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  1. R

    Preparing wall for re tile

    Hi am re tiling kitchen and want some ideas as to what’s best to repair the walls after Remiving the tiles from what i say is plaster board with a skim coat . Will be doing the splash back next to hob so it could get quite warm ans I see thistle one coat suggested no hotter than 50 degrees...
  2. D

    Preparing a Brick Wall for Tiling

    Hi, I'm retiling the walls in the pictures which is a shower above a bath - one wall is stripped back to the bare brick and the other is back to the plaster, which is sound. To prepare the brick wall, I'm thinking of using a 6mm hardie backer - they recommend a grab adhesive but would anyone...
  3. B

    Preparing wall - am I on the right track?

    Hello all - recent joiner and past lurker. Having given up trying to find tilers for my kitchen walls (job too small and tilers not turning up) I am having to do it myself. Removing old tiles has revealed patchy walls that I will need to skim. The window area looks worse. Please refer to the...
  4. Smith1930s

    Preparing concrete path for tile

    Hi everyone, I'm a competent DIYer and have tiled a couple of bathrooms and recently my kitchen. They've all come out very well - however, I have a friend that wants me to tile their path and I'm not sure which course of action to take in preparing it. You can see in the photo that it has...
  5. M

    Preparing wall pre-tile

    Hi All I am performing a repair job in the bath tub and took off a few tiles. The previous builder tiled straight onto the old tiles without taking them off. I thought they would fall off but it's been 9 years and they have held on. Anyway, I have removed most of any remaining tile adhesive...
  6. A

    Preparing for tiles

    Hi, I'm getting a lot of mixed advice and was wondering what the right thing for long lasting tiles. The old tiles have all been removed and trying to arrange the walls for the new tiles. The tiler has said he will tile straight onto the wall, the builder is saying plaster and the electrician...
  7. L

    Preparation

    Preparation Hi I’m looking to tile my bathroom and I’m just wondering if I can tile straight onto these walls once I scrape off the loose adhesive and plaster or does it need to be rebounded? Also I’m tiling the whole way up do I need to remove the emulsion paint it seems stuck well to the...
  8. D

    Preparing wall to tile

    Hi all, new to the forum and looking for a bit of advice. I’ve stripped out an old bathroom and I’m getting the walls prepared for our tiler to come in. there is one section that I don’t want to remove if I don’t have too and I’m hoping the tiler would be able to tile over? So my question is...
  9. E

    Poor preparation for shower wall tiling?

    Who is at fault here? Our builders built a stud wall and secured backer board to it. Our tiler then proceeded to tile onto it. We had multiple tiles crack along one vertical line where the two backer boards met. Upon removing tiles, one backer board was only secured with 6 screws and there were...
    • emilytwaite
    • Thread
    • former preparation preparing shower shower tray stud tiling wall wall tiling wetroom
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  10. R

    Preparing a thermoplastic tiled floor

    First of all, I'm sure this question has been asked a thousand times so apologies in advance! A little info: I've just moved into a 1950's bungalow and have got 3 rooms plus a hallway which appear to have the red/brown thermoplastic floor tiles laid with a bitumen adhesive. Just from a bit of...
  11. B

    Preparing tiles for Silicon

    After some 18 months much of the the Silicon has let go from where my cut tiles meet the shower tray. From what I have gleaned from this forum I am beginning to suspect that the professional tiler did not seal the cut edges of the tiles before applying Silicon... I have cut out the old...
  12. H

    Preparing a painted wall for tiling

    Hi guys. I’m after a bit of advice on how to prepare my kitchen wall for a splashback that I’m doing in 200x100 bevelled metro tile. I battened and plasterboarded the wall and freshly skimmed it around 18 months ago. It’s also painted with Matt emulsion. What are you opinions on how I should...
  13. stratford_noob

    Preparing walls for porcelain tiles

    Hello, I would start wit ha little back story. We've both a house where the main bathroom begged for renovation, however we didn't have the dime, so we've decided to get it slowly. The bathroom was half tiles and half wallpaper. In the supper I've removed the wallpaper, re-skimmed the walls and...
  14. Dan Fitchie

    Preparing uneven concrete floor for tiling

    Hi, I have a small roughly 1 metre square porch area that we would like to put tile down on and am just looking for some advice as the area isn't without problems. The area is concrete which has quite the slope - between the bottom of the wooden step in the foreground of the image attached and...
  15. P

    Preparing floor for tiling after relocating plumbing

    Hello everyone! I am desperately trying to come up with an idea how to repair bathroom and kitchen floor. Floor slab on the ground floor in our house was constructed 10 years ago, finished with 4cm screed and prepared for tiles/hardwood flooring. We only had our windows installed and it was...
    • pzif
    • Thread
    • canada cracks floor floor tiling plumbing preparing screed tiling
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  16. E

    Preparing floor for Lino

    Hey guys, Sorry, not tiles, but I'm going to fit some lino in the bathroom. I've straightened the floor with 6mm plywood. Do I need to worry about the seams between plywood sheets? I dont want these to be visible above the lino. How do I fill the gaps around the toilet and sink pedestal etc...
  17. J

    Do you guys feel that the majority of customers overlook how important it is to prepare substrates?

    I foolishly agreed to take on a job without going to look at it first for my brother in law who works as a handy man mainly for a lettings company. He does various work like joinery, painting, wallapering, tiling etc. I turned up at the job to find this: I told him I wouldn't be able to do it...
  18. D

    Advice/clarification needed on preparing walls prior to tiling.

    Hi everyone, I need some clarification on wall prep before I begin tiling. I have tiled three rooms before over the years, but didn’t realise how much of a Pandora’s box tiling the bathroom would be! I have been looking on this forum for answers for a couple of weeks, there are lots of very...
    • Donna1971
    • Thread
    • canada needed preparing tiling wall walls
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. J

    Preparing substrates for tiling

    As a new member , what guidelines does everyone refer to when preparing substrates and walls for tiling. There appears to be many different opinions regarding when to use cement boards or schluter . What height difference would necessitate a floor levelling compound vs just flattening with adhesive
  20. E

    Preparing a chipboard floor

    Sorry for what is probably a repetitive question but my search hasn’t found what I want….. I’m replacing my bathroom which will include tiling the walls and floor with 300x500mm ceramic tiles. The existing floor is chipboard, only around 3 m2 in an L shape. So plan on screwing it to the...
    • earlm
    • Thread
    • canada chipboard floor floor tiling preparing
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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