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  1. A

    Plaster coming off with old tiles... Help please

    Hello all, I have just taken the tiles off the wall behind my sink and some plaster has come off (see pics). Please could someone recommend a product to repair ready for the new tiles? Many thanks
  2. AldousHuxley80

    Advice Please - Fixing This!

    Had a tiling company in to get rid of some glass wall mosaic tiles, redo with green ones. In the process of removing the old they’ve damaged the ceiling (see photo - it’s some sort of plasterboard covered with waterproof paint) and have pumped in a load of Silicon to try and mask it. Actually...
  3. ambient

    Your Silicon Colour Opinions Please

    Hi, I need to silcone a few places in my recently refitted downstairs loo but I'm unsure what colours to use and where because of the dark tiles and grout. Photos available here... New item by Oliver Pearmain - https://photos.app.goo.gl/DFeBTkBmjBRfyRKT6 New item by Oliver Pearmain -...
  4. A

    Mould behind tiles...help please?!

    Help with mould! Hi. I'm sorry to be so ignorant but could do with some advice. Some of my bathroom tiles started to fall out slightly so I removed the bottom row (above bath). There was quite a bit of black mould...I suspect from condensation/poor ventilation. I have a tiler coming soon to...
  5. T

    Advice on porcelain cracked tiles please

    Had wet system UFH installed on a concrete subfloor to the whole ground floor ie living room, kitchen and hallway (40 sqm). UFH Panels were laid down that contain grooves for the UFH pipes to sit in. The plumber used an adhesive to fix down. It was then latexed over using around 3 mm thickness...
  6. JSMPJA

    Advise please - Great Work, Poor Service

    Hi there, I’m not an experienced tradesperson by any means, so wanted to pose a question on here for peoples thoughts. My partner and I found a tiler in December, to tile the whole ground floor of our new build house. We were initially quoted the following: - Installing wood effect...
  7. S

    At my wit's end, please advise

    I had my bathroom done in September and my floor tiles have movement in them and the grout is constantly cracking. I'm at my wit's end as this isn't the only issue I've had with the bathroom and the builders have been back out several times to sort things out. Most notably a leak from the...
  8. M

    Best Laser advice please

    What’s best laser for dura base matting? currently have a dewalt red laser but struggle to see the line and it’s starting to annoy me now. I use dura base 98% of the time cheers men
  9. U

    Opinions please on ongoing floor tiling job

    Hi, I’m not a tiler - which is why I have one in working away on my new kitchen floor! However I struggle to see the floor lasting very long due to the amount of void under the tiles. I raised my concerns with the man in charge of the project who said the tiler has since explained that he will...
  10. Has567

    Why are my new tiles bowing out and cracking? Please help!

    My newly tiled bathroom wall has presented a few issues in the last few days. Some of the tiles appear to be popping off with cracked grout lines and where this has occurred there is some bowing of the wall. I also have a tile in the bottom left corner that has cracked down the surface. This is...
  11. S

    Advice please on poor job

    Hi all, I’ve recently had my shower tiled and am very unhappy with the result. As the tiler was putting the tiles on, I told him that I was unhappy with it but he said that he would make any last tweaks before he grouted. He made some changes and then finished the job and it’s shoddy. I’ve paid...
  12. S

    Please help me understand what’s happened to my floor grout

    My tiled bathroom floor is new but I have moisture seemingly seeping up through the grouting in some places. The affected grouting has taken on an orange colour with crystallised minerals of some kind in it. The floor is wooden floorboards, with some kind of baseboard on top (not sure of the...
  13. S

    Little help with tile stain identification pretty please

    I did try to research this - efflorescence? seems to be related to me having tried to clean the grout a bit so maybe just cement residue ? Disappears when wet, CLR did nothing. The tiling was done by the previous home owner who did a pretty rubbish job :(
  14. G

    Advice please - Spacer/Joint between wall tiles

    Are there any BS standards covering this please I have recently had 3 sides of a shower tiled, each side approx 750mm, tiles are 330 x 250 laid landscape and stacked, the tiler says he has used 2mm spacers, the ceramic tiles are good, square and flat out of the box. We have 2 vertical joints...
  15. S

    Gazebo / Please share experience / Brand

    Anyone using gazebo? Any advice on a particular brand? Thank you.
  16. T

    Help me with repeatedly floor cracked tiles PLEASE

    Hello! Please I need your help. I'm living in a 3yo department on a 5th floor (the entire building is 14floors). 3 months after moving in I noticed hairline cracks on more than 10 floor tiles, some of them linear and comprising 3/4 adjacents tiles. Others, just randomly on one isolated tile. I...
  17. A

    Please help me! Nightmare polishing my Travertine floor.

    Hi guys, Please help me. Really having a nightmare here. Just moved into a new house and the kitchen has a lovely travertine floor but its dirty and neglected. I have a really nice dewalt rotary car polisher and read up about travertine polishing and people say to get diamond polishing pads...
  18. R

    Advice please, should I restart floor tiles and re-level?

    Hi All Looking for a bit of advice if I may? I recently embarked on a project to replace the bath in the en-suite with a shower, but once the state of the flooring became apparent the project grew legs and the whole room got gutted! I have replaced all the OSB with 18mm ply, due to...
  19. A

    Need help on acceptable lippage and grout spacing please

    Hello all I could really do with some help, please. Insurance contractor retiled my en-suite. Walls had been reboarded and replastered, floor was reboarded. Tiles are Porcelanosa. I’m unhappy with the job. Insurers surveyor says they’re within industry standards. Can anyone shed some light...
  20. W

    HG 14 onpatio porcelain Slabs and it has turned white and horrible

    What's your tiling question? Pictures can be added.hi a customer has put a Hg 14 sealer on Porcelain Slabs outside and they have now got terrible white patches on them we used Hg 20 to try to remove . No joy any suggestions please.

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