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  1. L

    replacing 70 year old shower pan, do I need to take out the curb?

    The shower pan on my all tile 70 year old shower started to leak. I have access the the underside of the shower and am also replacing the old galvinized pipes which are rusted through, in fact this is what alerted me to the pan leak. I want to replace just the pan and the drain. The wall...
  2. S

    Quick setting out question

    Hi All, I have a question about setting out and would appreciate you guys input. I have a room to tile that is just over 1500mm wide and fits 6 250mm tiles with spacers perfectly if you don't include the door threshold. My question is do you think it would look better if I just went with the 6...
  3. halate

    Tiling Over DITRA, need to clean excess out of little square cutouts?

    Hey There, I'm tiling 3' by 6" ceramic tiles over DITRA in a herringbone pattern. I can only do several tiles at a time, because of time constraints. So I do a little area and place the tiles, but of course there's all the excess thin set from either spillage or just going a little too far...
  4. D

    Rip out and start over?

    Hi guys, brand new member so I'll hope not to be a pain in the rear. Had to lift the tiles in part of our bathroom. Turns out the underfloor heating wasn't buried under a screed and was in with the tile adhesive. That's been binned, but the bigger problem is the adhesive is ripping up chunks of...
  5. T

    Setting out tiles

    Hi all, Due to money constraints I am having to renovate the bathroom myself. I am trying my best to set out the tiles before starting to avoid slithers. I'm using metro 20×10 tiles and 2mm gap. But no matter which way I try I end up with either a cm gap at the ceiling or a slither under the...
  6. Fitwidge

    Unlevel / out of plumb walls

    hello! if you have an unlevel but flat wall are you building out with adhesive (if possible) or do you just follow the wall?
  7. N

    Should I rip out the tiles in the window sill?

    Tiling kitchen splashback, but I've messed up the layout. Should I rip out the tiles on the window sill? Or do I just about get away with it? It kindof looks like the tilesnin the window sill are 3D bricks. Done quite a phew tiling DIY jobs in the past, so this is noty first time. I just messed...
  8. R

    Pictures Second opinion on work carried out

    Looking for advice as had a bathroom and kitchen place into do my bathroom. And kitchen and I'm not happy I've posted pics of the work The way it has been done the tiles has came over my door frame and I'll have to reduce a door size because of this... The floor grout has all cracked been told...
  9. J

    Corner set out

    What's your tiling question? Pictures can be added. Tiling into a corner. Full tile next to a cut tile or 2 cut tiles next to each other to form the corner with 2 full tiles together above ? I have seen pics online of both. Is there a right way ?
  10. Davethefish

    CTD selling out of date adhesives?

    I bought all the materials needed to complete my bathroom in september/october before starting work. as due to covid some delivery times had been quite long. and i had to complete a lot more work prepping as all the walls had to be stripped and re boarded. i've just come to start tiling and...
  11. M

    Super Ceramic out of production tiles

    Hello, I need a few tiles 45 x 30 cm which I have been informed are by Super Ceramic. It is a cream tile and it was around 12 - 15 years since we bought them originally. Can anyone advise where old out of production tiles maybe sourced , preferably within the UK. See the images. On the back of...
  12. Lou

    I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2020

    I am not sure if they need anything tiling but what do you think about this years series being in Wales? I reckon the celebs (if you can call them that) will be a bit peeved that they aren't going to Australia! I would be but I do love old castles and stuff - not sure I would sleep outside one...
  13. E

    Looking out for these tiles.

    Hi my name is I am on the look out for floor tiles I used a few years ago a couple of years ago don’t want to replace because it a very large area been back to we’re I bought them from but no luck any advise we’re to luck 315 mm x 315mm
  14. T

    Setting out advice

    Hi there, Im a DIY tiler and am about to half height tile my downstairs toilet with 600x300 tiles. I understand the advice on always ensuring the top and bottom row of the tiles should avoid thin slithers. If I measure out to get a good size at both floor and the top row (half way up wall)...
  15. G

    Should I board

    Hi, I am going to tile my sons bathroom where most of the the skim plaster has come off when removing the few tiles there were and the rest of the bathroom is covered in artex, which is quite old and probably contains asbestos. Under the plaster is a very absorbent soft plaster, I asusme this...
  16. R

    Setting Out Setting out subways - shower, niche and sloped roof

    Hello again. Got the kit laid out and ready to lay the first tiles after a challenging time with the shower tray. Just a couple of answers would help me out a great deal. 1) The centre wall for the shower is 1400mm, tiles 200x100. Accounting for 2mm for expansion at either end and 2mm grout...
  17. S

    Plasterboarding out of plumb walls before tiling

    I live in an old house and I don't think there's a single square corner or plumb wall in the whole place. I've gutted the ground floor bathroom and I'm in the process of battening the walls to take insulation then plasterboard before they are tiled. How important is it the the walls are plumb...
  18. T

    Help on Setting Out

    Hi there, this is my first post and looking for advice on fixing 550x330x8mm ceramic wall tiles to two bathroom walls. I have started the short wall in the shower enclosure and seems to have gone ok. Have just set the first tile to continue around the corner to cover the longer wall (3metres)...
  19. D

    Grey marble Sold out EVERYWHERE

    I have been looking for the linked wall tile to finish off my bathroom for months https://www.diy.com/departments/fossilised-grey-matt-stone-effect-porcelain-floor-tile-pack-of-6-l-300mm-w-600mm/5057741273656_BQ.prd I can't find it anywhere or in stores. Hopefully there is someone here who...
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  20. Dan

    If you had a tag for replying to advice, inc DIY, would you help out?

    So it appears the trusted advisor tag going missing has annoyed a lot of people. And no DIY or tiler is getting their threads replied to. If we had the tag but not the forum, which created the cliquey weird thing I got rid of and isn't good for any forum. Would some of you come back post here...
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