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    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...
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    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...
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    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:
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    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...
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    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...
  6. 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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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    Primer questions

    Hello, I have a few questions regarding primers. Can you use one brand name primer with another brand name adhesive. Or is this a total nono, and why?? How much primer do you give an absorbent surface, how do you know what enough is, is it just one coat? How long after applying the...
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    Big ish refurb - a few questions

    Moved out of the house while the builders are in - starting to get close to finished now, but there are a few questions you might be able to help me with. The ground floor hasn't changed - it's a solid slab which had 25mm of polystyrene insulation on top, with a 22mm chip floor sitting on top...
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    Questions questions.

    If you went on holiday and the plane crashed, assuming you lived would you get your money back? Can you get cornered in a circular room? Why is the anagram of mother in law---Woman Hitler? Have you noticed that the word politics means "many" (poli in Latin) and "tics"-blood sucking...
  13. JohnCC

    New bathroom tiling work - questions before starting!

    Hi- I'm in the process of buying in materials to tile our bathroom which we've gutted. The floor is a cement screed, the walls are plaster over blocks. I've already bought an electric underfloor heating kit from HandyHeat along with some 10mm insulation board. I'm probably about to buy some...
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    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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    Nudist beach questions

    A mother and father take their 6-year old son to a nudist beach. As the boy walks along the sand, he notices that many of the women have boobs bigger than his mother's, so he goes back to ask her why. She tells her son, 'The bigger they are, the sillier the lady is.' The boy, pleased...
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    Newbie lady with lots of questions!!!!

    Hiya to one and all....... Am thinking of doing something constructive with my otherwise fairly stale life!!! I'm currently a housewife and possibly like many of us out there, end up doing some of the DIY jobs round the house while the "main man" is out earning........ well, I know I can...
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    What questions to ask to see if tiler is good?

    Hi I need help, I have just had an extension built and would like an area of 42 sq metres to be tiled with 600 x 600 tiles. Which is split into an open plan kitchen/diner, small toilet, hallway etc. The floor has just had underfloor heating put in and floor as been screed, all walls are...
    • zoggy123
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    • find a tiler questions tiler tilers directory usa what
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  17. D

    Last minute questions!

    I start a small tiling job tomorrow, all set. Just two questions - 1 - Is a it OK to spread the addy with a notched trowel when there is UFH? 2 - Instructions on the addy say use a mechanical mixer, I don't have one, can I do it by hand? Will be mixing 10 kg and 2.5 litres of water...
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    questions from new tiler

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    • Prem Tiler
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    • find a tiler new build new tiler questions tiler tilers directory usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    marble questions

    Laying marble on kitchen floor Can i use SLC then adhesive, Marble, or do i need a membrane inbetween SLC & Ady. Can i tile marble on tile. What sealent should i use.
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    A Few Former and Backerboard Questions.

    Dear all, I have a few issues in relation to my wetroom that I could do with some sound advice on. Having ripped up the floor and levelled everything out I am now at the stage were the 6 mm backer boards can be put down ready for tanking and UFH. As is turns out the backer boards are around...

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