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    British Standards Query

    Hello, I recently received some great advice from you all regarding an ongoing dispute (Is this an acceptable edge cut? - https://www.tilersforums.com/threads/is-this-an-acceptable-edge-cut.84202/), and I wondered if I might impose on you one more time for some information regarding BS 5385. I...
  2. F

    Hi fellow tilers, quick query

    hi everyone, I'm about 6months in to my new tiling career and things seem to be going well. Look forward to getting involved with some Of the discussions. One quick query (and the main reason I joined), I'm currently pulling up some tiles that were laid in an upstairs ensuite over chipboard...
  3. S

    what m2 of tiles would you be fitting on average in a day

    Reading a post just now it was stated that a good tiler could be fully booked up 6 months in advanced. Obviously thats great but what I was wondering is how much work would you be getting through to be booked up that long Like what m2 of tiles would you be fitting on average in a day ? I'm...
    • Spacey
    • Thread
    • canada day fitting query tile tiles what would
    • Replies: 93
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  4. D

    Sealing query

    Guys, I'm currently doing a job for a customer with some Fired Earth metros with a crackled glaze. Question is do I need to seal them before grouting or after?? They are two tone with a pebble colour half way up the room and then white at the top, grout colour is going to be a silver grey. Just...
  5. Archie69

    Floor levelling query

    Hi everyone, I have three public toilets to prep for a floor layer, someone suggested uzin 65 is a good repair / levelling compound? What's your thoughts and recommendations?? All ideas appreciated..
  6. O

    Concrete floor residue query

    I went to look at a small domestic floor job this morning and have a query over the floor prep. On lifting the existing cushioned vinyl flooring there is a 0.5mm film of black sticky residue on the concrete floor. Is this likely to be the adhesive that was laid to fix the vinyl. The vinyl is...
  7. D

    Travertine and Plasterboard query.

    Hi, just joined, hello everyone! I would like some advice if possible please. I am a bathroom fitter and have a travertine job to do. The walls are 12.5mm unskimmed plasterboard screwed to 400mm centres timber with 1 noggin half way up the wall. Moisture resistant board is in the shower area...
    • davebathroom
    • Thread
    • aus plasterboard query travertine usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  8. O

    Plaster query

    Just on with a bathroom at the moment. Removed all the tiles that came of really easily. And the plaster underneath is grey. I've never seen this before. I'm guessing its fine to tile once preped correctly.
    • Ollie02948
    • Thread
    • aus plaster query usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. K

    Micromax 2 query?

    Good Evening All. Wondering if anybody has any thoughts on the Bal micromax 2. As have tiled a floor and used the micromax 2 for the first time and have noticed a few weeks on some hairline cracks have appeared. The floor is chipboard then overboarded with 15mm ply around a year ago.(not...
  10. R

    Pricing query

    Hello. just been to look at a job where the customer doesn't a re grout they just want the grout lines cleaned up and basically brought back to life with colour seal. Am I on the right track in thinking that to charge a day rate plus materials is the way to go or would you do it differently...
  11. R

    Substrate query

    Hi all, I've been sent through this photo from a job I'm going to look at next week. I've been told that the flooring in the photo which used to have carpet on it is concrete. Before I go and look has anyone seen a substrate like this before. also what could the black on the floor be, could it...
  12. W

    Plasterboard query

    Hi, Looking to fit 600x300 porcelain tiles to a plasterboard wall. Have removed emulsion from walls and was going to fix with mapei keraflex S1. Conflicting advice floating about whether to score the walls or not to give the adhesive a key or does this affect the strength of the pasterboard...
    • wyse85
    • Thread
    • aus plasterboard query usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. D

    Wet room - Dukkaboard query

    Hi All, While in at the merchants today picking up materials fro a couple of jobs I came across Dukkaboard shower trays and sheets. Very light in comparison to hardie and can also act to strengthen floors without the need to ply then overboard with cement board. I am contemplating using it on...
  14. R

    Suspended floor with wet UFH query.

    Been to see a job tonight, 2 1st floor bathrooms tiled by a builder in a barn conversion. Needless to say its a poor job and they want them re-doing properly. They've already had a 'tiler' in (off one of them ratings sites) to repair cracked grout and of course its cracking again. It looks like...
    • Rookery
    • Thread
    • aus floor query suspended ufh usa wet wet ufh
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. P

    Another sub-floor query

    Hi, seen and read quite a few posts in relation to installing a proper sub-floor for when tiling an upstairs bathroom. My bathroom's sized about 2.5 x 1.5m. The flooring is made up of 100mm wide x 20mm thick tongue and groove floorboards (ex council home built in the 70s). The joists below...
  16. O

    Ply subfloor query

    I am currently quoting on a level access wet room on the ground floor of a property. The floor is currently concrete. Although another company has quoted to install a ply subfloor, would that mean they are planning on lifting the concrete?
    • Ollie02948
    • Thread
    • aus floor ply query subfloor usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  17. W

    Ditra matting query

    HELP I had a new tiled floor put down in February and have just discovered a pipe has been leaking behind one of my kitchen units. The floor is concrete and the tiler put detra matting down before putting the tiles down. The Insurance Company want to rip the whole lot up but I am wonderingif...
    • water baby
    • Thread
    • aus ditra ditra matting matting query usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  18. E

    Substrate query

    Hi all, I'm planning to prepare my consevatory floor for tiling. the previous owner had laid decking down over joists. I don't have enough hight just to overboard these (with the UPVC doors opening into the room) so I was planning to remove the decking and board the joists. I've been reading a...
  19. P

    Hello to all and help with query

    Hello Everyone. Just joined the Forum as trying to understand what to do about the floor in our newly converted bungalow. We will be having wet underfloor heating in our kitchen and conservatory - a large area of approx 100sq m. We want to put down honed and filled travertine on the floor but...
  20. G

    Underfloor Heating Query

    I have underfloor heating overlain with ceramic floor tiles in the kitchen. I need to replace the entire floor as a number of the tiles are cracked. Should I remove the current tiles first or can I tile over? I am worried about loss of heat from teh underfloor heating heating through two layers...
    • Guffles
    • Thread
    • aus floor heating query ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum

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