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    Porcelain Re-grouting exterior porcelain paving tiles with white grout

    I'm looking for some advice. About five years ago I had porcelain paving tiles laid on my patio and the installer used white porcelain grout. It is now starting to show gaps and I'm looking for some advice on the best rated white easy grout for exterior porcelain tiles to refurbish or should I...
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    Best tile cutter you have used for cutting 1200 x 12000 Porcelain floor tiles ?

    Best tile cutter you have used for cutting 1200 x 1200 Porcelain floor tiles ?
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    8mm porcelain tiles on plaster

    Hi, I am currently doing up a property and would like to tile some bathrooms walls. A couple of walls were out of square so they were straightened up with cement faced foam tiling backing board, the other two walls are conventional 1960’s plaster. Block work with sand/cement render and then a...
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    Help with laying 600x600 porcelain floor tiles

    Looking for some urgent advice on floor tiling! We laid 600x600 tiles a month ago with already made adhesive but it’s still wet and the tiles are now cracking abs bracking... please advice what’s the best adhesive or products to last 600x600 porcelain floor tiles thanks
    • Chels13
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    • 600x600 floor floor tiles help laying porcelain porcelain floor tile tiles
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Hole or air bubble within porcelain?

    Hi can anyone help me understand what has happened to this tile? It is porcelain and dropping a lightweight plastic chair (leg shown) has caused this hole. It looks like there was an air bubble within the tile. Is that a thing? I can’t find anything like this on the web. The tiles are also...
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    Bubbling and Pitting Porcelain Tiles?

    We’ve just moved overseas and bought a house that needed a thorough House Renovation. We’ve been working on it for 5 months and we have been living in short term rentals since November. We had purchased 60 x 60 porcelain tiles to be laid throughout the house. We have laid all but one room...
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    Discontinued Carrara HQ 60x60 White Polished porcelain tlies

    Looking for Carrara HQ 60x60 White Polished porcelain tiles (discontinued) around 60/70 Square m. If anyone can help locate/ has in stock?
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    Porcelain split face tiles in shower area

    Hi everyone, First time posting here so apologies if I end up not giving enough information! So we're currently renovating our bathroom and have already tiled two of the walls ourselves (not very neatly!). We still need to tile the shower area however and I've completely confused myself. We...
    • MC2494
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    • former porcelain shower shower tray split face tile tiles wetroom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    Porcelain Loose external porcelain tile

    I got some everscape porcelain tile from Topp Tiles last year installed externally. It was put on a bed of mortar and a few of them has now come loose. These are the ones that lips just over a few mm over steps down hence the movement. Others seem ok as they are pretty heavy. How best can I...
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    Best subfloor advice

    My client is wanting a loft floor tiled with 600x600 polished porcelain tiles. Hes building a new frame for the whole floor (40m2). Hes wanting to put 18mm ply on top for me to tile onto. I'm trying to advise him to use backer boards.....but it seems the client knows best😁 Usually I would walk...
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    Porcelain paver hollow on corner

    Hi all I'm looking for a bit of advice. I have been laying a 20 mm porcelain patio and have a small problem. I have noticed one of the tiles sounds hollow on the edge around the recessed manhole tray. The tile is on a full bed and I can only assume the mortar has just delaminated slightly from...
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    Concrete floor prep for porcelain tiles

    Hi all again. I'm trying to prep my concrete floor for porcelain tiles. It's just a small 1.5m x 2.5m utility room so I am giving it a go myself. When I have lifted the lino that was there I've discovered 2 layers of old adhesive tiles below. The bottom tiles have a yellow ish green adhesive...
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    External steps using porcelain tiles

    We have some existing brick and concrete slab steps we are looking to cover with 20mm porcelain tiles. We already have the tiles annd were planning to cover both the uprights and the steps. Should we use a metal edge to protect the corners of the steps? I was not sure if porcelain is likely to...
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    Cracked Porcelain floor tile potential stress fracture

    I purchased porcelain floor tiles 900×900mm while setting out the tiler and noticed a slight line in the edge of a tile. Laying it on a flat surface he tapped the tile gently on the line and it cracked. The tiler believes this to be a stress fracture from the manufacturing process. Which is due...
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    Sealing porcelain tiles

    Hi, I am fairly new to the tiling trade but have a question that i carnt seem to find the answer to ? Should you seal porcelain tiles before grouting (floor tiles) especially white high gloss finish with grey grout ?? Any advise would be appreciated, Thanks.
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    Laura Ashley Wicker Charcoal Matte Porcelain Floor Tiles

    Hello, I see some older messages saying that Laura Ashley tiles aren't well made, and aren't suitable for floors. This was followed by some messages saying that an updated manufacturing process may have solved this. I'm looking at Laura Ashley Wicker Charcoal Porcelain tiles for a bathroom...
    • bobriensan
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    • canada floor floor tiles laura ashley porcelain porcelain floor tile tiles
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    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Porcelain Cutting 20mm porcelain pavers

    Hi All. I'm just looking for a little bit of help please. I am laying a 25 sqm 800x400 patio in the coming weeks. I am going to hopefully do all my straight cuts with an angle grinder and a straight edge. I have both a 41/2" and 9" grinder and was wondering in your experience which size disc...
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    Porcelain Handy Protection Sheet Left Printed Like Lines All Of Porcelain Tiles

    Hi I have a bit of an issue. Had some tiles laid down, and the builder put Antinox Handy Protection Sheet over them, to protect the tiles while he was working Now when the protection sheets were removed it seems the lined print pattern of the mats has printed onto the porcelain tiles. I have...
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    Porcelain tiles on top of 90 day old screed

    Hi After some advice, I am a DIY tiler and going to be tiling our kitchen extension floor with porcelain tiles ( have tiled before so confident with tiling). We had the screed laid (sand/cement @ 75mm) about 90 days ago, I’m confident it dried and has no cracking anywhere and level. The screed...
    • Bazzer39
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    • canada day old porcelain porcelain tiles porcelian screed tile tiles top
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    I'm Looking For This Tile I am looking for URBAN LATTE porcelain floor tile 30cmx60cm at least 4 tiles please,I believe made by Bien

    I am looking for URBAN LATTE porcelain floor tile 30cm x 60cm, at least 4 tiles please,I believe made by Bien
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