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Just been using two different tanking kits. both on to plastered walls. first one was Mira 4180 primed as per instructions on to dry Plaster Left to dry overnight . Next day applied two coats Mira multi coat.following day tanking looks fine but if you geta scraper under it you can peel tanking...

I have seen this limestone on porcelain backing at stone shows before but first time i have been asked to fix. got 4 nice sized bathrooms floor to ceiling. i have no issue cutting the the tiles even though through two different materials. but it has struck me that i may have problems with the...

Just used Granfix Jasmin for grouting - some of the grouting is now darker than other areas. Grouting completed a week ago. If I splash water on the tiles, the grouting goes dark and eventually will go light again. Has anyone got any idea why this is happening?

Doing a master bathroom with 600 x600 porcelain tiles. having a problem with tiles cracking either during process of doing a rectangular cut out for push flush or even days after fixed. this has happened before with others tiles but not all porcelain. cutting with a good quality blade . maybe...

As above.....every cut today has either snapped while scoring/sheared offline or wouldn't snap at all, and I still have another 2 days worth left!. Any ideas....forgot to write the name of the tile down but they are 60x30 Grespania beige,textured matt glazed porcelain tiles.

Hi, Two months ago we got our bathroom completely revamped. We have the impey wet room system, and travertine tiles. In the shower area we have travertine mosaics on the floor. Everything was fine for about three weeks, then small patches of the grout appeared darker. Eventually the dark...

I have recently had a large patio area laid in black limestone. The builders left it a mess but we decided to clean (soap & water) it ourselves and seal it. It took a lot of work cleaning and we used a Karcher. We then coated it with a sealer, following the instructions in dry weather...

Has anyone else had problems with the micromax 2? i used it on a job last week and i got the pebble as the sample card was the closest match to the tile but when it was mixed it was a very dark brown, almost chocolate so i mixed some white in to see if i could get the colour right and although i...

Hi, iv only just become a member and was wondering if anybody had any experience in using metal tiles? I am tiling curved walls around a jacuzzi in metal mosaics. They are very, very easily scratched! I need to keep my hands permanently clean as any adhesive on my hands scratch them! I need to...

Hi, can anyone help here? I have Rubi ts60 that is breaking tiles around the breaker area on whole tile cuts only. This machine is new to me but second hand and seemed to work fine on test. I am new to tiling so I'm not sure if this is an equipment failure or user error? The tiles were 400 x 250...

Hi all, I'm new to this wetroom game, and indeed the tiling game, so please go easy on me! My problem is this: I have a Victorian house with old, gappy floorboards of approx. 20mm thickness. My original plan was to remove these entirely and lay 18mm exterior ply, then 10mm Orbry backer...

Hi peeps, this is my first diy tile job in a small box room of the kitchen. I have started on the main wall as you go into the room, I used a straight starting baton and have tiled outwards and have now got to first internal corner. So I cut the edge tiles leaving a gap for the silicone as you...

Hi there new to this site and wondered if anyone could help me with a problem I have with 60x60 white quartz tiles ? They have been layed for about 4weeks with no problems but last week one lifted on one corner and on closer inspection several of the tiles have bowed up and broke away from...

Hi, I'm after some advice from professional tilers after encountering problems with the new house I bought new from developers just over 2 years ago. I noticed some rust coloured stains on the mosaic strip in my bath/shower. I sprayed with flash and scrubbed lightly with a nail brush and...

Hi all, has anyone had problems with granfix or norcross tile adhesives gray or white rapid set.

Hi All I finished a basalt floor with lithofin stain stop plus. I used "Hard Surface Floor Protector" (Tacky backed plastic sheeting) to cover the floor while various bits and pieces were finished off. I have just taken the floor protector up - to find it has marked the floor badly with the...

my right knee as swollen right up , can feel fluid on it , any body else with same prob, what are my options can i get it drained off, stopping work is not a option this time of year, do i soldier on untill new year

Hi Every one Have people been having problems with a company called ten alps publishing who promis and deliver 0 but demans for money. CliveWf1

I've never had problems uploading pictures before but for some reason tonight I keep getting a system message saying Exceeds your quota by 51KB (for example) Any ideas??? all photos are resized and are way below maximum allowed size.

Hi All, I have for the past 24 hours getting to grips with a lot of issues with regard to tiling and how a job in my home has gone a wee bit wrong. So the story begins with a total bathroom refit. Quotes gathered picked the best company and the job commenced. The room was a bare room with...