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A family friend has tiled my kitchen with subway tiles however there is a lot of areas that are awful! They have been left to set overnight and I am wondering will it be possible to remove the singular tile (so I can attempt to fix it myself) before I grout? Thank you in advance! Here is an...

Hi all, I was wondering if you can possibly help me out. Just had a tiler come and tile the downstairs hall and bathroom and i really don't think these should be looking like this. He is wanting to come back in the next couple of days to stick them down and grout them but i am really concerned...

Hi I've had a leak from the shower to the room below. I thought it was likely the Silicon seal first, so redid all Silicon and removed and refitted shower enlosure. The leak came back, so I cut out the ceiling below to see what the problem was. The drips were coming though the bottom of the...

Hi all, We've installed a breathable limecrete floor with wet UFH in order to manage problems with damp in the solid stone walls of our cottage (which is also being repointed with lime). We're planning on finishing the floor with limestone tiles. Does anyone have any thoughts or advice on the...

I am a home diyer trying to lay a porcelain patio!!. I already have my sub base down and compacted, where I am struggling is the laying. i have Italian porcelain, 20mm in depth, 1200mm long and 600 wide. I am laying the slabs in linear (parallel) pattern , where I am struggling is getting them...

Looking to acquire 12 or so Megastone Zamora Beige floor tiles 30 x 60 as we need about 12. Will collect where possible. We are in West Sussex.

I’d primarily like advice on the choice of adhesive- but any other constructive comments also welcome! I’ve got some 600x600x10 tiles coming, they’re going on the floor (separate shower tray), and shower walls, with 3mm spacing all round. The walls are 30mm Aqua board and solid, the floor...

Can I ask advice please; I have MS and the worry is making me ill. The tiles are all chipped. The tiler says it is the tiles they need specialise equipment to cut so we have to put up with chips all round window- at first he was going to hide with trim but it looked wrong. See pics. he has...

I am a DIYer so please bear with me, this is my first floor tile project which happens to be our bathroom. Its a small tile area of no more than 1.8 x 1.5 m , the floor is timber but very solid and flat. I laid Ditra matting on top so is now ready to be tiled. The tiles are 20x20cm glazed...

hi, i am a virtually retired tiler (58), legs back hips etc etc. a friend carpenter (65) has been renovating his attached barn for around 5 years (still works full time) he has asked me to help him lay 200 mts, 20mm thick, all 500mm x 1.00mt, 900mm, 850mm down to 600mm but all @500mm one edge...

I had my bathroom refurbished 5 weeks ago and I’ve just noticed that there’s a hairline crack going through 2 tiles and the grout line in-between. I don’t think this was there when it was completed but I’ve noticed it now as I’ve just had my first bath so it could have been like this for weeks...

Hello, What would be the best thing to use in terms of adhesive and achieve the no grout look for mirror metro subway tiles. Like these examples attached. It is going in the kitchen not behind the hob. However they are going behind a sink. tile size is 7.5cm x 20cm please appreciate any help.

Hello lads and ladies, I've been working on a new website. www.FreeRatedTraders.com. It's a directory but it will come with some awesome features and it's well optimised. I'm aiming for a check-a-builder and mytrader type website, but free for both the customers and the tradesepeople. I need...

Hi Everyone, I'm new here and was really hoping for some professional advice. I bought a new build 21 months ago. Within a couple of months we noticed hollow tiles that knocked and tapped when walked on. After 18 months the builder finally agreed to redo a number of the tiles for us as a gesture...

Hi there, I had an en-suite tiled in July 2017, we noticed a leak in the hallway in December 2019 and found it was coming from the en-suite shower. I've added some pictures to show the damage, but in summary: Walls were not primed or tanked before tiling Tiler has used dot and dab technique...

Hi, great forum, so far has proved very useful but I couldn't find an answer to my specific question. I'm planning the install of a landscape orientation shower and bath mixer. This is to go above a double ended bath and will be centrered above the bath overflow. My issue is the height above...

Hello. As part of having a new kitchen fitted we had the fitting company tile the kitchen floor. The 'tiler' has grouted, but needs to return to clean up and seal. I am not a tiler, but the current state of the floor looks unacceptable to me. Am I being unreasonable? The following...

Can anybody give advice please. I have employed a comapny to convert a downstairs cloakroom into a walk in shower and toilet because of my disabilties. The problem I have is that the Linear shower drain works but after about 3 minutes the water starts to flood the toilet area. I have inserted...

Could someone on here let me know what model number the scoring wheel is for this machine. I keep getting sent the wheels for a kera cutter. These are the same 12mm size but fatter. I need the skinnier 12mm. Thank you in advance as i know someone on here will know Cheers

Hi folks got some great advice a while ago. so nipped to my local tile place and have got everything ready to go. Been let down by a tiler 3 times so i have decided to do it my self. i am so stuck with finding out where the first tile should go. I will attach a plan i have pencilled up my self...