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  1. S

    Surface prep for new tiles

    Just removed a load of tiles off a bathroom wall and have the adhesive left to remove before prepping for new tiles. The lower area is where ive started to scrape off the old adhesive. My question is will this surface be suitable for retiling assuming its relatively flat. Should i use any sort...
  2. O

    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...
  3. M

    Floor prep beginner advice

    Hi guys, I'm new to tiling and looking for some advice. I'm practical and usually pretty good with DIY so looking to learn the correct way to do this. I have just bought my first house (townhouse built in 2013) and want to tile the floors of the en suite, bathroom and downstairs wc. They are...
    • Moedig
    • Thread
    • advice beginner canada floor floor prep floor tiling prep preparation
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  5. M

    Wall prep for tiling, sealing and tanking

    Hi All, Already received from good advice from this site. Having brand new shower installed over existing fitted bath, will be quite a powerful, pumped shower. Previously the walls all around the bathroom were half tiled from the floor and then painted upwards to ceiling with what appears to be...
  6. E

    wll prep???

    hi all im a bit confused im in th process of tiling my bathroom [shower over bath] ive removed the old tiles that were on the 3 walls around the bath but when doing it some of the plaster as come away i intend to use a tanking kit on these walls so can i just tank these walls and then tle them...
  7. S

    Help with uneven chipboard floor to level and prep for tiles

    Hello, I hope you can help me ... My kitchen was tiled over concrete floor but tiles were cracking because floor had different levels and was uneven. To fix this the contractors have used 15 or 18 mm wp chipboard over the old tiles with a lot of adhesive but the problem still persists as you can...
  9. C

    Tile prep advice

    Hi what would you recommend in regards to prep a shuttered exterior wall prior to tiling? Over boarding not a option
  10. S

    Wall prep question

    Hi been browsing the forum, lots of good advice. I’m after some myself of you don’t mind. retiling my bathroom. Just the bath area so three walls 1700x 1700, 1700x700 and 1700x700. Taken off the old tiles and plasterboard. It’s stud walls with timbers at 600mm. I have some 12.5mm wedi style...
  11. E

    Prep work insulated boards

    Hello every body. I've been our of tiling business for years just start a mear to work in it again and trying to take bigger jobs step by step, all has change a lot and I'm trying learn as quick as I can. The question, I have to tile 40 sqm aprox porcelain tiles, not know size yet but nothing...
  13. E

    Prep work for porcelain tile on concrete.

    Hello every body. I've been our of tiling business for years just start recently to work in it again, all has change a lot and I'm trying learn as quick as I can. The question, I have to tile 40 sqm aprox porcelain tiles, not know size yet but nothing not to big at the moment, on top of an old...
  14. P

    Floor prep advice

    Hi there, I have a shop floor to price up. It's about 50m2, currently vinyl and they want it tiling. It's a suspended floor with a little bounce here and there so I'm wondering which prep option to go for. I could possibly ply over for some added rigidity then ditra over that? The main problem...
  15. Tom TGH Tiling

    Bathroom wall prep

    Hi guys, I'm currently re-tiling my own bathroom. My plan after ripping off the old tiles was to prime with sbr, level with rapid set adhesive, then start tiling. Looking at the wall I'm thinking I should take off all the plaster, then mechanically fix marmox boards onto a bed of adhesive...
  17. J

    What backer board and prep?

    I wish to tile over good solid floorboards on a suspended floor, and a small bathroom. I believe I should use 6mm cement boards prior to tiling. What backer boards should I use? I see Hardiebacker is probably the leading brand but I’m not in the trade so I’m looking at £15 a board. Have found...
  18. H573

    Polished Concrete Floor Prep Advice Needed

    Hi Everyone, hope all’s well. I’ve been asked to tile a polished concrete floor, approximately 80 m2 , floor is in decent condition was laid last year, what’s beat prep wise? I can’t get ditra matt or anything like that here. Thanks
    • H573
    • Thread
    • advice canada concrete floor floor prep needed polished prep
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. A

    Split Face Tiles - wall prep?

    Morning all, I have a wall to tile with 600 x 150 split face tiles. At two local tile shops, I was told to remove as much of the paint that was on there as possible and then score the surface to allow for the adhesive to bond well. I spent yesterday sanding it down (what a job that was BTW!)...
  21. K

    Removing floor tiles & adhesive from concrete floor / prep for tiling

    Hi All, I'm hoping to remove floor tiles and tile our kitchen (Just under 8sqm) in the next few weeks. The existing tiles are around 15 years old installed on a concrete floor which was levelled prior to tiling. They have held up fine over the years,no cracks etc but noticed some of the tiles...
    • Kb599
    • Thread
    • adhesive canada concrete floor floor tiles prep removing tile tiles tiling
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  22. C

    Wall prep for Wedi Board

    Hi. I posted a thread yesterday but hadn't received any answers. Probably says more about the question than anything else!! Anyway, I have hacked the plaster off the wall so we are back to the blockwork. I'm able to get Wedi board where I am from Topps Tiles, however, they advised me that the...
  23. C

    Wall prep

    Hi Guys. I have my downstairs loo to tile. 2 walls are going to be studed out so no issues there, however, one wall was only half tiled and half painted. I've removed the tiles and paint so half is now smooth plaster which is sound and the bottom half Ill need to render. No chosen the tiles...
  25. D

    How would you prep these walls

    Hi all just looking for some advice on a potential first job. The job is a small upstairs bathroom. The customer would like 2 walls tiled. The customer will be putting the bath in before tiling which obviously isn’t shown in the picture. The walls need some prepping as the plaster is starting...
  26. Bopster

    another Preferred floor prep thread

    I’m working on a quote for a customer at present, first floor bathroom over a carport. The floor is currently freezing cold so I’ll take it back to joists, fill the void with insulation then board the floor, electric ufh then tile Question is which method for boarding, is nmp ok to have...
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