porcelain tiles

  1. R

    Can I Re Polish Porcelain Tiles!

    Can I re polish polished porcelain tiles?, helped my brother tile a kitchen floor a week or so ago. Anyway the customer rang him and told him there was scuff marks on 3 tiles, his friend who has a granite company told him to polish them out. He's been today and had ago, he's got the marks off...
  2. Dan

    What Do You Use When Polishing Porcelain Edges?

    What do you use when polishing porcelain edges?
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    Tiler Needed kitchen Wolverhampton 18sqm Porcelain Over Part Quarries

    Hi Looking for a tiler for a kitchen refit were just getting sorted. Penn, Wolverhampton WV4 Need 18sqm of porcelain "vintage abete" tiles, wood effect laying. Current floor is 80% ceramic tiles, 1930's house, where a fair few have been removed they are laid very well over a cement/concrete...
  4. simplythebest

    Tilers Wanted In Milton Keynes - 6pm-2am Evening Work Large Format Porcelain

    Experianced tilers required for refurb evening project in Milton Keynes, Working hours from 6pm-2am. Top rates for professionals. Ready from next week . Walls Porcelain 300x300mm Floors Porcelain 600x600mm All materials supplied. Please drop me a mail for more info
  5. K

    900x900 porcelain

    Good Morning All Just been to check out a possible job and soon sitting down to do a quote. I have attached a couple of photos. Hoping if any folk could estimate roughly the cost they would be charging and possibly the time to complete bearing in mind the size of the porcelain and cutting...
  6. S

    Waterjet Cutting Weak Porcelain Tiles, is it Normal?

    Hi, We have tried cutting some porcelain wall tiles many times to get a hole cut for pipes and other pieces in the bathroom, but no luck with a drill or angle grinder. The tiles are just too brittle and keep cracking. The tile shop have said we need to get the tiles sent for waterjet cutting...
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    hard hard porcelain

    hi guys tried to drill a porcelain tile today ,had two new 32 mm 365 drill bits and they both didn't make a mark on it ,I have never ever come across anything like it before any help would be great as have about 38 holes to drill
  8. U

    problems with porcelain tile installation on patio.

    About a year ago, I had 64 sqm porcelain tiles installed on top of a concrete slab, forming a patio. This was part of a large build, and there was a clear spec that the tile adhesive be applied as a "bed" using a "notched trowel method", which I think means that the whole underside of the tile...
  9. P

    Nightmare Grouting Sealed Polished Porcelain wall tiles!!!

    My goodness - what a palaver!! So, I've been tiling my own wet-room with TOPPS 60x30 Polished "WHITE" (cream) Porcelain Tiles. (nice easy cuts with my RUBI TR-700) Sealed using FILA Polished Porcelain protector (2 passes with a sponge, great product and pretty fumey too!) Grouting using BAL...
  10. J

    Hard porcelain probs

    Hi all At the risk of starting another Rubis are great/Rubis are terrible discussion I have a problem that I was hoping to get some feedback on. I have a TS 60 Plus and up to now it's been fine on most tiles. We've just bought a new place and I've been doing the work myself, bit by bit. A few...
  11. D

    B&Q 600x600 Glacier Ash Grey polished porcelain floor tiles

    Hi has anyone out there got any of these tiles im looking after 25 of them or does anyone know where I can obtain some from I cant believe B&Q are the only sellers of these tiles or use to be
  12. R

    Base for porcelain at back of garden?

    Hi, so I want to do some DIY laying of porcelain tiles at the back of my garden. At the moment it's just compacted soil, (area of approx 3 m x 2 m) so I realise I need a few layers before I lay the tiles, but I can't work out what. Chappy in topps tiles recommended 3 inches of grade 1 gravel...
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    Black Polished Porcelain Wall Tiles From Topps-Lots Of Marks On Them ?

    Hi there I've just joined after reading a few old threads regarding these tiles to see if anybody can advise. We bought the above tiles and were advised to buy the Fila products,one for removing the wax on them and one for sealing them. We had a Bathroom Fitter supposedly follow the...
  14. D

    kitchen floor porcelain tiles, Witham, Essex

    Hi Looking for a tiler for the above. See my last post in the tiling forum for more details of the job. May just be after quotes for susbtratre prep or the whole job. Many thanks Dave
  15. S

    Struggling to cut porcelain tiles with Sigma 3D2

    Hi all, I've tried cutting my first porcelain floor tile with the sigma cutter - it failed miserably. I've got a bucket full of curved cuts from a single 600x600 porcelanosa VENIS tile. Maybe 2 cuts oout of the 10 I tried worked. Before I go and hire a bridge saw for the weekend, have any of...
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    Porcelain Tiles - Staining and water ingress

    Hi. I have recently partly laid a bathroom floor using 2'x1' porcelain tiles in my home. The tiles are laid on a 3 ply substrate secured at 6" centres on a new 22mm chipboard batroom grade floor. The tiles were wet cut and laid using Ultratile ProRapid flexible tile adhesive. The day...
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    B&Q Glacier Ash Grey Polished Porcelain tiles 600 X 600

    Hi Everyone Does anyone have any packs of B&Q Glacier Ash Grey 600X600 Polished Porcelain tiles? Or does anyone know where I can get them from? Thanks Sandeep
  18. P

    Bexley - 4m x 4m Kitchen tiling required (ceramic / porcelain tile)

    Hi, first time on this forum, so apologies if this has not been done correctly. I need a kitchen tiled in Bexley, South East London, in the next 2-5 weeks. I am getting the subfloor sorted and will have some cement boards also fitted ready for tiling. I already have the tiles and grout, so...

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