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    Laying travertine outside on the roof of an extension

    Hi Guys, Ive been asked to lay travertine tiles on an outside area. The roof of an extension to be exact. The roof is structurally very strong, enough to take the weight. It has been laid with felt however this is being ripped up and covered with 18mm WBP ply. Firstly is travertine suitable...
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    outside tiling

    Hi all. I went to look at a job yesterday and its a patio a customer wants tiling. Its 16m2, thing is its pretty uneven, It prob runs out by about half an inch. There are also places where water sits and doesn't run off. I've never done any outside tiling before, is there an slc i can use...
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    Tiling Outside Steps

    Been asked to tile some outside steps... the jobs are rollin in!!:lol: Any advice on this? adhesive, grouts etc. think quarry tiles are going to be used. The important things I can see are it being flat for a start, maybe dry laying all the cuts on each step then fixing?
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    Silicon Outside?

    Hi I had a phone call from someone I know who has a villa in Portugal. He has a tiled verenda with tiled skirting. He's noticed some water damage on a wall in the room below the veranda. When he's looked at the veranda where the tiles meet the tiled skirting at the edge it's grouted, which...
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    outside steps

    Hello all. Bit of advice please. (I'm still fairly new to tiling) I've quoted to remove old (damaged and loose) tiles from a set of external steps...leading up to the front door of 4 flats, and replace with new non slip tiles. The basement flat is beneath the steps and has been experiencing...
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    tiling outside step

    hi just got a job tiling a outside concrete path , ive never tiled outside before and was wondering wot addy to use etc ! the tiles are quary tiles . also do you have to seal quarrys ?
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    Porch plus outside path tiler - North London

    I have a job which covers the following - tile the path up my Edwardian house plus tiling the inside of the porch with floor and tiles half way up the walls . I know the tiles - however I also want to get a traditional stone style front step - no idea where to go. This is in North London. Please...
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    tiling outside

    i have to tile a patio onto an oversite of concrete. the tiles are 1200 x 600 porcelain, i need to build them up about an inch to get level with inside. is it possible to lay them on a bed of mortar or do i have to use an adhesive with porcel bond, the latter being expensive because there's...
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    Marble mosaic for outside

    Hi, I'm making a mosaic panel (copy of a Roman mosaic) to go into a garden. It will be part of a feature so won't be walked on. This is being made as a fragment approximately 700mm x 500mm, made up of 10mm cubes, marble/limestone. The panel is set on mesh. It will be sealed. The question is...
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    Outside tiling advice please

    Hi all A customer has briefly mentioned he wants an area outside that is covered with a porch doing in a terracotta tile. Don't know much else about it yet but can anybody explain any things i need to know like Is there a specific adhesive an grout,will a frost in winter be a problem,etc...
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    Tiles On Outside Wall

    Hi All, I am a newbie and looking for some advise which would be much appreciated. When on holiday a few weeks ago i bought a set of tiles which are 6 all together. They are about 1m by 1m in size when all together. I've got an outside wall which i want to put them onto in the garden. The...
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    outside step

    Hi all , i have a fairly big outside step to tile is it best to apply adhesive to surface of step and also back butter tiles to create a solid bed ?the tiles are large format .
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    Porcelain floor tiles outside?....

    Hi, We've tiled our hall in what the pack says are "fine glazed porcelain tiles". The tiler commented they were v good quality "....the type laid in shopping arcades, so hard wearing they should look the same 20 years from now...". The tiles are stone effect and we have them with silver/grey...
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    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Saw this bloke parked outside wicks loading a car with coving and using....

    I swear this is true. Today this guy (I took a pic on my mobile) Put a stack of coving on his car roof. And then he strapped it on with.... Masking tape. He was running it round door to door and the best bit was the tape kept snapping so he was patching it. I was in two minds to tell him...
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    tiling outside steps

    recently got a job to tile a set of steps,hallway and consevatory from a customer,the only problem i have here is the steps were tiled only about a year ago and seem to have lifted! being in scotland as you can imagine under the tiles is saturated in water(was probably ice a few weeks ago),the...
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    Help!! tiling outside balcony.

    hi, have a dilemma. went to quote a job to tile a balcony. problem is they have recently painted it with a weathershield roof repair black paint. as we all know we can not tile onto any sort of bitchamen coating....thats if it is bichamen! 80% has to be removed. I gave BAL a call he suggested to...
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    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Its to wet outside to play!!

    I promised my 8yo daughter we would go out on our trials bikes today, down in the woods...BUT IT WONT STOP RAINING :veryangry:
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    outside balcony

    hi, got an outside balcony to do, havent done one before, the substrate is a velt type material. tiles are slate, was going to put these ontop of a coupling membrane. what adhesive would i use for out doors or should i just use mortor. if i use mortor do i need the coupling membrane. I also have...
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    quarry tiles on outside steps

    hi guys need a bit of advice. looking to tile back garden steps with quarry tiles will 1pf addy do and flexible grout if not what sha ll i use? cheers j.
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    Outside Step...

    We have just had a new door fitted and the step now looks a little out of place I've tried the search function for answers and only came across a post from Dave with youtube videos but it doesn't work any more I'm guessing that the adhesive and grout I have left over from my bathroom is no...
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