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  1. A

    Travertine tiling job - preparation, which adhesives etc. Help!

    Hi, I’m still planning my first proper tiling job (in my own house) and have been trying to get everything straight in my head in advance, but my head is struggling! The current thing is working out which adhesives etc to use. So, I thought I’d put a post on here, and hopefully all you...
    • _Adrian
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    • adhesive adhesives help job jobs preparation tile adhesive tiling tiling job tiling jobs tiling work travertine usa which work
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  2. John Benton

    Substrate preparation

    Hi Guys This is my 1st question on here and I've picked up loads of advice since joining, so thanks for that. I have a job to tile a patio area with 800x600 porcelain tiles. It's triangular shaped and the right angle lengths are approx. 5m and 6.5m long. Although the area will have a roof over...
  3. peteablard

    Never cut corners in your preparation.............

    For anyone new to the trade who is unaware of the importance of preparing your substrate correctly then check this out.......:yikes: This is what I faced at a car showroom I tiled recently when I returned from my hols.. The prep work had been carried out by a couple of cowboys, they didn't...
  4. S

    Wall preparation advice please

    Hi, I am about to start tiling our bathroom and would like some advice on wall preparation. When I removed the old wall tiles, I inevitably damaged the 'drywall' surface to which they were attached. I have now ripped out the remaining 'drywall', and replaced it with new 'Gyproc 9.5mm...
    • scoobysnax
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    • advice please preparation usa wall
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  5. M

    Wall preparation with big holes in plaster

    I would like some advice on how best to prepare a wall before tiling onto it. It's a brick wall with old plaster that has come off in some places when I removed the old tile adhesive (see picture). What is the best way to prepare the wall? I've been doing some research and my initial idea of...
    • marijnkapmf
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    • big holes plaster preparation usa wall
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  6. K

    Advice Needed On Surface Preparation For Tiling

    Hi, I've stated renovating my bathroom and it's kind of turning into a big and daunting job for a DIY-er like me. I've attached some photos to show you the current state of the bathroom. All the walls are solid, concrete blocks, plastered (or partially in the case of where the bath once was)...
    • K73
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    • advice needed preparation surface tiling usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  7. T

    Floor preparation for limestone floor

    Hi I am renovating a 1903 detached house, we have had a wall removed between two rooms to crate a L shaped space that will be a kitchen diner. this now makes a rather complicated floor structure that has: 1) a small section of suspended wooden floor, 3m x 1.3m that joins directly to 2)an...
    • Team Webb
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    • floor limestone preparation usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Preparation is Key to Successful Self-leveling

    A good read for new comers to self levelling, terminology is slightly different but easy to understand.. Preparation is Key to Successful Self-leveling Underlayment Use - Feature Articles - TILE Magazine
    • DHTiling
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    • preparation usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  9. D

    floor preparation

    Hi Guys Looked at two bathroom floors tonight main bathroom is part floorboards part 18mm chipboard customer wants ufh and 600 x 600 porcelain ensuite bathroom is 18mm chipboard not sure whether to lay 12mm ply then 6mm hardie then ufh and latex then tile or take up chipboard and floorboards...
  10. S

    Mixed wood/concrete floor preparation

    Hi, firstly I'd like to thank the forum for advice with tiling my bathroom last year....still looks good and no cracks or tiles have fallen off!! I'm now tackling the kitchen floor and would like some input as things are not straight forward... The kitchen is approx 5m x5m. 1/4 of the floor was...
    • Steve Evans
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    • floor preparation usa
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  11. T

    Floor preparation for chipboard in conservatory

    I pulled up the old cracked and loose tiles in my conservatory with a view to re-tiling. Underneath I found a nasty fibreboard tounge and groove type floor, that seem to be about an inch and a half think. It's got all of about 4 nails holding it down that I can see, and movement around the...
    • tim_c
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    • chipboard conservatory floor preparation usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  12. S

    Preparation of tilling subsurface

    I have to lay 18 sq m of 400 x400 ceramic tiles on a kitchen floor. The floor is roughly half concrete screed and half tongue and groove timber. The two sections of floor are level with eachother. Is it best to sheet the whole lot with ply? For the concrete section do I just drill the floor and...
    • snuggles1
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    • preparation usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  13. S

    Best preparation for pink plaster wall that is uneven?

    I will shortly be installing a quadrant shower enclosure in the corner of my bathroom. I have clad one wall with AQUAPANEL which is absolutely flat and level. The other wall is pink bare pink plaster (I sanded off the paint). I was going to simply prime the pink plaster with MAPEI primer G...
    • STEVEROG
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    • best plaster preparation that uneven usa wall
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  14. J

    Travertine in a bathroom - preparation

    Hi I've been looking everywhere for advice about tiling with travertine in a bathroom and the more I read the more confused I get. I want to put travertine in a bathroom, floor to ceiling on the walls and also on the floor. My plan for the walls is: 1. Remove the existing plasterboard on the...
    • johnfrench10
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    • bathroom preparation travertine usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  15. C

    Travertine Floor Tiles Substrate Preparation - Advice Needed Please

    Hi all, I've been asked to tile a Travertine floor which has been prepared as follows by the customer: - 1.) All floorboards removed and replaced (20mm floorboards). 2.) 12mm WBP laid across the floor from wall to wall. Screwed at centre in both directions from 150mm - 250mm (varying across...
    • cr0ft
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    • advice floor floor tiles needed please preparation substrate tile tiles travertine travertine floor usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  16. S

    Preparation

    Hi everyone, Just a quick one, if laying a 18mm plywood floor to be tiled, what do I need to use to prime it ? Is there an 'all-in-one' type one out there ? as I will need to prime plaster and plaster board and probably rendered walls also. Thanks.
    • stu-180
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    • preparation usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  17. D

    Surface preparation

    Hi all. I am new to the forum and newish to tiling. This is a brilliant forum. Just a little confused about surface preparation. I know someone will have an answer to my question. I am tiling ceramic wall tiles (20cm x 25cm) in an en-suite but there are different types of surface: on one...
  18. C

    Brick wall preparation

    Hi, I am plasterboarding a brick wall with dot and dab prior to tiling and the brick wall needs preparation, I am looking to use SBR. Where can I get it from?
    • cooperrmb
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    • brick preparation usa wall
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  19. C

    Tiling preparation for bathroom

    I am about to get my bathroom refurbished and have a few questions with regard to tiling: 1. The bathroom currently has a chipboard floor and carpet over the top. I am getting tiles put down and my fitter has suggested putting tile backer board over the top of the chipboard and tiles on top if I...
  20. F

    Advice for wall preparation.

    Got my 1st job for a chap I used to work with, went to look at it today. The 2 walls that need tiled both have already have tiles on them and the cust has started to take them off taking some of the plasterboard with it, leaving a very uneven wall. What is the best way around this? Get it...
    • fergy7197
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    • advice preparation usa wall
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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