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    Wet Room Problem - Grouting

    As a newbie to a Wet Room I have just inherited I am hoping you can help me. I have a 2/3 Bar shower and its blasting the grout out between the tiles. I patiently got all the grout out using a dremel directly under the shower head . Left for a week to make sure it was dry, re grouted with BAL...
    • plug_it_in
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    • aus grout grouting problem room tile grout usa wet wet room
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    problem with micromax grout

    Hi there i am a tiler just done a bathroom in porcelain tiles and grouted with micromax pebble grout and just got a phone call from customer saying the grout is discoloured and patchy looking, is this just salts or calcium coming out ?
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    Floorboard preparation problem - need help

    Hi guys I have a quite common question but maybe I could get a precise answer to few questions. Im looking at tiling hall and kitchen in 1950? semi-detached. Hall and half a kitchen got floorboards and the other half concrete. So I would like to do a good job with sub floor preps and here arise...
    • lukio2011
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    • aus floor floor tiling help preparation problem usa
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  4. J

    Help! Grout and Silicon problem - bathroom just retiled

    Hello, I had my bathroom retiled a couple of weeks ago. Floors were tiled with large square grey tiles with white grout and walls with white brick tiles with grey grout. There are a couple of problems with the work the tiler did: - The grout on the floor tiles has already cracked (hairline...
    • jambourie
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    • aus bathroom grout help just problem silicone tile grout usa
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  5. C

    Problem which needs (paid) help from experienced professional tiler

    Hi, I'm a building contractor based in South East London. A bathroom that we recently installed has a problem which our tilers can't solve. I'm wondering if anyone here can help - or point me in the right direction for someone who can. We need help from a seasoned professional who has...
    • chrisvb
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    • aus experienced find a tiler help problem professional tiler tilers directory usa which
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  6. S

    electric tile cutter problem

    Hi all my power craft electric tile cutter wont cut the tiles ...does it need a new blade. It has being cutting them up to today. I see some sparks coming from it, any suggestions...
  7. AliGage

    Can anyone spot a problem?

    Looking at the pictures below, does anyone see any issues, faults, problems with the floor tiling. I don't think image 5 has taken too kindly to being resized, and please ignore the dust. But other than that, anything jump out at you?
  8. B

    grouting problem

    new tiles laid down - still after 2 months brownish colour coming off on trousers of baby crawling even though i had washed floors - finally found out that if you wiped grouting with white damp cloth it changed to brown. SPecialist from tile shop came said the tiler had added too much water...
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    Problem: Tiling on wooden floors

    Hi guys, Advise would be appreciated- Tiling on 22mm chipboard, over-plyed with 9mm boards, with 1 part adhesive but some tiles appear to be de-bonding. Some slight movement in the floor, would a 6mm cement board help this? Or any other suggestions? thanks
    • Daniel A
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    • aus floor floor tiling floors problem tiling usa wooden
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  10. J

    Sheera multi slate PROBLEM

    hI Can someone please advise me please . My tiler has put two coats of MATT LTP sealercolour intensifier in the slate . The whole floor is complete with two coats of the LTP sealer and colour intesifier .I Expected the LTP LTP Colour Intensifier & stain-block to bring out a more gloss wet look...
  11. D

    OK small problem

    I will be tiling a swimming pool soon that has 600x600 tiles from the top of the pool wall's then 900 down from them mosaic ,how can i fix a wooden batten to support the 600x600 's and not puncture the tanking ? any good ideas please guys :thumbsup:
  12. J

    Urgent help - tile trim problem

    our tiler has left a 30mm gap on front of the french doors after completing the marble floor tiling. please can anyone advice an idea to get around this issue?. The french door is 2.4m wide and have mouldings in three places along the door joints. the trims i found on the internet are not wide...
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    Underfloor heating problem fixed!!!!!

    A while ago i posted here saying that i'd had an underfloor heating job fail. I laid two mats under a limestone floor both myself and the sparky checked and it appeared everything was fine. After the installation was complete the customer said only one part of the floor warmed up, oh dear i...
    • bugs183
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    • aus floor floor tiling heating problem ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Swimming pool tiling problem

    I wonder what this is all about then ? Opening of new Cannock swimming pool postponed due to fault « Express & Star
    • Gazzer
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    • aus pool problem swimming swimming pool tanking tiling usa
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  15. J

    grouting problem with embossed tiles

    I am in the process of tiling a bathroom with large tiles 750 x 250 and found that I cannot grout them by conventional methods as they have a rippled surface, grout will not go to the bottom of the groove as I cannot use a squeegee ? it dries with holes etc. I have enentually found a way using...
    • john burley
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    • aus grout grouting problem tile tile grout tiles usa
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  16. C

    substrate problem

    Went to view a job today, a hallway 6m x 1.6m. Substrate is standard floor boards. Generally I'd reinforce any areas of deflection, over board with ply, primed of course, followed by hardi backer then tile. This particular one has two single boards that need replaced to eliminate...
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    Porcelain tile problem

    Hello, been to see a job, where owner has laid polished black porcelain floor tiles, grouted but apparently no sealer at all, so there's a 'smeary' look to the tiles, owner says he's tried stone cleaner and hefty concentrated floor cleaner, which has brought it up a little but not enough. I've...
    • adzm124
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    • aus porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles problem tile usa
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  18. J

    Encaustic Tile Problem

    Hi All, I'm looking for some advice please. I went and saw a potential customer last night who has a Fired Earth encaustic floor laid in her hallway (Grau - Encaustic - Wall & Floor Tiles | Fired Earth). Approx 8 sq metres. The floor has been down about 2 years (not my work) and in my opinion...
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    Problem with nicobond quickflex

    is anybody having problems with quickflex going off too quick (not out of date adhesive or too hot) We are having problems on plaster & ply
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    HELP Outdoor water feature slate tile problem

    Pic attached. I have built a water feature from concrete block and skim rendered them to seal. I used swimming pool tile adhesive to fix the slate tiles (8" by 18"). Some have water running over them slightly but the rest are on the outside of the feature. My problem is that the slate tiles...
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