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    Outdoor Tiling Balcony

    Hi I have been asked to tile a balcony on the side of an apartment. As it is outdoors, what is the correct procedure for background preparation and what type of adhesive/grout should I use? Job description.... Balcony approx 4 sq yds. Balcony structure is a metal balcony (metal beams) and the...
    • GlennM
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    re-tiling 3 outdoor steps

    About to start and re-tile 3 front door steps with 2 sides with quarry tiles. What order do I tile ? Having removed the old ones do I need to treat with anything before tiling? What is the best fix for these? Thanks
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    Outdoor tiles

    I have a balcony which was tiled with ceramic tiles 10 years ago.They now have white patches - the surface appears to have come off. Could this have been caused by the cold winter? It has never happened before. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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    Hardibacker Board or similar for outdoor use

    I built a covered walkway outside my house some years ago and quarry tiled the floor to it but a. ran out of tiles part way from the end and b. made a right mess of laying them. I used reject tiles so they were all sorts of slightly different shapes and sizes. (well they were cheap and I was...
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    outdoor work

    Was working outside today tiling a patio 9m2, finished tiling but could not grout due to bit of a down pour. Used Bal rapid set which had already gone off when rain came on and soaked the work area. Will the rain affect the adhesive in any way as it had just gone off ?? Going back tomorrow to...
    • dhsanta65
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Why, yes! Of course we have an outdoor tap you can use!!!

    Lovely weather again today. Drizzling and dark all day and yet somehow everytime I stepped outside to wash buckets and make a fresh mix, it started to pour down :furious3: Here is the outside tap - walking through the wet hedge meant I was soaking all day! NOT HAPPY:mad2: It's about time you...
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    Outdoor granite paving

    hello, outdoor paving is not something i usually do however just looked at a job for 260 m2 of outdoor paving , granite 600 x 600, 25 mm thick. Tiles are to be laid on a 50mm bed of sand and cement. Just wondering if anybody knows the standard price per m2 , labour only ? cheers...
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    Outdoor tiling

    Hi all just a qiuk 1, av never tiled outside b4, looking at a job tiling over yorkshire stone with quarry tiles. have u guys any tips or advice, thanks johno. Plazy tiler:thumbsup:
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    Advice on tiling outdoor steps....

    Hi there, Haven't been on the forum for a while - trying to build up the business... like most of us. Got a job to do for outside tiling of steps.... Any tips or advice on this for me as this is a first. Any help would be much appreciated from all you good tilers out there... Thanks in...
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    Outdoor tiling

    I am tiling a small outdoor area next to our house and laid a 3" concrete base a couple of weeks ago. The tiles are 30x30cm porcelain and the area is 2.5m by about 75cm with a 12cm wide drain gully running down the middle apart from a 50cm space at one end. Since there will only be one row of...
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    Help with outdoor slate flat roof

    Hi I have a decking/balcony part of which is roofed with black slate tiles. This flat roof bit is above a walk-in wardrobe below. Basically, the grouting is showing cracks and when it rains heavily, the water puddles and seems to penetrate to the room below. i have applied coats of...
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    outdoor steps

    Do you prime outdoor steps? or wd you just wap the ad straight on?
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    Outdoor Tiles Question

    I have a job coming up to replace cracked tiles in a patio area outside a house. The broken tiles are randomly distributed throughout the huge patio area. They are the rustic red coloured porcelain type about 4" square. I will have to remove all the broken tiles and clean the concrete surface...

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