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  1. Lakey

    Floor prep problems

    Hey guys Was wondering if anyone could give me some advice re a floor tiling job I have coming up? The area is approx. 20-25m2 and will be using 600x300 porcelains. The floor is 2/3rds 20mm floorboards and 1/3 concrete as it is a kitchen and dining room that has had a dividing wall taken down...
    • Lakey
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    • canada floor floor prep floor tiling porcelain prep problems substrate
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  2. L

    M54 screed?

    Are any of you able to tell me what a M54 screed is? I've been asked to price for installing a 90mm M54 screed into cold rooms then tile them. I've never heard of one before, @Ajax123 would you know? Any help appreciated.
  3. V

    Gypsum screed prep

    Hi all In process of tiling gypsum based screed It's one of the newer screeds that apparently don't need sanding ect The screed has been down a while and customer thought he was running the water through the heating system to help dry But ther must of being an airlock or dodgy thermostat because...
    • Versatile
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    • canada gypsum prep preperation screed
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  4. Lakey

    Floor prep advice

    Afternoon all, Just after some clarification to how most appropriately prepare the attached floor. The kitchen has a concrete floor as does the fire place hearth and the dining area is floorboards. The dividing wall is coming out this week to make a kitchen/diner and the entire floor is to be...
    • Lakey
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    • advice canada ditra floor floor prep floor tiling plywood prep
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  5. T

    Chlorinated rubber - lets see if anyone has come across this one before

    We have a guy who wants to tile a pool. Thought he was doing himself a favour by waterproofing it with Chlorinated rubber. Now all the adhesive manufacturers have said it can't be tiled until the paint is removed and other than sandblasting, I can't seem to find any other way of getting it off...
    • Tile Shop
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    • canada pool prep this
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. A

    Floor prep

    Quick question for a general consensus please: I'm tiling a floor soon that is 18mm tongue and groove floorboards, overlaid with 18mm floorboards!!! God only knows why this is the case. The 2 layers of boards are not perpendicular, but the joins are staggered so they are not directly...
    • ajc
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    • canada floor floor prep floor tiling floorboards prep
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  7. C

    Bathroom tiling help.

    Hi again guys. I'm on day 2 if tiling my mum's bathroom thanks to you all with help prep and layout which I'm happy with. However there is a couple of problems which I should have checked and asked about. Firstly the walls have been dot and dabed by the builder and screwed and plugged...
    • Cabnero
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    • bathroom bathroom tiling canada hardi backer help prep tiling
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  8. C

    Floor prep

    Hi guys. Due to tile my mum's bathroom next week but the guy doing the plumbing I asked to lay the ply and nog the floor as I'm only in and out and he need to do his pipework etc. I've asked him to prime underneath etc.however I was there today after he left and having checked I'm not 100%...
    • Cabnero
    • Thread
    • canada floor floor prep floor tiling prep
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. C

    Paint stripping

    I was told on a tiling course that if you wanted to remove paint use a cheap ready mixed addy, spread it on then after a few minutes scrape it off and it will bring the paint with it. Before I go and do this dies anyone know if this works?
  10. R

    Unsuitable walls

    Hi there. So i have a job coming up. 5 fully tiled bathrooms. Glazed Porcelain tiles 300 x 600. First bathroom is 'ready'. Went to price it up. Tiles are a discount lot. 2 batch numbers which isnt a problem, but no box weight. So 2 walls in the first bathroom are skimmed plaster on pb. ( in...
    • Rickm34
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    • canada porcelain prep wall walls
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  11. C

    Bathroom Wall Prep And Adhesive Advice.

    Hi Guys. I've got to tile my Mums bathroom later in July for which you have already answered some questions. I've just got a couple of quickies re the prep if you dont mind. The walls are half tiled which will be coming off so no worries there. Above the tiles however, there is a painted , I...
    • Cabnero
    • Thread
    • adhesive advice bathroom canada prep tile adhesive wall
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  12. R

    Advice Please

    Encaustic reclaimed tile for splash back. Would like advice please. I take it they need sealing befor and after grouting. What to cut with would grinder do the job, would it be a good idea to wet then back butter ?
    • richie b
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    • advice canada cutting please prep sealing
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. C

    Bathroom Skimming Prep With Pva Before Tiling (wet Areas)

    Hi, i am looking to re tile my bathroom and have got rid of all the tiles. Unfortunately some plaster damage has occured, i want to skim the damaged areas and use PVA between skim coats. I know using PVA is a big mistake before the tiling in a wet area, but is it okay to use PVA before a skim...
  14. T

    Substrat Prep For Pos Marble

    This is a 30m2 suspended timber floor in a kitchen,the units are already fitted. The layers are Wayrock,9mm ply and Karndean on top. This customer is looking to lay pos Marble (may porcelain look alike) on top. The floor has a lot of movement in it. I'm not sure if it's floating or not...
  15. C

    Advice On Bathroom Prep.

    Hi guys I was hoping to get some advice on prepping my mum's bathroom for tiling. The floor is floorboards covered in vinyl tile but as there is going to be moving of pipework most of this had to come up so was going to replace it with 18mm wbp ply primed underneath and edges. Although only...
    • Cabnero
    • Thread
    • advice bathroom canada prep preparation
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  16. L

    Out Of Interest On Some Background Prep

    People have so many different ways of doing things now, it becomes very confusing on what is actually the best way!!. So i thought id see what different ways you would all deal with the following situation. So . . . . you rip out all the tiles in a customers bathroom, the existing...
  17. S

    Same Prep??

    Got a call asking me to fit electric ufh under an engineered oak floor...joiners fitting the floor but I'm down for fitting ufh, its tongue and groove floorboards at minute, is it same prep as for tiles...insulation boards, ufh then slc? Anything else I should know?
  18. L

    Advice On Floor Prep. Several Slabs & A Large Deviance In Floor Height.

    I'm pricing a job atm where the customer would like the floor tiling from the kitchen straight into the bathroom. The house was derelict for a long time and the floor is a mess. My big concern is the serveral slabs etc, the floor height can be built up in SLC and bulked out with sharp sand in...
    • lmkitchens
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    • advice aus floor floor height floor prep floor tiling large prep preparation screed self levelling compound slabs
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  19. G

    Prep

    Hey guys, just wondered how you would prep this. Floor to be tiled is chipboard, 50m2! Porcelain tile 600x400 layed brick bond. Multiple rooms, biggest being 20m2 . I was thinking 6mm cement board bedded into flex adhesive and screwed. Stagger boards etc. Any thoughts? Products you would use...
  20. P

    Wall Prep

    Hi all Back for some more valuable advise. I have the unfortunate job of re-doing my bathroom been putting it off but time has come. I have stripped the wall and a large amount of the render has come off with the tiles. I would like to render and skim but not to sure of the procedure and mix...
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