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    Problems with Tiler

    I have just had my kitchen tiled with porcelain tiles it's a 10 sq metre area. He quoted to lift the existing tiles which were not very old and had been expertly laid, but I had the conservatory tiles with porcelain tiles by a different Tiler and it looked lovely so decided to do kitchen as...
    • Gisela
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    • aus find a tiler problems tiler tilers directory usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Floor Problems

    Here's the scenario , new build wet ufh , onto sand cement screed . Anyways painter sprayed walls , and the majority of the floor with overspray , the owner of the house primed the floor with Larsen acrylic primer (neat ) following builders instruction , so now the whole thing has skinned up ...
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    Shower tray tile problems. Any ideas?

    Trying to put right a shower that was badly tiled by someone else. There was a lip on the edge of the shower tray to tile in front of to stop any water going behind it. Instead, they didn't install it against the wall, and have consequently tiled down to the top of it. This means they've then...
    • dingabell
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    • aus ideas problems shower shower tray tile tray usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Delivery problems

    Has any of you chaps had a problem with delivery of tiles and adhesive from CTD now it is coming out of one depot,should of had a delivery of 70 bags of weber couple of weeks ago only 25 turned up,when I ran out had to go to tile gaint to get some ,then should of had the rest yesterday nothing...
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    Problems with multicolored grout (ardex eg8)

    Hi! There isn't any tiling forum in Finland and I found this one. Maybe someone could give me some hints how to get rid of this problem. I just grouted ~10m2 of floor which was tiled with 10x10 light gray porcellanato tiles. Problem is that colour of the grout is varying very much. Variating...
    • fraatti
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    • ardex ardex adhesive aus grout problems tile grout usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Problems with peeling tanking

    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...
    • jonnyc
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    • aus problems tank tanking usa waterproofing wetroom
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    limestone on porcelain backing.Any problems for fixers ??

    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...
    • jonnyc
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    • aus fixers limestone porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles problems usa
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Granfix grouting problems

    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?
    • bizzyboy
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    • adhesive aus granfix grout grouting problems tile grout usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Problems with porcelain tiles cracking

    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...
    • jonnyc
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    • aus crack cracking debonding porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles problems tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Problems dry cutting Grespania tiles

    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.
    • On one
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    • aus cutting dry problems tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Problems with grout not drying on shower floor expert advice needed

    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...
    • Angela_B
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    • advice aus dry drying floor grout needed not problems shower tile grout usa
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Black limestone problems

    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...
    • Ray Robinson
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    • aus black black limestone limestone problems usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Any problems with micromax 2??

    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...
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    Hi all, metal tile grouting and scratch problems?

    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...
    • Vinny
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    • aus grout grouting metal problems tile tile grout usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Rubi ts60 plus breaker problems

    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...
    • casioman
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    • aus problems rubi rubi tile cutter rubi tools tile cutter usa
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Wetroom novice - floor height problems

    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...
    • Jimbohotpants
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    • aus floor height problems tanking usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    First internal corner - problems.

    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 Silicon as you...
    • TIM
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    • aus corner first internal problems usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    White quartz problems ?

    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...
    • Kev chip
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    • aus problems quartz usa white
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Problems with tiling over tiles

    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...
    • PeterH
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    • aus problems tile tiles tiling usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Anyone had problems

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

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