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    cleaning quarry tiles?

    hi all, i've recently moved into my new house which has a red quarry tiled floor in the kitchen and dining room. I really want to give the tiles a good clean because they look a bit dirty, especially the grout lines. Can anyone advise me on the correct products to use and the best method for...
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    Tiling a porch with quarry tiles

    Hi, Im Tiling a porch with quarry tiles any do and donts? Im tiling onto a flat concrete base. Using flexible rapid set concrete based addy, im hearing horror story,s about frost and tiles popping any advise would be appreciated. Cheers Paul
    • shogun rua
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    • quarry tile tiles tiling usa
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    HELP!!! laying reclaimed 6" quarry tiles

    :mad2: hello everyone, i'm looking for some information if possible regarding the fix/laying of 6" Quarry Tiles(reclaimed) The floor area is 15 square mtr's and the floor construction is concrete with electric undertile heating. What adhesives would be best suited for the job as another...
    • BAILEY Tiling
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    • help laying quarry tile tiles usa
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    latex screed on old quarry tiles.

    hi guys , i am new to the forums and to tiling so please bear with me. i have bought some 150 year old quarry tiles with what has been described as a latex coating. it looks like a self levelling screed of some sort. apart from sitting down and chipping away are there any other ways to clean...
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    • latex old quarry screed tile tiles usa
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    Quarry tile floor

    Hi all I've just started tiling a quarry tile floor around 35m2 which covers kitchen, hallway, bathroom & out into a Conservatorie, the tiles are a basic red quarry tile 100 x 100mm & are good quality & size is very uniform. I'm working on a day rate for the work, but was wondering if I...
    • Matthew77
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    • floor quarry tile usa
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    Quarry tile cleaner required in Dorset

    I have a 90 year old quarry tile floor in need of cleaning in Wimborne, Dorset. Sadly it's nothing special but I would like to restore and keep it rather than rip and replace. I've searched the web, this site, trusted tradesmen etc and can't find anyone who covers the Dorset region. :mad2...
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    Quarry tiles

    Hi all I know traditionally quarry tiles were laid using sand & cement or sand & lime, but can you use a flexi adhesive like dunlop fast set? Also do i need to seal them first as they are quite porous, if so what is the best way to do this before fixing or before grouting? Anything...
    • Matthew77
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    • quarry tile tiles usa
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    Alternative to Ruabon quarry tiles

    My dear old mum has decided she wants the path doing in ruabon quarries, She wants summer gold and heatherbrown 150 x 150's,with the meshed border and corners. I've been to both CTD and N&C today both being stockists, and both have told me there going to struggle to get them as Ruabon have...
    • Olz
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    • quarry tile tiles usa
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    Can stained quarry tiles be stripped back and redone with a gloss finish??

    Hi, A friend of a neighbour has Quarry tiles fitted in her kitchen, and apparently they have got dirty and cant seem to be cleaned. Without looking, it seems like they have not been sealed to me, as they are so porous does this mean the dirt is too ingrained and cant be shifted. My neighbour...
    • bluevin123
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    • back can gloss quarry tile tiles usa
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    Relaying Exisistng Red Quarry Tiles

    Hi. My front door step is covered with about 50 red quarry tiles and over the yesrs they have started to lift. So to day I bit the bullet and took up the loose ones but before I knew it thye had all come up!:oops: My question is how much of the adhesive that is on the concrete step and on...
    • Norm Undercroft
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    • quarry tile tiles usa
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    Can I make Quarry tiles shine once sealed?

    Hi, A neighbour of mine has a friend who has quarry tiles layed on her kitchen floor ,the problem is they are a matt finish and have been sealed, but she doesnt like them and now wants wants them shiny. Can I still make them shine though they are sealed? Any ideas as to what to use if poss...
    • bluevin123
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    • can quarry sealed tile tiles usa
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    quarry tiles

    Hello People! A mate wants to tile his kitchen floor with 4" quarry tiles. The floor is concrete, any recommendations for adhesives, primer? and notched trowel size please. Thanks in advance. :confused:
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    • quarry tile tiles usa
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    Quarry tile floor

    Hi, Does anybody have a suggestion on how to clean off a thick layer of latex screed from a quarry tile floor
    • thunderer
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    • floor quarry tile usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Help with Preping floor for quarry tiles!

    HI there, Ok here it goes,, I am planning on laying quarry tiles on my kitchen and hall floor. I have underfloor heating, (water underfloor heating , not the coil stuff) and at the minute i have put 6 mm, plywood down this has been nailed down,and nails about every 6 inches. But the floor seems...
    • kerosene
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    • floor help quarry tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Victorian Quarry Mosaic Manchester area

    To supply and fix if possible Only 8 square metres approx We'd like a Victorian style reproduction Geometric Design - Octagon red brick with black dots and a simple border. See plan here: Broken Link Removed thanks
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    • edwardian edwardian floor geometric manchester mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics quarry usa victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
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    Ruabon black quarry tiles

    Hi, I tiled a large conservatory a couple of years ago in Ruabon black and red quarry tiles, really happy with the result. I now want to tile an adjoining corridor in the same, with about 180 each of the 194mm x 194mm black and red tiles. Of course, it now turns out that Ruabon aren't...
    • tonkski
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    • black quarry tile tiles usa
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    Quarry tiles

    Hi, Would appreciate professional advice! Have just laid down floor in porch and utility room using reclaimed 9"x9" quarry tiles. Should we clean and seal tiles before grouting? If so, which products would you recommend? Have seen numerous products online e.g. Lithofin, Aquamix, Fila etc but am...
    • Elin
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    • quarry tile tiles usa
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    Stains on reclaimed quarry tiles

    I purchased two lots of red 6" square reclaimed victorian quarry tiles a couple of years ago with the aim of laying them on my kitchen floor. One set of tiles has JCE written in the middle of the base with RUABON at the top at NWALES at the bottom. The other set has Randlay Salop written on...
    • mazoue
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    • quarry stains tile tiles usa
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    tiling over quarry tiles

    Hi guys I have 100 year old quarry tiles in the downstairs bathroom, with no DPC or any sort of vapour barrier underneath. I'd like to tile over them with something more sleek and modern do you forsee any problems, and what would be the best prep/adhesive to use? one of my mates was on about...
    • legend
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    • quarry tile tiles tiling usa
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    quarry tile floor

    Hi again Another quarry tile question! In the hall area(red/black tiles,6x6) most of the red are light pink/white with age/wear? most of the surface has deteriated.Black are o.k.colour. They seem to be laid on sand-no adhesive. Will these 'clean' up and what should I seal with bearing in...
    • nathnita
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    • colour floor grout quarry tile usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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