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    Floor Tiling On Concrete - Several Questions About Floor Prep and Laying

    Hi We've knocked through our kitchen and dining room and taken up old stone/porcelain tiles in the kitchen and carpet in the dining room. There are several questions I have before I start tiling. Here is a share link to a Google Drive folder with images: Tiling - Google Drive -...
    • EdMac
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    • canada concrete floor floor prep floor tiling laying prep questions tiling
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  2. N

    Thankful for fantastic wall prep

    Well if anybody needed evidence of why PVA is not good for priming walls.
  3. N

    Wall prep advice please

    Hi all, New bathroom Job coming up Monday. Solid walls. Old files to rip off. Walls are skim on render. Guy says render is hard as rock dimensions are tight so not got room to dot and dab. If the render stays tight what would be best prep before tanking? All work I have done for last 5 years is...
  4. D

    Wall prep advice gratefully sought.

    Hi, Am about to prep an old bathroom wall for a small bit of tiling - only a couple of m2 and using 200 x 100 bevelled / metro tiles. As per photos below, the wall is generally straight and level but has a number of shallow (only up to 3 mm max depth) craters where the old tiles were removed...
  5. Anthony

    Prep work and tiling to resin floor

    Hi all. Looking for advice regarding tiling to resin floor ie is there anything that goes straight on it or is sanding back subfloor only option. Thanks all
    • Anthony
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    • canada floor floor tiling job jobs prep resin tiling tiling jobs tiling work work
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. S

    Wood 22 UFH system, floor prep and coverings ?

    We are due to start tiling over the Terra Therma Wood 22 UFH heating system. What concerns me is the reflective plates that sit in the routed timber floor boards, they seem to be loose laid..... do you latex over them first or can you use a decoupling membrane direct on to the substate...
    • Stuart Retter
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    • canada floor floor prep floor tiling prep system ufh wood
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  7. JordanLincs

    Subfloor prep advice

    So I have two new quotes and I'm a tiling virgin so want to be prepared for what to expect. Any tips on the subfloor prep is much appreciated. I'm panicking about making a mistake or drastically underestimating the time required to prep. 1. Old floor and wall tiles need removing and placing...
  8. Fitwidge

    How to prep a kitchen

    so, bit of info.... I’m looking to become a professional tiler but yet a long way to go! But I’m just wondering if a kitchen i were tiling has uneven walls, how would you professionals go about it? My old boss (not a tiler) did the “dot n dab” method which obviously is not the way to go! In...
  9. M

    springy timber floor prep

    Ive been to see a large living room kitchen area ( knocked through) but the floor is quite springy. Its 15mm floorboards but there are quite a few sections of scrappy board ( 1 mtr lenghts) Im worried 6mm overboarding will not take out the bounce. another tiler had suggested using Ditra...
    • mike s
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    • floor floor prep floor tiling prep timber
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  10. A

    Jackoboard Prep and tile wobble

    Hi, We're just in the process of getting a new kitchen fitted and have had large 750mm square porcelain tiles laid and grouted. Only issue is that a few had a bit of a wobble on them a week or so after being laid and grouted. They came back, relaid the tiles in question but a week later there...
  11. P

    Floor prep overload...

    Hi all......got a timber floor to tile with 600 x 400 slate tiles. I know that its recommended to use a decoupling mat with natural stone....which I always do on a solid floor. However, this floor is 22mm chipboard and customer wants UFH fitted. I usually glue and screw 10mm insulation boards...
    • Perfect Tiling
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    • floor floor prep floor tiling prep
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  12. A

    Advice on floor prep prior to tiling please

    Hello everybody. My first post on here; any advice and pointers greatly appreciated. Ground floor extension c45m2. Wet UFH system under 50mm of calcium screed (thermio plus). Screed went down 4 weeks ago (sanded down after 2 weeks). Final tile is a 600 x 300 porcelain. I have had...
    • Aki Nawaz
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    • advice canada floor floor prep floor tiling please prep tiling
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. Wishiwasatoptiler

    Wet Underfloor Heating Floor Prep Tips

    Hi Peeps Looking at a floor this week with wet underfloor heating. So the customer has said the heatings run to temp. Slab put down in January. Likley be end of may for tiling. Not tiled over wet underfloor heating before so want to make sure the preps right. Any tips/advice much appreciated...
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    Subfloor prep and tanking advice

    Hi Guys, I have got loads of good information from you guys from reading through the posts on this forum but I still have a few questions I hope you can help with. I am building a wet room on the second floor. I am planning to drop the floor to joist height with ply and then 20mm Jackoboard...
    • Coops
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    • advice floor floor tiling jackoboard prep subfloor tank tanking waterproofing wetroom
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  15. R

    Prep for ensuite floor

    Hi. Need to tile ensuite floor in extension which has currently got new T&G floorboards down. Am having underfloor heating, one of the Prowire kits from Topps which suggest you put down a thermal backing board (6 mm or 10mm) that they sell. Could they be fixed straight on the floorboards? Or...
    • Retroelec
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    • canada ensuite floor floor tiling prep
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  16. C

    Wooden Floor Prep, Tounge & Groove Floorboards

    What would you all suggest for preparing our upstairs bathroom floor for tiling? Currently it is standard T&G floorboards with gaps here and there where it was repaired by the previous owner. My first thought was to put a thin ply over the existing and screw it down. Do I need to do anything...
    • Cat
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    • canada floor floor prep floor tiling floorboards prep wooden wooden floor
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  17. D

    200sqm floor, prep discussion

    Got a site meeting next week where the installation of a 200sqm floor will be discussed. There are a handful of smaller rooms involved on the periphery, but the main area is basically T shaped. The bottom of the T is the entrance hall at around 26sqm, which opens up on the top line of the T as...
  18. Minmax89

    Wetroom sub floor prep

    Hi guys! Right, so I'm starting this job next week (I'm the builder as you know!) so I need to run by you the method I was planning on. So its a wetroom. 1m x 4m approx. tiled floor, tiled shower area. Pretty much all components (sink, toilet, etc) will all be 'floating' so a clean floor...
    • Minmax89
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    • canada floor floor prep floor tiling prep tanking waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. Lakey

    Kitchen Floor Prep Recommendations!

    Folks This may not be the right Forum to post this on but I'm sure some of you will be knowledgeable in this field?! I have been asked to prep a kitchen prior to installation of some fancy units etc. The floor tiles tiles are 600 x 900 x 15 polished limestone so my first question is will 4"...
    • Lakey
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    • bathroom floor floor prep floor tiling kitchen kitchen floor limestone prep
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  20. E

    What tile adhesive? And p/board prep

    hi all. Redoing bathroom, plan on tiling wall and full walls. After a lot of research, I have found everyone does things differently!! I’m dot and dabbing green plasterboard on walls and using floor backer on... floor. Do I need to prep these surfaces before tiling? Is a primer or just go...
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