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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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    • floor floor tiles outside porcelain porcelain floor porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tiles usa
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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...
    • Flawless Tiling
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    • adhesive bal bal adhesive balcony building adhesives grout help outside tiling usa
    • 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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    • adhesive bal bal adhesive balcony building adhesives grout outside usa
    • Replies: 16
    • 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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    Tiling Outside - Advice Please

    Hi Everyone. Been a while since I posted on here as not been too good so have had to lay off the tiling for awhile. Howevre, I have just got a job tiling the entrance to a local club. Entrance floor needs doing (Approx 4m2 plus the entrance walls again 4m2). Both walls and floors will be open to...
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    Fixing on an outside step

    Hey guys went to see a job tonight........What Bank holiday??!!! Its for an outside step to her house with Quarry tiles. So I figured use the BAL raipdset adh , and BAL wide joint grout? The cust has rounded edge tiles as well - I assumed I would meet the two curves one horizontally and 1...
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    Has anyone used tiles that have been stored outside for 5 yrs?

    Has anyone used tiles that have been stored outside for 5 yrs? The tiles in question are 500mm x 300mm porcelain floor tiles . I just wonder after this amount of time will water / frost etc have damaged them enough to loose thier strength as with a ceramic tile??? Any input would be great...
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    Outside slate

    Hi there, A quick question but first I'd just like to add my thanks and best wishes to Gaz. He has answered a fair few of my questions, always promptly and accurately. Good Luck to you in your new venture. Now then, an outside job, sticking 30x30 slates on top of a flat, sound concrete sub. What...
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    stairs outside what adhesive?

    Hi Guys I have a job of 5 stairs they are concrete constuction, outside leading to the front door Was wondering what adhesive to use Was thinking of BAL flex ady plus a BAL flexy grout . Would this be a good choice ?
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    Outside tiling

    Hi Guys Got a job tiling a small long section out side a superdrup, it is broken into 3 sections and i wil have to remove the old tiles that are down, i will need to also remove the old adhesive, whats the best way to do this, i have a hammer and bolster i also have a sds with hammer...
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    outside tiling

    evening folks, could anyone do me a favour and point me in the direction of any threads regarding outside tiling. friend called me last night , he has a customer on his grass cuting business. the guys got a tiled dwarf wall around his patio from which tiles are blowing off, they had just been d...

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