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    Polycell "3in1 Problem Wall Primer"

    I have a wall that I think is plasterboard, not sure as I am not used to the materials here in the UK. It has a layer of paper and below that there is some crumbly stuff. In the kitchen I removed the tiles and it did came off quite nicely :hurray: Now I want to re-tile the area and I was told to...
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    computer problem

    Hi guys yep i have a small prob, you know when you are going to e-mail or sighn-in well the boxes you do this in have gone black and you cant see what you are typing i'am on a macbook laptop i think i have accidentally changed a setting any help would be very gratefully received :thumbsup:
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    Problem with Wundafloor panels, primer and screed

    Hoping someone can help me with a question. We have laid Wundafloor heating panels onto an existing solid floor. Their installation instructions are here: Install floor heating using overfloor panels The panels have an aluminium coating to the top surface, we are planning to put white marble...
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    A tale of woe, sourcing problem

    Hello everyone, Long time lurker, first time poster. A brief introduction to the problem. Some 18 months ago we had the Lone Ranger fix up our bathroom which including tiling the lot. The process was painful and it took 7 weeks to get him out of the place. I won't bore you with the details...
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    Problem drilling hard tiles

    Hello, we're in the middle of tiling our bathroom my partner and I, and we are having problems drilling holes in the very hard tiles. Can anyone suggest something that might work. I think the tiles are porcelain, and we need to drill 15mm, 22mm, 8mm and 40mm holes for pipes and other things...
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    Problem with white silicon seal - parts of it have turned pink!

    Can anyone on this forum please help? Part of the beautiful white silicon seal around my bath has turned pink! Can anyone suggest what I could do to remedy this, short of replacing the seal (which I'm loathe to do since its only 2 months old). Any helpful suggestions would be gratefully received.
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    g-mat problem

    Hello Tilers, i often visit this site in search of info but dont often post, i have a problem with genesis g-matting, i have just read some posts on another tiling forum about gmat faliure as i did over 200m jan2011 in two houses for a builder and have had to go back several times mainly the...
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    I have a Problem

    Thank you all so much for your help with tiling questions in the past. I now need advice on a Painting issue, it is probably simple but i just dont know how to take off a Paint Roller Sleeve & replace it with a new one. Does anyone know how i can get the old Sleeve off, does it slide off & the...
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    Housie says hi - another member another problem hop you can help

    :hurray:
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    could the substrate be the problem?

    Is there anyway that an anhydrated screed could have been installed incorectally to make a limestone floor fail (Im not saying the screed is to blame) it has underfloor heating wet system, schutler ditra has been used. Cant find the original post but a homeowner from exeter originally posted...
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    UFH Heat problem with marble floor

    Ive recently put in a warm up underfloor heating system and marbel tiled floor in my bathroom everything is working fine but the tiles dont hold any heat just let it in to the room is there anything i can do to reduce the heat loss. I havent yet sealed them will this make any difference thanks
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    Corner trim problem - stats just don't add up!!! HELP!!!

    Hi, My tiler has spent over an hour trying to fix a corner trim to a concealed toilet box he built. He has a problem aligning the corner trim to the 4 other pieces that is inter-related. I have attached a photo - using the tile corner trim, aligning it to the left edge trim and the bottom trim...
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    Possible adhesive problem... advice needed

    Hi all, first post, great site :thumbsup: Picked up a lot of useful tips on here that have enabled me to successfully (touch wood) tile my bathroom walls and so feeling full of beans decided to have a go at the floor. Starting to regret it... A bit of info: The floor is screed with black...
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    Problem with Lime Scale on Tiles

    Hello, Does anyone have any ideal how i can stop Limescale leaving nasty water marks on my tiles? I live in a very Hardwater area and all around my shower enclosure it looks grubby and no matter how much scrubbing it wont come off. Any advice would be great! Cheers.
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    Vitrex Pro 900 pump problem

    I've got a Vitrex 900 Pro bridge saw and it's worked brilliantly for me so far but i'm having a problem with the pump. There is water coming through but it only seems to be about half the amount. This started after be turning it back on in the middle of some cutting. I've cleaned the reservior...
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    Rplacing shower tiles now face a big problem

    Hi all Right i have a big problem... I have taken 9 tiles of the side of the bath without damaging the other tiles.. I doing this because the tiles were lose and grout was crack and have been for about 2 years.. this is where i find myself being an idot for leaving it too long.. the...
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    wall problem

    heres what i have. presently working on a job and to be honest not the best one to do in the world but what can you do.. anyway.. i have this wall to do in a kitchen, thought it looked damp the customer agreed so i have removed all the plaster right down to the bare brick.sure enough the wall...
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    solution to a wet room problem

    hi all hope we are all enjoying the xmas break went and looked at a problem wet room before xmas,main problem was it wasnt a wetroom as such as it wasnt tanked ? i stripped back the tiles ,which were on ufh ,on waterproof eco chipboard, no overboarding ,and no tanking,shower tray with mosaics to...
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    Problem with concrete floor build height

    Hi guys new on here so sorry if someone has already asked this question before! So here goes.... I am building a conservatory a 11m2 well insulated concrete floor. I need to build the floor up for tiling and I'm fitting electric 200watt ufh. I have about 50mm to build and want it done...
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    Window frame problem...

    A few years ago I went to look at a job for a friend of a friend. I ended up not doing it for one reason or another but I remember a problem I would have had with the job and thought I'd ask whilst I was thinking about it. He wanted big format tiles that were quite thick on his bathroom walls...

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