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  1. G

    Subfloor prep

    Hi guys after some advice on a prospective job. I have been told that the floor to be tiled is kitchen floor. Its floor boards over boarded with ply ( not sure thickness ) and slc on top. Trouble is in two parts of the floor there is a concrete hearth thats lower than the overplyed floor boards...
    • goz
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    • aus floor floor tiling prep subfloor usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  2. S

    surface prep

    went to a job today to ditra a floor ready for tiling tomorrow ,I spoke with the foreman several weeks ago when they were screeding and explained the screed would need to be sr1 and above as we are using large format thin porcelain tiles ,he assured me they were getting a professional in and it...
  3. M

    Tile Prep Advice Needed.

    Just totally renovated bathroom from floor joists up, want to tile the walls round the bath and an electric shower is going on the wall above the bath to use with shower curtain, anyway the walls are stud walls with 12mm moisture resistant plasterboard attatched and my plasterer put a 3mm...
    • Makken
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    • advice aus needed prep tile usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  4. M

    Prep work to die for!!!

    We are in the middle of fitting a kitchen, tiling, and all that jazz...so i asked to use the toilet, the customer has got some other builders in to re-vamp there bathroom, its all ready for the tiler the customer said....so off i trod to the toilet and stumble upon this......not a good start to...
    • Martino
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    • aus job jobs prep tiling jobs tiling work usa work
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  5. H

    Help! Need to prep walls prior to tiling. Complete newbie.

    Hi, okay, so in order to keep costs down I agreed to prep the walls of my bathroom prior to a proffessional coming in to tile them. However when I was taking off the original tiles it's removed patches of the skim coat underneath. (This has mainly happened on the brick walls, the plasterboard...
    • helpinmancheste
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    • aus help newbie prep tiling usa wall walls
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. R

    Prep ready for Travertine

    Hi all I am currently undertaking the task of laying a new Travertine floor in my kitchen/dining room. Total area to cover is 65m2 and is a real mix of shapes and sizes room wise with a fireplace, nibs, nooks etc to negotiate. The floor is joist and 20mm tongue and groove floor board (mostly...
  7. F

    Floor prep fof half timber, half concrete

    Hi folks, I found tiles I want in my kitchen- they are 600x600x10mm porcelain 'morandi mocha' from tile source. Kitchen is 18sqm, utility is 4sqm and w.c. is 2sqm. I would like to get someone in, & may advertise on here, but firstly, I want to save some money & get the floor prepared if I can...
    • fizz_bosh
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    • aus concrete floor floor prep floor tiling prep timber usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  8. D

    Anhydrite screed prep and moisture testing

    I have an anhydrite screed which I have been testing with a digital hygrometer which measure relative humidity. After further research there seems to be conflicting views on how to test if they are dry enough. I was waiting until it read less than 75% RH. Then I was going to proceed with an...
    • Deleted member 18697
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    • adhesive anhydrite aus moisture prep screed testing usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  9. H

    Prep for solid floor tiles

    Hi All. first post on interesting forum, learned loads already so thanks. I have a utility room floor to tile with 30cm square tiles. A new kitchen has already been fitted including units in the utility. The existing floor is 6 inch tiles on a concrete floor. They are rock solid, when you...
    • hopefultiler
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    • aus floor floor tiles floor tiling prep tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  10. J

    Help with floor prep!

    Hi all Looking for a wee bit of advice on how to go about preping a concrete floor for a new tiles. Its a bathroom floor and I imagine it wil be in some state by the time the old tiles are up.! Would I be best to use a SLC (which brand is best/easiest to work with?) and then SBR? any ideas...
  11. C

    Prep, adhesive and grout advice for bathroom

    Hi all, Just wondered if anyone could offer some advice to me ahead of me tiling our bathroom at the weekend. I have a limited bit of experience in that I used to fit bathrooms although the majority of tiling was usually done by someone else. I basically have a bathroom with 3 walls that are...
    • Craig001
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    • adhesive advice aus bathroom grout prep tile adhesive tile grout usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  12. B

    prep for tiling over quarries

    hi,still finding my way round here so forgive if the answer is elsewhere. i have to prepare floor for new tiling. floor is old quarry tiles, solid with no signs of damp. should they be sealed with epoxy or liquid dpm or something else? dont want to cut any corners. thanks for your replies
  13. N

    Bal Micromax Ebony grout & ceramic tile prep

    Seeking some help and advice please - this is my first tiling project and am realising it maybe slightly ambitious to use coloured grout also due to age of property walls are somewhat out in corners leaving me a rather larger gap to grout then seal in places! Have tiled small bathroom walls...
    • newbie tiler
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    • adhesive aus bal bal adhesive building adhesives ceramic ceramic tile grout prep tile tile grout usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  14. S

    How to prep painted walls for tiling...

    I know you can't tile painted walls, but what would be the best course of action? Sand it back to plaster? Key the surface? Is there a treatment you can apply? Or something else? PS reason for question, my belt sander just broke! PPS Would you use a bag of self mix adhesive if it's been...
    • simbob
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    • aus how how to tile painted prep tiling tiling guide usa wall walls
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  15. B

    Wall Prep.

    Hello, Having scraped the existing adhesive from my plasterboard & concrete walls do I need to do prep work prior to tiling such as score the walls or apply any primer ?? Thanks in advance.
  16. F

    This is why I like to do my own prep

    I know the bubbles out before you start but keeping it still while trying to take a pic with my saussage fingers was bound not to go well. This is what I was presented with by a muts nuts chippy (?) I'm no carpenter, but my Dad was and I know my way around a hammer and a box of nails, my 5 year...
  17. C

    Kitchen prep before tiling

    Hi all and hope all are well. We recently employed a builder to make an extension on our small house which would give us a new kitchen dinier. The extension is almost finished and we are comeing towards tiling. We are using porcelain 30x60 slate effect tiles but the problem is the floor...
  18. P

    Asphalt floor prep

    I have a floor to do soon, and it have a layer of Asphalt on it about 12mm thick. Would this be a DPM, and what is the correct way of preping this for tiling, it is very sound, and solid. Any advice is appreciated.
  19. P

    Advice needed please- Substrate prep for floor tiling

    Hi All, hope you are well and keeping busy, On Monday I am starting a full bathroom refurb with tiles on the walls and floor, the house is about 12 years old and in the upstairs bathroom I am doing several of the current floor tiles have come loose and most of the grout is cracked and missing...
    • Plumbing Tiler
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    • advice aus floor floor tiling needed please prep substrate tiling usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  20. I

    Pro tiling of kitchens, what level of prep to expect from fitters?

    I've been tiling for around ten years and consider my self of a high standard. Over the years I have had issues with the level of prep either i or the fitter should do. Bearing in mind the depth constraints of tub gear, i feel the substrate should be to within a couple of mm of perfect. Now do...
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