhesive and size of tile

    Hello everyone, I would like to know how to decide which tile adhesive based on its tensile bond/pull off strength corresponds to which size of tile. For example, if I would like to install 30*60cm wall tile, tensile bond/pull off strength of tile adhesive needs to be higher than kgf/cm^2 at...
  14. S

    Marking out and sqauring off window sill recess

    How best would you mark out out the tile for cutting in this situation where the recess is narrower than a whole tile? Same for the wall that comes off the recess to the right. Normally i overlay the tile to be cut on top of the second from last tile(which would be arranged in its correct...
  15. G

    Cleaning hairspray off porcelain tiles

    Hi everyone, I was just hoping someone could help with an issue I have. I have a male flat mate with an obsession with using excessive amounts extremely strong hold hairspray. I estimate he goes through 1 can very two weeks. Obviously this hairspray coats my bathroom in gunk, which for the most...
  16. D

    3 months off work

    last year I was told I had adhesive capsulitis, got a second opinion and it wasn't that, it was shoulder impingement, ie a bone spur growing and trapping a tendon. Went in for a "straightforward" op and then got told post op that it was a little bit more than MRI had picked up. Had the spur...
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    • job jobs off tiling jobs tiling work work
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Tilers Community
  17. T

    Photo of your day/weekend off.

    24-08-2019 1st day of August Bank holiday and off to the seaside. Only a couple of miles away BLYTH in Northumberland.
    • Time's Ran Out
    • Thread
    • off your
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Tilers Community
  18. Wishiwasatoptiler

    Van Insurance what a rip off

    Changing my van today, yes the vans a lwb big in, going from swb doblo, but to call and be told its going to cost 300 pound more for the Yr, 10 months to run on it is a total Pxxs take, so voiced my unhappness and jumped online, and to take a new Insurance for a total of 300 pound for the Yr...
  19. E

    My 1st Job Tiling Virgin wants reassurance after maybe biting off more than be can chew....

    Hello, I'm relatively handy when it comes to DIY, but I have never tried tiling before and I may have come over all ambitious for my first attempt. It feels like I have read and watched a hundred tiling websites and youtube tiling videos, along with speaking to "experts" who have provided...
  20. T

    Tile colour rubbing off?

    We moved into our flat a few months ago. The kitchen floor has fairly cheap ceramic tiles which have a printed black finish and rough surface - kind of 'fake slate' thing. The colour on the tiles seems to be rubbing off on our feet / socks. If you spend some time in there with white socks on...

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