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    The first of many questions! Hopefully not daft ones!

    Hi Everyone. New to the forum, but have spent hours pouring over various posts, and I can't get over how friendly everyone seems to be! I have just started on stripping my bathroom to re fit with new suite, walk in shower and fully tiled walls and floor. Although I consider myself to be a...
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    stuck on nvq3 questions ! laying sand and cement screeds...

    hi all ! iam half way through my nvq3 but seriously stuck on a few questions and wondering if you guys could help as its a LOT harder than i thought ! :yikes: il list a few i am not sure on and any help would be fantastic ! :thumbsup: 1. briefly describe a floating screed and the laying spec...
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    Some questions about job seeking.

    Hello. As I new here I couldn't find correct place where I can post my questions. Before asking I want to say what I have UTR number as well as CSCS card. I know about different sites such as ratedpeople,findtrustedtradesmen,mybuilder but I don't really understand the system of them,how do...
    • papik
    • Thread
    • find a tiler job jobs questions tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Tanking questions

    Hello everyone Our bathroom has a bath with a shower mixer tap. Unfortunately the bathroom floor's been overlaid with ply (sealed on back and sides with acrylic primer) and tiled without tanking. Would this be a problem in a room with a bath rather than a shower tray? Would moisture still...
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    Kitchen flooring questions

    First post so please bear with me. Having kitchen refitted in a couple of weeks so getting into getting all the materials together at the moment, it is a complete strip out of existing (including floor tiles) and laying new. The existing floor I am assuming is solid concrete, house only 10...
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    White Porcelain large format - few questions about tiles

    Hi, I've been hunting around for white porcelain tiles for my bathroom (just over 2 m2). and found this website, hope you don't mind me asking a couple of questions. I have seen some 'super white' ones at a very good price, so just thinking about the quality. I'll order a sample to check...
    • jlajla
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    • format large large format porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles questions tile tiles usa white
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    hi guys newbie with questions

    hi chaps im not new to tiling but am not a pro either im a time served plaster with 20 years under my belt doing most trades in the building trade ,,just recently i have joined forces with a bathroom-kitchen fitter and im trying to better myself at tiling and am after advise on such things as...
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    customers funny questions?

    in your experiences i am sure that you have all had some funny questions asked by your customers, so i thought it might be good to try and see what they are. having just spent the day grouting and cleaning a consevatory floor for a lady who watched me all day from the kitchen table, she then...
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    HardieBacker onto chipboard questions

    My wife decided she wanted the main bathroom tiling so we went down to the local Topps Tile shop (hope i'm allowed to say that here) because thats where she saw the tiles she liked. Once there she then saw some floor tiles she also liked so what was a simple wall tile job has now turned into...
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    Underfloor Heating Questions

    Hi 1 How long does the screed need to dry out . It has been laid onto a wet pipe system? 2 Does the heating system need to be "fired up" before tiles are laid? 3Can Hardibacker be used on top of a ply floor that has a piped underfloor heating system underneath? 4Can a 2mm grout joint be used on...
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    Quartz tile questions

    Hi everyone, This is my first post on here and im straight in with asking for some advice cheeky i know! I have set my heart on some quartz tiles white ones for the walls and black for the floor. Starting with the floor i have put down a 18mm stuctual ply on top of my joists and am unsure of...
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    Dodgy wall questions

    Afternoon all, Not sure there is a good answer to this but feel free to disagree ;) Bargain basement refurb of customers bathroom. They've bought the materials (gave advice, was mainly ignored) to replace bath, basin and WC. This is an ex council bungalow with a very small bathroom (took pics...
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    First of many questions I'm sure - Shower Niche

    Hello! I'd like to pick your brains regarding a shower niche I'm building (my first one). First here's a pic - 1. How to finish the edges? Trim? Or overlap? and should the inners overlap the outers? Oh, and if u say to overlap, how do you seal the edges? 2. You can see how I've build...
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    My driving ban questions?

    I was banned in december for totting up and thinking my "motor trade" insurance covered me on anything until i got pulled and the vehicle was an import which meant i wasnt covered! Any way whilst waiting my turn too go into court there was right grotty chavs going in with No license No mot No...
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    stupid questions

    right this ones for questions non tile related but things you don't understand most answers accepted ask a question and view answers simple (bit like how the sun works) question 1 with BP probs and an estimated 19000 barrels a day being lost into ocean whats going in were the oils coming...
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    D24000 Set Up - just a couple of questions...

    Hi fellow D24000 owners:thumbsup: Obviously the instruction manual is entirely pictorial (which sometimes can be read differently from one user to the next!) so just a couple of queries that I could do with getting right: 1. I understand the sections H1, H2, I1 and I2 - which basically...
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    Questions about tiling quality

    I know almost nothing about tiling so this is the reason I have turned to this site to ask a few questions. Before I ask anything I will just give some information, first of all, the tiling is for a bathroom wall and it is done using two types of tiles, large 60x31.6mm tiles with smaller mosaic...
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    quick tanking questions

    going to tank my wet room tomorrow with durabase wp on walls and floor. room is 6 square metres. 1. i'm going to tank the whole floor how high up should i overlap on the walls? and do i have to overlap on non shower walls? 2. should i tank ever wall or only certain ones? 3. do i need to...
    • roberto1490
    • Thread
    • questions quick tank tanking usa waterproofing wetroom
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    tiling onto plasterboard questions?

    hello 1) I have some mapei primer G, shall i give it a coat over some plasterboard prior to tiling and if so what are the reasons for this? 2) Im using large ceramic tiles in a bathroom. for adhesive i was thinking cementious (not repidset) should i need flexible? thanks
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    few questions

    i've laid 12mm plywood over chipboard for wetroom floor: 1. do i need to fill the expansion gaps between boards with anything before applying adhesive for tanking membrane? 2. i have mapei primer, what ratio shall i use for priming the floor/plasterboard walls? 3. if i decide to get...

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