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Further to my other post re our hollow tiles issue It looks like our tiler has dot and dabbed most of our floor to accommodate tiling 800x800 porcelain over an uneven floor. The gap from defrac membrane to the underside of the tiles in question is around 20mm. The membrane sits directly on our...

Hi All I am after some advice please. We have a retrofit undefloor heating system ( Robbens Profilow 15) which was laid on a rather uneven floor. We had 4 rooms knocked into a large kitchen dining living area approx 50 sq m. I can tile myslef to a reasonable standard and have used this forum...

Hi, I am trying to achieve a low floor build up including wet UFH over a new suspended timber floor in our barn conversion. The area is large, 21m x 8m. Having spoken to various UFH suppliers I have come up with the following: 22mm chipboard subfloor (already laid) 25x25mm battens at 200mm...

Pro help please... i have a large outside area 6msq approximately...ive just had a concrete slab pored by professional company (two weeks) and got a nice finish and fall, its clean and dry. i want to tile in natural slate, ive done a few tests and a bed of 12- 15mm gives full tile coverage...

Hi, Hope everyone is well. I'm after some advice please. I'm currently having my bathroom tiled floor to ceiling. Tiler started yesterday and has completed 3 walls. Before he left he mentioned that in the top corner near the ceiling there is only a small tile due to uneven walls. Not really...

Hi All, Does anyone have a recommendation on how to tile over an old sandstone hearth? I know sandstone is porous and not sure if I have to put cement board down first and if I can attach the board to the sandstone with thinset. Thanks for the help!

Hello, We will be tiling our ground floor which is screed with no underfloor heating. The area is about 175m2, kitchen, hallway, living room, day room etc. I am thinking of using large-ish, rectified, gloss porcelain tiles, for example 750x750 or more, fitted very close together, eg 2mm grout...

I'm embarking on tiling a kitchen, wall-to-wall (under washing machine etc). most of the floor is concrete/screed, but there's a 2" overlap onto both 18mm ply, and also an old hearth which is not connected to concrete slab. kitchen install is in 10 days time.. there was a failed attempt to...

To Clean Out: Remove Old Glue, Mastic, Filler and Set Back to Studs? OR: to add Glue and Leave what's there in place? The plan is to replace the square tiles with 15"x 30" tiles. I am leaning toward demo, but am I asking for more trouble than one more inch of space and modern insulation is...

Following advice from a damp and timber report carried out we were advised to a apply a coat of dmp to our kitchen floor. The floor is half concrete and half suspended wooden slats (very old). We had planned to put prime followed by self levelling concrete of around 9mm on the concrete and match...

600 x 600 tiles over 600x600 tiles. Lower tiles solid. WHY is 10 mm of adhesive recommended. I've seen tiles in my house with almost no adhesive underneath and they have been down 40 years. Now I want to put tiles on top of textured tiles (which get dirty too easily) (don't want to remove as...

My parent's shower tile was installed using Schluter trim, but it is Mexican tile and would look better with tile trim. Is it possible to install tile trim over the Schluter somehow? The highest priority is adding tile to the outside of the pony wall as shown in the photos, but we would like to...

Working on the forum again; ads showing over posts issue is priority! Those with the issue (it wasn't everybody) now, could you please let me know which thread it happens on, and what device you're using along with which browser. I'll use this thread as I work through issues, so keep coming...

Hi. Need some advice. I've laid down polypipe plus overlay boards in my house. My tiler says we should place a ditra mat before laying tiles. However, polypipe say we should NOT use a ditra mat as it will prevent the tile adhesive from curing. Dont know what to do. Any advice from tilers /...

Good morning, Got a customer asking me to tile over ‘glamrend’ I guess it’s a Silicon render with sparkly stuff in it. Just wondered if anyone ever come across it and or tiled over any other Silicon renders? Was think just a coat of prime grip over the top but not exactly sure. Any help...

Hi, Would you use Durabase matting over Hardie 6mm floor? Im not 100% happy with the ply floor so am going to use 6mm Hardie backer 1200 x 600 mm. Its advised to go in a brick-bond staggered to reduce chance of cracking, but Im kind of thinking that there a loads more joins now than I had with...

Hi everyone, I've been dipping in and out of hear for a few years, always the best advice available. My question is how to tile over an internal timber lintel over a window, only about 125mm in depth. Would SBR do it or do I need some kind of mesh fixing to it? The plaster around it has been...

I have a small bathroom that the tile was all cracked. It’s a second floor bath so over wood subfloor. There is no cement board only what appears to be very thick thinset. It’s lasted 30 years or so. Got tile off. Most of this set or concrete is intact. Can I go over that or do I need to go down...

Hi All, I'm hoping you can offer some advice to help solve an age related problem. I have an existing floor with concrete flag stone tiles, its only small around 4m2 and is used as the dogs area. The dog is getting on a bit now, and we'd like to add some underfloor heating so his bed & rug...

Hi all, As per the title, my tiler has grouted the internal corners of our new shower enclosure with a flexible tile grout. I found this out when visiting him at the end of the job, when he said it just needs siliconing on top, asking if I was happy to do it myself. At the time I thought...