I moved into a refurbished house and after about a year had water coming through tye ceiling into the kitchen. Eventually traced it to a shower cublicle above. The silocone seal round tray where it meets the tiles seemed OK. But when I prodded it it was wet inside and all came away. I'm now...
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hi, sorry i couldn't work out how to start a new thread so i've tagged on the end of this one. Every time i use a coloured wall grout (limestione for example) all the joints are uniform in colour and shading but the joint to the ceiling is always alot darker. this has happened with lots of...
I'm having problems putting up travertine mosaics the sheets measure 305mmx 305mm each idividual tile is 48mmx48mm and 10mm thick. I'm using a 4mm square notch trowel and normal set time adhesive, should the trowel notch be smaller. The weight of the mosaics is making them move and all the grout...
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To cut a long story short we had a travertine floor laid about 3 years ago and after about 6 months small holes started to appear in some of the tiles (about 2-3 mm in dia) the suppliers came back numerous times to fill and re-seal and they did say that they had had numerous call backs...
Tile Style: Mosaic
Tile Material: Glass
Substrata: Cement Board on brick, Cement Board on Timber stud wall
Grout: The tiler said he has used swimming pool grout (what ever that mean)
I recently had a shower installed. I have had a lot of trouble with the tiles. I’m just about to...
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We carried out a renovation on a period house 4 years ago. There was a prime contractor supervised by our architect. A travertine floor was laid over chipboard flooring beneath which there is underfloor heating. About eighteen months after moving in a few hairline cracks appeared. Our...
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I've a problem patch of tiling where the grouting just does not want to stick. It's in my shower and when the grouting falls off, I leave the shower area to dry for a couple of days, grout and then leave to dry for a couple of days. After the first shower the grout starts to fall out...
Any computer whizz know whats up with my printer?
It is an epson stylus s20, only 3 months old with epson cartridges.
All colours come out wrong, green is yellow, red is pinkish, etc.
I have tried taking the cartridges out and reloading them, I have also ran the print set up and cleaned the...
A mate told me about theis, thought i would pass it on.
It can be used to report a fair list of council related actions from abandoned vehicles to litter, potholes, signage and a few more
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What I like about it is that you get an interactive map to which you pinpoint the location of...
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I'm retiling my bathroom and would appreciate some advice about the preparation needed.
The bathroom has been partially tiled in the past and I am now wanting to tile the whole thing. On the previously tiled areas some of the plaster came away when the old tiles were removed so there is a...
Hi, would appreciate some advice on a recent problem ive encountered when tiling someones en suite. The customer came back with a complaint that the grout was not flush with the tiles, and as it was a bathroom, it should be. I was never told this when trained. Has anyone come across this...
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Every 4 weeks my mrs turns into Godzilla wiva hangover.
She goes through the bad tempered stage, violent stage, argumentative stage and finishes off wiv the emotional stage.
When i piont this cycle out out to her she tells me that im and arse and that i don't know just how lucky i am to have...
This post is intended to be helpful and is not aimed at anyone in particular.
All too often there are posts on this forum from various people who have problems of varying degrees from grout residue, dirt, white marks etc etc.
They usually start with "I have this problem and I have tried LTP...
Last Thursday I had a problem with Ultra's RS flexible white, it was setting in the bucket after about 10 minutes, I did two mixes and had the same problem both times. After phoning their tech department and speaking with their national sales manager they agreed to make some enquires. I got a...
I am hoping that some one over there with some more experience with the PCI-"NANOLIGHT" specifically can advise if they are experiencing any problems with the product.
We have stocked and sold the product here in Oz for about 2 years and all seemed to be going very well with great acceptance...
How i solve the height problems with over boarding find myself a nice peace of oak or whatever matches
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I have the 36kg 5KVA transformer and recently its been tripping out every 10 mins after the first 30 mins of work, and was woundering if i needed to replace the transformer or do i need to purchase a new part/ trip switch ?
and get a sparky to replace item? is there any electricans here that...
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can anyone help with this problem, since I downloaded "flash" I have had constant problems,
I cant view any videos that are on this site, they are just green boxes.
If someone has an email address added one any site and I click on it I get the message "cant access because the mail default...