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  1. Mouldy

    Screed Drying Times......

    I have done searches but either I'm not searching for the right thing or I'm wearing my blonde wig. Or both! An existing customer has asked me to price tiling a new conservatory. I have yet to visit the site but the information I have to date is:- "We estimate that there is about 8” concrete...
  2. M

    Hardi Backer Supply And Fit

    Think I've been under charging for prep work to make sure I get to do it and know it's done right. What do people charge supply and fit? I'm figuring around £30 m² should be about fair Any thoughts
    • mattle40
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    • aus hardi backer prep tile backerboard usa
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    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  3. Simons70

    What You Should Do If You Find This Prep?

    After send the pictures this is the answer: ''You subsequently then went around taking pictures of areas that you deemed unsatisfactory in an effort to walk away from the job; despite a Master Tiler being present stipulating that it was fine to tile''.
  5. T

    Anhydrite Screed Prep

    Hi I know these questions have been asked time and time again but here goes ! I have a ground floor area of a house around 160m2 to tile, the screed is calcuim sulphate , the depth is 70mm, this was laid around 3 months ago , all i need to know are the proper steps to follow , ie how dry etc...
    • tubs
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    • adhesive anhydrite aus floor prep screed tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  6. B

    Kitchen Floor Prep Advice Required

    Hi, I am looking to tile my kitchen floor with 600x600 porcelain tiles and am not sure if I should be putting down ply or if I can use hardbacker? I've been on to the builder (fairly new house) to ask about subfloor & they confirmed on top of the structural concrete floor is 60mm insulation then...
    • Bill
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    • advice aus bathroom floor floor prep floor tiling kitchen kitchen floor prep required usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  7. T

    Prep Work

    quick advice small bathroom area tiles going on the wall are ceramic 600x300 walls have been prepped with hardibacker shown in pic attatched would you taper the edges /joins where it meets the other board and seal ?? also would the area require tanking? its not a power shower going in just standard
    • terrycoe1
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    • aus job jobs prep tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  9. D

    Floor prep..

    I have a kitchen floor to do.. 26m Half is floor boards (solid & sound) half is concrete.. I was going to glue and screw 6mm hardie boards onto the boards, overlapping the concrete by 50-100mm, then make up the concrete depth with flexi SLC.. does this sound the best way? Thanks in advance
  10. K

    Wetroom Prep on anhydrite floor

    Evening All I know the briefest of details but I'm off to see a customer tomorrow where by the sounds he is having wet trays set then the screed poured to the required height. Has anybody any experience of this, pit falls, tips, waterproofing, etc. Apologies a bit lacking in detail but should...
    • kaharrison9
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    • adhesive anhydrite aus floor floor tiling prep screed tanking usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  11. D

    Floor prep & standard set adhesive advice for a novice please!

    Hi, I have the following scenario & would be most grateful for any advise on this; Kitchen floor in a new build house (11 yrs old) screed covered in an asphalt / bitumen (black shiny finish). Fairly level, no delamination or breaking up etc... (approx 30m2 hence standard not rapid set)...
    • Dickyparsnips
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    • adhesive advice aus floor floor prep floor tiling please prep set tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  13. O

    Advice on prep for stone patio

    I'm soon to be laying some classic grey limestone random lengths in my garden . Just wondering on the best prep for it? It's currently just grass at the moment. Area to be tiled is approx 30sqm. I've never done any external tiling before so I was thinking of laying a concrete slab then tiling...
  14. J

    Replacing Chipboard Floor and Prep for UFH

    Hi I have a small bathroom 2.4x2.5m divide by a step up across the middle which is where the bath and basin go. Plumber needs to remove the chipboard floor on the step level to plumb in new bath and vanity. Considering what to put back down once he's done and that will also be suitable for...
    • jazzhands
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    • aus chipboard floor floor tiling prep ufh usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  15. S

    Is this prep ok...

    Hi all Theres a lot of conflicting advice all over the web on this one so can anybody agree this will be ok? Job is an 8sqm kitchen floor, 300x300 granite tile with ufh also tiles cut to form 150mm skirting tiles. Substrate is asphalt on concrete. My proposed prep... Slurry coat on asphalt then...
  17. A

    Floor prep problem.

    Have got a 30m2 kitchen floor to do in a couple of weeks,and the problem is at the moment the floor is solid oak flooring ,I have removed a small section to see whats underneath and it 12mm ply direct to the joist's ,the customer wants the cheapest way for the prep,I want to overboard with ply...
  18. M

    straw wall prep

    any one had experience of trying to prep with these walls of the devil basically its compressed straw with a paper front much like plaster board it had been skimmed when installed which i have scrapped off, leaving this paper face the walls are made to suit dimensions of the house , so no...
  19. P

    Anhydrate screed prep spec check

    First time i'v come across a anhydrate screed, and the screed people left these instructions for the tiler (me)So I just want to check if this is the right way to go. The screed is heated, and tiles are 800x800 porcelain Sand the sheen off the floor, with a floor sander. Prime with, 1 or 2...
  21. M

    Opinions on a floor prep

    A customer took up old tiles ready for me to come in and discovered a piece of 5 mm ply under the floor it's only about a foot wide and runs about 3 metres so I took up the ply and underneath was a set of radiator pipes and the ply sat on two pieces of 2x2 so as the rest of the floor is concrete...
    • mike1979
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    • aus floor floor prep floor tiling opinions prep usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  22. J

    Advice on bathroom stud wall & floorboard prep, Marmox, Hardiebacker

    Hi, I'm after some advice on preparing the walls and floor of a bathroom for tiling. I want waterproof boards around the shower, and I'm currently going with Marmox. First question is on the stiffness of the Marmox boards: are 12.5mm boards really OK to go straight onto stud walls? There won't...
    • jbwtaylor
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    • advice aus backerboard bathroom floor floor tiling hardiebacker marmox marmox backerboard prep stud tile backerboard usa wall
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  23. M

    Prep work advice for natural stone

    I looked at a job last night they want natural stone on their down stairs hall way the floor is wooden floorboards may I add they are very flat and feel very secure so what do you think cement board it then ditra it out or just cement boards or just ditra
    • mike1979
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    • advice aus job jobs natural natural stone prep stone tile setting tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  25. C

    2 in 2 days ! floor prep advice.

    Im currently ripping out my GF bathroom in her rented flat in Brighton. The flats are all concrete jungles. The floors are raised up by 2x2 nailed into the concrete and chipboard. This is essentially downstairs ceiling ! Low and behold I finally get to look at the sub base on this mornings new...
    • cam_low
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    • advice aus floor floor prep floor tiling prep usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  26. R

    Ideas for floor prep??

    Hi All, Hoping for for some help on this one, builder rang me today with a job of 50 sqm of 60x60 porcelain in a retail unit in a shopping centre. He explained that they lifted the existing flooring which was some sort of wooden floor but underneath was, what he described as an industrial...
    • ruairi mac
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    • aus floor floor prep floor tiling ideas prep usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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