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  1. R

    few questions on building a wet room

    hi guys, i'm going to be installing my own wetroom in a few weeks time. to say i've done alot of research on the subject would be an understatement. i just want to clarify a few points so i don't get this horribly wrong. i'm going to be installing an Impey Aqua-dec 800 x 1500 22mm tray. 1. i'm...
  2. G

    Uneven wall questions

    Morning, Been a while since I posted and had a couple of questions please. I have trawled through a fair few older forums before asking the following so apologies if I am repeating old news. I have got a bathroom where the customer wants 600x300 tiles with a mosaic border half height. 3 of...
  3. T

    Two Questions please.

    Hi people. Your advice please. 1) Going to do a job, back end of this week, polished porcelain 600x600 and customer has been sold Mapei Adsilex P9 adhesive. I dont normally use this so unsure as to go ahead or supply my usual stuff. Having called the technical dept Im still unsure as...
  4. M

    New tiler questions?

    Well i start my course in 2 weeks 1 day! been gagging at the bit to do it since i booked it. Before i booked it id saved up for a while too make sure i had abit off money to support myself for a month or 2. My question is. My plan after iv finished the course is to ring around some local...
  5. W

    A couple of questions...

    Hi all. I've lined my bathroom with moisture resistant PB and I'm looking for a bit advice. It's not going to be a wet-room. Standard bath suite with over bath electric shower. I plan on using a tanking kit for the walls around the bath. My question is..... I want to put a bead of Silicon...
  6. J

    Couple of quick questions

    Having had a leak in my downstairs shower room, I have ripped out the old shower cubicle, and replaced, the stud wall, and replace with aqua board. The other wall, is plaster, but its slightly rough. Will it be ok to tile onto a plastered wall, ifs it slightly rough. Also I have fitted...
  7. A

    questions on shower design and fitting

    Hi I think I am a reasonably competent DYer but I have limited experience with Bathrooms at this stage. I am trying to plan the design and fitting of a new bathroom, including a shower and I have some questions. I am looking at using a shower tray and tiling the wall, my first concern is...
  8. C

    Newbie Questions

    Hi everyone Since posting my introduction last week i have been trawling through all the posts starting at the back so still a long way to go! I have a couple of questions im sure you guys will be able to answer. Can someone explain what single part and two part adhesives are? When...
  9. Dan

    Questions for TilersForums.co.uk?

    Okay, Had a bit of a brain wave. I want you to all think of a few questions that you'd like tilersforums.com (me or Dave) to answer. We'll wait for a bunch of questions to get asked, and then I'll get a Poll added to The Arms so we can all vote on 'what questions we'll answer', and then...
  10. J

    newbies slate tile questions please

    I am about to lay 40m of topps tiles natural slate multicolour sheera. I've laid tiles before but never slate. As they are a bit dusty I have bought some grout remover to clean them and also some sealer to seal them (both Fila products). I'm confused as to which order to lay, grout, clean, and...
  11. D

    DIY Questions

    Here's one I was asked today when I was in Home base picking up tiles for a customer. Guy asked me you a tiler, yea, he said he was doing a small bit of tiling work but did not like the grey grout he had bought thought it was to light in colour and would it be OK to mix the grout with some black...
  12. D

    A few more questions

    Howdy, Another few random questions :dizzy2: Should I use Silicon on all corners of my bathroom (ceiling, corners, bottom where wall tile meets floor) ? When using Silicon, I heard (on here) that I should use fairy liquid? - Can someone please explain this? Where is it best to start from...
  13. 1

    Damp cement base limestone and UFH, DPM, Ditra questions

    Hi, I'm new to the board and I wasn't sure where to post my questions as they seem to cover a few forums. I have a tiler coming to lay some 825x550x20 Mandarin Taj Grey Limestone tiles but we have a problem with one of the rooms the tiles are going to be laid in. The room has a damp floor...
  14. 2

    3 questions i should know !! ( but dont )

    hi ! just have 3 questions that iam not 100 per cent with. 1, can u tile over glued vinyl floor tiles or do they have to be removed ? 2, do you alwase have to overboard chipboard b4 tiling ? 3, how do u no if your dealing with asbestos if taking up old vinyl tiles etc ? :8:
  15. B

    Another couple of Travertine questions...

    Can you tell it's my 1st natural stone job? :lol: 1. With honed/filled Travertine how do you deal with the edges (ie when butt joining on corners etc)? The face of the tile is filled but the edges aren't, i'm guessing that's normal... Do you just fill the edges with grout, like you would with...
  16. A

    UFH - couple of questions

    I have laid a UFH mat on top of No-more-ply sealed with Bal WP1 , with a trench for the probe cable and the power cable, both of which are in pvc tubing. Q1 Do I lay the tiles directly on top of the Heat mat or do I apply a layer of tile adhesive on to the heat mat and then lay tiles when the...
  17. J

    Bathroom refit - a few questions

    Hi, got a few questions regarding my up & coming bathroom refit. I've been looking at some tiling patterns and quite like the brick set(if thats what you call it) never done this style before, the tiles a a trav imitations that are 310 x 450 Any advice as fitting to dot and dab plasterboard...
  18. S

    Tiled Skirting questions ? Help please!

    I have recently tiled the floor in my new en-suite bathroom. I would like to add a single row of cut tiles (same as used on the floor) as a sort of skirting board all the way around the room. This all seemed to be quite straight-forward until I started to dry lay some tiles around the room. Now...
  19. F

    Hi people ive got hundreds of questions...

    Hi im a plumber come tiler, i got sick of putting money in your pockets.... im from Liverpool and have started my own business plumbing and tiling mainly bathrooms. I done a 4 week course about 8 months ago and im not doing too bad, ill put some pics up when i find my way around the site. My...
  20. M

    DWW180 questions

    Seen one of these in B&Q for £99. I'm thinking of getting a good wet cutter and had previously thought about the Rubi 180 but thought that it could be messy in doors. Can you use CPC blades in the plasplugs or its it their own blades only? I like the idea of the water re-circulation. Any...

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