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new porcelain floor tiles laid 4 weeks ago over new electric heating matts. Heating only connected a week ago and dark lines showing on most tiles? possible causes? Any help/ guidance appreciated. Laid by tiler not DIY.

We are just about to rip out a travertine bathroom. Breaks my heart as the wall tiles look great and there's a 1700x1000mm travertine shower tray. The floor tiles aren't so great. There's clearly been an issue at some stage and half the floor tiles had to be lifted. They've not been able to get...

Hi All, Can someone please advice on the following..... I have a proforma shower tray (20mm) that is sitting on the joist . Butted up against the tray is 18mm ply to form the wetroom floor. Question - do I lay decoupling membrane over the shower tray and ply? or can I lay the membrane over the...

I installed a pre-sloped 32"x60" foam shower base with offset drain. The membrane material is also installed. Unfortunately I discovered about a 6" diameter dip about 1/8" deep in front of the drain where water pools. Could I fill that area with unmodified thinset and paint over with RedGard...

I am part-way through having retrofit underfloor heating installed (the panel type) and in a couple of rooms it is going down over old vinyl tiles which contain asbestos (so we decided not to disturb them). We had the old tiles checked by a tiler and he said they were sound enough for the panels...

Hi all, not sure if this is really the right place for this, but here goes... I'm renovating a small (75m²) cottage. I installed underfloor heating and the concrete slab wa poured over a year ago, so I'm guessing it's good and dry at this stage:) I'd like to finish it with a flagstone floor...

Hi all, I'm not sure if I'm in the right place at all with this, but here goes..... I'm renovating an old rubble walled cottage (1800s)..so most of the work carried out with Lime Mortar etc. I'd like to finish it with a flagstone floor, but my plumber is a little worried about the heat...

escort2 - hi im about to fit a shower over bath and so im tiling that area and also the whole bathroom ive removed existing tiles around the bath i will use acrylic primer everywhere on all walls before tileing but ive got ACQUASHILD READY tanking liquid to use in the bath area do i apply this...

Hi, I've put down quite a bit of tile over the years but always worked with backerboard. I'm renovating a house in Florida (first one in Florida) that was built in 1996. It's concrete slab foundation and the tile was laid directly on the slab with what appears to be basic thinset. When I was...

Hello :) I was hoping someone could please help. This floor has been laid but has a tonne of scratches all over it. Is this normal? Am I being too picky? It’s a tonne of fine scratches all over. I’ve tried washing each tile with micro fibre cloth but no luck. The tiles that haven’t been...

Hi, I’ve taken down an interior wall that reveals a dpm. I need to tile over this area. What should I do with this to get the prep right?

Hi all, I have a room full of old asbestos marleys in good condition (apart from a few chips by carpet grippers). Can anyone recommend a screed / slc to go directly over the top of the tiles? I don't want to pull them up. Thanks

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice on final floor buildup. We're installing a shower tray onto ply (with grab addy), it's 1700x800mm so should perform as a wetroom, closed on all sides apart from a bit at the end of one side to get in and out. So my question is about the rest of the...

hi all im a diy tiler and have done a few small tile jobs but this will be a first for me im fitting a new bath and shower over the bath and have the following questions after i strip off the old tiles i undertand i need to waterproof the walls around th bath [tanking] the walls are plastered...

hi all im a diy tiler and have done a few small tile jobs but this will be a first for me im fitting a new bath and shower over the bath and have the following questions after i strip off the old tiles i undertand i need to waterproof the walls around th bath [tanking] the walls are plastered...

Hi, I'm tiling my 12m^2 conservatory - Concrete base, Self levelled, 20mm Jackoboards, Prowarm mat, self levelling compound, then 600mm square porcelain tiles. So far I have self levelled the base, and stuck the jackoboards down - all really nice and flat so far. Now I need to fit the UFH mat...

Well I got the horse blinders on and was only looking at the middle wall.... I have some nice schulter rondec to put on the top of the half wall on the left but now I have made it so either my grout lines wont line up on the left wall, or I will have to put a small sliver of a piece at the top...

I have just installed a new cast iron fireplace and mantle. I’ve also built a raised trim around the old stone hearth and plan to tile inside. Can I tile directly onto the stone or do I need something in between the adhesive and the flat stone base? Thanks for any help. Dave 1601491915 I...

Can I tile over concrete floor with a telephone cable running underneath with no preparation?

Hi, I'm about to tile over an old but good condition lath and plaster wall over a bath. I'm going to use no more ply cement board, should I strip the old lath and plaster away and use 12mm board or would I get away with 6mm over the existing plaster? The studs are easy to locate. Cheers