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    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...
  2. L

    Glass Mosaic adhesive choice and surface preperation

    Hi guys Find myself a little stuck and in need of some technical advice. I'm about two thirds through tiling a small bathroom with large format ceramic tiles however I have a vertical feature panel of glass mosaic to install and I'm not certain how to proceed. Mosaic are blue glass...
  3. M

    bathroom job any advice, tips, tricks appreciated

    Bathrrom getting ripoed out everything except the bath with two internal walls and two external. Plan is to rip out old tiles,take wallpaper off plus any plaster left behind it and board all walls with marmox multiboards and seal joints on boards around bath area with their waterproof tape...
    • MAK_Tiling
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    • advice bathroom job jobs marmox preperation tiles tiling job tiling jobs tiling work tips work
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  4. M

    Bathroom Floor

    Hi Guys, Wanted to run past the intended process for a bathroom floor project.. First floor bathroom, 1930s house, will be UFH with Porcelain tile. Floor boards need to be ripped up to sort out the plumbing. Replace with 18mm PLY, glue, screw and prime 6mm Insulation board, with adhesive...
  5. S

    Floor Preperation Advice

    Hi guys apologies if its posted in the wrong forum, I'm after a bit of advice i'm in the process of opening conservatory up into new kitchen/diner & having same tiles right through, the conservatory has got an existing ceramic tiled floor, which is slightly lower than kitchen/diner, the question...
  6. C

    preperation for tiling a step external step

    1 remove tiles 2 clean and make smooth could some one fill the rest in do i screed and could you recommend a adhesive the step is 7ft long and 1.5 wide thanks all j,g
    • celticman1956
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    • canada external preperation step tiling
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Bathroom Mosaic Glass Splash Back Preparation Advice

    See photo... is this standard preparation for a mosaic glass splash back in the bathroom? The wall was freshly painted. Will this need now to be skimmed or can the tiles be applied immediately to this surface with some good adhesive? Is a mesh of some sort required for alignment? The tiles...
    • tom8080
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    • advice back bathroom canada clips glass lash lash clips mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics preparation preperation spacer tile wedges wedges
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  8. aussie tiling

    floor preperation companies manchester

    Hi guys l seen somewhere on here about a company in bury that does floor prep ( Take old tiles up and scrape adhesive off) any info would be appreciated. Thanks Dave
  9. mma

    Floor preperation advice

    I've got to build up a floor at home ASAP, as a new kitchen is being delivered on Friday, and it needs to be tiled before then. Issue is that the floor runs out 40mm so was thinking about using 40mm insulated boards. My usual tile place only stock up to 20mm. So, any other options? Or where can...
    • mma
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    • advice canada floor floor tiling prep preperation
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  10. J

    T&G boards tiling on top of????

    hello, ive got a job coming up and there could be a deal with the step at the entrance of the wet room. ive looked in tilemaster product guide and it says you can tile on top t&g boards after priming with prime+grip primer. Has anyone done this before??
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    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
  12. S

    Measuring Screed Humidity

    I have posted on here a while back about my undefloor heating project. I now finally have a floor again :) I have had a liquid screed laid, Gylvon Thermio+ at a minumum thickness of 36mm and a maximum of 52mm, average was 48mm. Video of it going down here screed.mp4 -...
    • Swindiff
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    • canada floor liquid screed preperation screed
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. R

    Preperation of concrete screed for Porcelain tiles outside

    Hi, I am looking for some advice on a couple of questions. I have set down a concrete screed for the installation of some Porcelain tiles, the screed only went down yesterday so the first question is how long do I need to wait to begin tiling and do I need to do anything else to the screed...
    • ReeceT
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    • concrete outdoor outside porceain porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles preperation screed tile tile adhesive tiles
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Tile Adhesive and Grout Advice
  14. G

    Wall Preperation

    Hi All I took your advice and bought a big clinker tile cutter thanks, could anybody advise what I need to do to prep my bathroom walls ready for fitting porcelain tiles, the walls around the bath and sink were tiled with ceramic tiles which I have removed and cleaned off the adhesive and the...
    • gulliver
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    • canada porceain preperation wall
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. S

    Mosaic Floor

    I started a 60x60 kitchen floor today in a new build and have to quote for the bathroom and 2 ensuite floors which are all going to be in mosaics. My question is, these are going onto chipboard flooring and what would you recommend to use preparing it to maintain a flat finish to tile onto...
    • Stocks Tiles
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    • canada floor floor tiling mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics preperation
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  16. T

    Damp Bathroom Walls

    Scenario: Very old terraced house - downstairs bathroom - brick walls - bonded and plastered (about 15 years ago it was completely stripped and redone) - damp coming through from outside - mould behind the tiles and in the plaster - tiles fall off - needs re-tiling Damp problem has not yet...
    • Tile Shop
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    • aus bathroom damp preperation wall walls
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  17. D

    wall preperation

    So today i went to have a look at another splash back job, the walls are bowing in like a banana. Would you build it out and trowel flat or would you prime it and then build the adhesive up on each tile or if different please share your method And also do yous tile walls plumb? Or tile the...
  18. area tiling

    Calcium sulphate screed preperation

    this will be my first time fixing porcelain 900 x 900 tiles onto a calcium poured screed , with under floor heating , the screed was laid in feb and is getting tested next week by the screed contractors! now my main concerns is getting the prep work correct - *floors are completely dry *remove...
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    Advice on correct preperation for asphalt floor, (Pics Included)

    Hi, we are wanting to ceramic tile our kitchen floor, i took all the old vinyl tiles up and was left with what you see, quite a thin layer of asphelt/bitumen and it appears to be dry (not tacky or sticky or anything) sitting on a 50-70mm sandy floor screed (i don't want to try and remove the...
    • Makken
    • Thread
    • advice asphalt aus floor floor tiling preperation usa
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  20. T

    Kitchen splashback preperation, priming and adhesive advice required.

    Hi All, I will shortly be tiling a splash back around the perimeter of my kitchen using 50mm x 400mm ceramic tiles (8mm thick) upto a height of 200mm from the worktop. The walls are plaster skim over render in good condition but with a very slight dip over a short distance and are painted with...
    • Tracser
    • Thread
    • adhesive advice aus bathroom clips kitchen lash lash clips preperation priming required spacer splashback tile adhesive tile wedges usa wedges
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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