porcelain

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    Strong adhesive to fix plastic fan casing to porcelain tiles

    Our fan extractor has previously been attached to porcelain tiles in bathroom using adhesive but came away this morning. I did not put this up. Whatever adhesive was used it stuck well to tiles but not the plastic and has come away from the casing. Can anyone recommend a good strong adhesive...
  2. M

    Porcelain floor tiles

    Desperately looking for A & M ceramica ONDA porcelain floor tiles. 50 x 50 off white with sandy marbling.
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    Installing 20mm porcelain tiles in garden, can I use regular building sand+cement?

    As the title suggests I'm hoping to get some good advice from you folks about tile adhesive for tiling 20mm porcelain tiles in a garden. The base hasn't been prepared yet but I imagine it will be 75mm concrete to an area of 8M x 4M. Forgive my ignorance but I haven't done this before so i'm...
  4. H

    Wanted Windsor 600 x 600 porcelain tile Beige required

    Hi Folks, Recently my we had three tiles replaced, however 1 has cracked again Can anyone help - happy to pay postage. Pack of 3 would be amazing Best Regards Hugh
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    Slow cutting 20mm Porcelain

    I am using a Marcrist CK850 blade on a Rubi TC-180 wet cutter and cutting 1 meter Porcelain tiles that are 20mm thick and seem pretty tough. It takes me about 20 minutes to make a 1 meter cut using light pressure on the saw. Also, Ithe blade generates a lot of sparks. Just looking to get...
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    Tiling prices for ceramic vs porcelain vs mosaic vs herringbone etc

    Hi. I'm relatively new to tiling, and have begun offering it as a service alongside my existing skills in property maintenance/repair and general construction etc. I am not a "time served" or particularly experienced tiler, but I have been on a week long course to make sure I understand the...
  7. M

    Porcelain large format floor failing

    A year ago we completely refurbished our kitchen including a new porcelain tiled floor installed by the builder. I think he put ply on top on floor boards, and then put the tiles on top 600x600 on 30sqm. I think the ply was prepped. The grout is cracking in many places now and the tiles are...
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    shaping porcelain tiles

    Hi I am attempting my first tiling job. I have 8mm porcelain tiles and it is a wetroom so I have waterproofed the area with waterproofing tape. Where the tape is stuck on the wall with tile adhesive, it slightly protrudes from the wall surface meaning when I am laying the floor tiles along the...
  9. R

    Cutting or drilling 4 inch whole in porcelain tiles on the wall

    Hi. I wonder if you can advise me. I need 4 inch hole drilled through the wall to install new toilet waste pipe. The wall is partially brick, partially plasterboard on timber framework (see photo). The wall is tiled with extremely hard porcelain tiles 450 x 450mm. I have been advised that there...
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    Porcelain Laying porcelain over concrete paving slabs

    Hi there, I'm about to undertake a job involving laying 60cm x 60cm porcelain slabs in my garden. The area I wanted to cover currently has old concrete paving slabs that are still solid, but have seen better days and aren't perfectly level. My question is can I lay the porcelain tiles on a...
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    Porcelain to anhydrite screed whats your favorite method?

    Hi i'm self building my own barn conversion and have a anhydrite screed and underfloor heating. Screed was laid 8 months ago and latence removed about 5 months ago, the heating cycled during the winter but off now as its 'summer'. I dont have any way of testing if its dryed out but have had a...
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    Porcelain Porcelain tiles and decoupling membrane?

    Hi all, I would appreciate some professional advice please. I have 10mm porcelain tiles for a garden front path leading to door. The path will be reinforced 120mm concrete. I am also laying these tiles just inside the door, as this will be part of the same concrete slab, however, the tiles...
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    Long bucket life for powder adhesive

    Would like recommendations for 300 x 600 (x10mm) porcelain tiles, on wall inside a walk-in shower enclosure, tiling directly onto tile backer board. DIY tiler with limited experience. I think I need a powder adhesive for this size tile, but it needs a long bucket life - had a mare using penny...
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    Porcelain New member, need some tiling advice please!

    So it's my first ever time tiling and I'm using 25cmx25xm porcelain tiles. I'm tiling directly onto a concrete floor which is level but I'm not sure whether I need to prep the concrete first before applying the adhesive? Should I do this first and if so can anyone recommend a good primer for...
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    Porcelain Cleaning porcelain swimming pool tiles after installation

    Hello I kindly ask a professional opinion for a huge problem i have I am selling special porcelain tiles for swimming pools and around the pools import from company name Mayorceramica Spain The quality of the tiles are excellent and very well made All tiles are R10 anti slip I have some problem...
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    WANTED PLEASE

    wanted Keope Pietra Di Keope Balmoral 30x30 cm VUF6 these are terracotta coloured. Gladly buy several boxes if you or your supplier has any in stock PLEASE
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    New Rubi 93 not cutting 18mm porcelain

    Hello, just bought one of these to cut large format porcelain tiles and whilst it snaps 10mm porcelain tiles no problem, I can't cut the 18mm variant despite the spec stating it can cut up to 20mm. Have I missed the small print somewhere that 20mm excludes porcelain? I'm using the scoring wheel...
  18. R

    Adhesive for porcelain tiles on hardiebacker

    Can anyone recommend a tile adhesive for applying 600x300 porcelain tiles to hardie backer board?
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    How to avoid chipping porcelain tiles

    Hi I'm currently trying to tile my Cloakroom - have purchased porcelain tiles and a wet saw (Vitrex Versatile Power Pro 750W with a Rubi CPC180 Pro Diamond Blade)... I'm having difficulty cutting tiles without chipping them (generally/sometimes when i get to the end of a cut the tile fractures...
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    I'm Looking For This Tile Can anyone help me find this 600x600mm high gloss porcelain tile?

    Hi everyone. I purchased these tiles from Tilemarket in Northern Ireland about 8 years ago and I am now trying to source more. Does anyone know how I could find these? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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