patio

Hi folks, Im an indoor tiler but my mate has asked me if I can tile his patio:yikes:. Its about 10m x 3m and has a concrete surface, trouble is its badly cracked, have attached a pic for info. The surface looks to be about 3" thick and apart from the cracks seems sound enough. Can anyone advise...

Hi We recently had a Bradstone natural slate patio installed by builders. They grouted/laid in the rain.We had lots of cement overspill on face and sides. They promised to clean next day but didn't turn up for 7 days. They scrubbed with brushes/water, to no avail. They used Grimex to no avail...

Hi all Well after several weeks (work away a lot) its done, I have put some pictures in my album, your comments would be appreciated as its the first time I have tackled any ntural stone work. I am now starting the bathroom so watch this space! Many thanks for all the great advice from...

Hi there, in need of a bit of advise. I've recently tiled a bathroom for a builder, happy with my work hes asked me to tile his patio with slate. I've neither used slate before nor tiled outside so a few questions 1/ Do i need to seal the concrete ( concrete is clean and appears to be fully...

Hi all. This is my first post. I'll try and keep it short. I'm tiling my patio (60m) with Porcelain tiles and could do with some advise. The patio construction is as below. I'm up to concrete stage. 150mm hardcore 150mm concrete (reinforced) Liquid DPM 65mm cement screed Bal primer Ditra mat...

Hi, I've just got a patio laid, 600 square tumbled travertine with 10mm joints - same as indoors, looks great. Do I need to seal it to keep it looking good - in fact, as it's outdoors, is there any point? There is an outdoor table etc on it so I suppose food stains are possible... Also...

Hi, I have installed an new partio in slate and want to knoiw what the best sealer is to use. I would lik esome kind of sheen to it. I live right be the sea so get some harsh winters

Hi all fellow fixers I'm a new member, hoping to share /learn about various tiling experiences/products .I'v just been to measure up for a quote to tile a patio area. The customer as just marked out the shape of the area to be tiled before his builder pours the concrete slab. The best way to...

Hi, Lithofin MN Stainstop appears to be the professionals' recommendation for sealing this stone. 1) Am I right? 2) Can I ask for help to find best suppliers? 3) The lowest price I saw on the internet was est. £137 for a 5L tin. Does that seem about right?

I recently had my back porch redone with a half porch half covered screened in patio. To reduce costs I told the contractor not to put anything on the flooring - so now it is up to me to finish the project. I have a 13x8 covered patio that will recieve some moisture and rain due to being outside...

Hi to all, I want to make patio cover in my backyard for my car. Which tile can i use for flooring.

Hello friends, I want to make the patio door attractive and make attention of every one. so i decided to make patio cover using carving. But the things is that some of my friends tell me that it is not enough strong and not a long life. so please give me a suggestion

was on site the other day, watching landscapers laying a patio, I know it's wrong but I asked "Is that the way flags should be laid?" They were using the old "5" spots of mortar method.I know that this is the wrong way to lay flags.Every tradesman on site would have walked past them but i was...

Lads & girls, If the weather is dry and above 5deg c, then I am off to London to tile 30sqm of penthouse patio in 300x300 porcelain. It's on to an asphalt and concrete roof. As you can imagine this job will be quite pricey. So, to keep my price competitive I am using 12 tubs of Toppfix 2 part...

My winter project is to make a tile top patio table using 75mm frostproof ceramic tiles. I will be tiling onto Hardibacker board and would appreciate advice on which makes/types of adhesive and grout to use, bearing in mind that the table will be standing outside in all weathers in sunny...

Hi, can anyone give my builder some advice about the preparation for a patio area to take 60x60 porcelain tiles please? Area approx 4mx6m. I have read the thread on adhesive but would appreciate a clarification on that also if anyone could? He would like to know the best foundation to...