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    Mapei kerpoxy problem

    Hi all i did job last year it was about 100 metres of 600x600 porcelain from porcelanosa in a house which was open plan and big rooms the customer wanted light grout which I tried to warn him could discolour so he bought maple kerpoxygrout and paid over £200 for it. I know the client very well...
  2. B

    Problem with offset window

    Hi. Very new to this forum but desperately need advice from experienced tilers. I am about to tile my bathroom and a wall with a small, thin offset window. I have taken advice and have tried to centre the tiles on the window but neither option for centering seem to work. From centre tile the...
    • Bgudge3555
    • Thread
    • aus problem usa window
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  3. J

    Problem with Jura blue/grey limestone

    Just fixed a 60 sq mts floor Jura blue and after twelve days drying stone has a cloudy/patchy background which client does not like .done a wexa scrub and got lighter but not completely gone.used rapid set . Not sure what more I can do. I have had this problem before and think it is mineral...
    • jonnyc
    • Thread
    • aus limestone problem usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  4. M

    Pinwheel / Hopscotch pattern, slippage problem

    Hi I am trying to install these tiles on my bathroom floor. They are laid out in a pinwheel pattern. As you can see from the pictures, there are some "slippage", which ends up with double width grout lines at regular intervals. The large tiles are 20cm x 20cm, and the small tiles are 10cm x...
    • mattisf
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    • aus lippage pattern problem usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  5. S

    Ceramic floor tiles and plywood problem

    Hi I had ceramic floor tiles fitted 4 years ago by a bathroom installer in the main bathroom. The ceramic floor tiles are on 6mm plywood, fitted over the original chipboard flooring. I want to fit new ceramic floor tiles now. If I remove the tiles and adhesive, can I lay 15mm plywood...
    • Speedoman
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    • aus ceramic ceramic tile floor floor tiles plywood problem tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  6. G

    Tilemaster Ultimate problem !

    Tiled my floor today and used a part bag of Ultimate for the 1st row. Then I used what else I had to finish the rest of the floor . This was about 9.30am ....the other adhesive has set but the Ultimate is still wet !!! Anyone else had issues lately ?
    • Gazzer
    • Thread
    • adhesive aus grout problem tilemaster tilemaster adhesive usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  7. H

    Big clinker and porcelain tiles problem

    Hello, After a bit of help and advise please. I've used the clinker before to cut porcelain tiles and it handled then no problems, nice clean breaks. This time around the tile is denser, I've got to score slighter harder resulting in chips to the glaze here and there. Then when it's...
    • Hlm
    • Thread
    • aus big porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles problem tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  8. J

    possible problem with Topp Fix

    Hi all. I have just been back to a house where i have installed a full bathroom and ensuite in Durham. Jobs were completed a year ago. The issue is that in both rooms the floor tiles have come completely loose and grout has cracked. Both rooms have 12mm ply screwed at approx 150mm centres...
    • john anderson
    • Thread
    • aus fix problem usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. Z

    Problem with Rubi - is it cutter or blade?

    Hi I just bought a Rubi DU-200-L-BL tile cutter with a standard blade and also bought a Rubi CPC 200 blade with it to cut travertine. The standard blade works fine but when I fitted the CPC 200 it wedges against the guard and won't turn. I took the blade out and measured it and it is 204mm not...
  10. D

    Erbauer Cutting Problem

    I know I should not have bought a cheap end wet cutter, but I am doing a one off job of 50 sq metres and I have been very pleased with it so far and I am now almost finished. I purchased a Rubi Diamond blade for it. Cutting 60cm x 60cm Porcelain Floor Tiles. I am using the guide setup on the...
  11. P

    Honed limestone weathered banding problem

    Hi, I'm new here, of course I've pitched up because I have a problem, see the attached photo. The tiles are random length Limestone Jura Mix. The banding appears to be due to the ends of the longer tiles (stacked vertically) being exposed to the elements during storage. The tiles are now laid...
    • philbur
    • Thread
    • aus limestone problem usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  12. J

    porcelain tile problem

    hi all newbie here. I have tiled my kitchen floor with topps tiles Q-rock black tiles 60 x 30. Grouted it, washed down several times about 5. all with clean water, got a washboy aswell, polished them up looked great. Got up next day looked horrible grey film all over them and grout in the...
    • jthorne82
    • Thread
    • aus porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles problem tile usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. S

    the problem with all these new inventions

    is that i have no space left in the van and no energy left after lugging all my gear up a flight of stairs
    • stephenoneill
    • Thread
    • aus new build problem usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  14. D

    Problem solved ????

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  15. M

    bath problem....

    my mom is going to be having her bathroom tiled soon. been down for bbq today and noticed the bath doesn't fully meet the one side of the wall... how do I get over this so that the tiles will come from above the bath? does the wall need studding out? cheers
  16. R

    Grout problem. Advice needed please

    Good afternoon. Just been to look at a job and it appears that there is a problem that has occurred in the shower area the customer had the bathroom re done about 6 months ago using 600 x 300 a light coloured gres porcellanato tile on the walls. In the shower cubicle there's been problem...
    • rj1884
    • Thread
    • advice aus grout needed please problem tile grout usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  17. G

    Shower Tiling problem

    Some help please: I have had a loft conversion done, including a shower, which was tiled. The rear wall of the shower was, I believe, made of 2 sheets of marine ply with a horizontal join about 1m up. So far as I know, the tiles were fixed straight onto this. There is now a perfectly straight...
    • Grahamc1
    • Thread
    • aus problem shower tiling usa
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  18. Andy Allen

    got a problem with the forum..

    for a few weeks now I can't get the return key to work on the forum to start a new paragraph, it works fine when sending emails, and on other forums, and I still can't upload any pic's for some reason, .....anyone got any ideas what the problem could be...
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    Problem with quartz tiles

    I tiled pink quartz tiles and the customer asked for black grout,Topps said to check it on a tile as black grout might stain it,I did check and it did stain it,so I sealed them all as instructed left it 24 hours and checked it again.still the same but the customer insisted that I just grout them...
  20. H

    Problem with Bal APD skimming/peeling on skimmed plaster

    Hello - first post here but first thanks for all the great info I've gained as a lurking guest :-) Having successfully tiled our ensuite a few years back I'm now tackling the bathroom. I've put two coats of neat Bal APD on the plaster skim as per the instructions. I thought it had gone OK but...
    • hitthenorth
    • Thread
    • adhesive aus bal bal adhesive building adhesives grout plaster problem usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice

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