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    Removing Damaged Tile with UFH

    Hi Tile Gods! I've been asked to remove a damaged tile that is bedded on an UFH Electric Mat. Tiles are small not large format. Any advice (apart from walking away) would be helpful. TIA
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    Removing grout. Manual or use a tool?

    What's your tiling question? Pictures can be added.
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    Advice on removing tiles from plywood

    Hello, new to tiling. Customer has requested that the previous floor is to be removed in the bathroom. My guess is that the existing tiles have been laid on a plywood floor. how difficult is it to remove the tiles and prep the floor for the new tiles. Some videos I am seeing look like horror...
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    Tiling wall after removing skirting board

    Hi, I am having my en-suite half tiled and the floor is already tiled so we are just adding xtra tiling to the walls. When we removed the skirting board there seems to be a gap (aprox.2.5cm-3cm) between the floor and the wall. The tiler told us the best option would be to re-tile the floor and...
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    Removing floor tiles and replacing

    Im soon to start removing the 10mm thick floor tiles from my bathroom, they are fitted on what looks like moisture resistance chip board ( the green stuff). whats the best method of removing them and the adhesive? Hammer/chisel, scraper? Ive got an sds breaker with a chisel attachment? was...
  6. Cherie

    Where to start? Removing old vinyl floor so far

    I have an object in way, I will send pictures if I figure out how. So far removing old stuff. I know I have to put down plywood(outdoor grade) then hardiebacker but wondered I'd schlueter is better. Have liquid water proof to use too. Got that for walls but have plenty. Where to start? If I need...
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    Removing timber floorboards for tiling

    Hello everyone ,I am a diy tiler and just joined the forum as i will be doing a lot of tiling with a new project /old house in hand . I want to turn one of the upstairs bedrooms into a bathroom in our old cottage. There are standard pine floorboards in every room including this one at the...
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    Removing tiles from plasterboard (with a twist)

    Hi Guys, Ive got a slight issue..... trying to remove 10mm thick tiles from a plasterboard wall in a bathroom. since the wall would get badly damaged trying to chisel/scrape the tiles off. Ordinarily id just cut the plasterboard out, tiles included and replace the plasterboard then re tile...
  9. MesserUpper

    Cleaning up dust after removing grout

    The grout in my shower cabin had crumbled in some places, so genius me decided to remove all the grout and regrout everything.. why not - finally would put to use my oscillating tool. After several hours, I was almost done, but I hadn't realized what an utter mess I've made - the whole bathroom...
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    Removing or covering up grout on ceiling

    I grouted the tile at the top of wall and ceiling and now I need to paint. What is the best way to cover up the grout on the ceiling?
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    Removing white marks from black bathroom tiles

    Hi, In the space of a couple of weeks my beautiful gray/ block stone bathroom tiles on the floor of the shower have developed white spotty patches in various locations. What are these marks ? Apparently we have soft water and thus it’s unlikely to be calcium or hard water stains. I did change...
    • ClareBear
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    • bathroom bathroom tiles black marks removing stains stone tile tiles white
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Best Bathroom Tiles
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    Removing stains from natural stone tiles

    I have recently moved into a house with a tiled kitchen floor and left some plant pots on cardboard on it. This got damp and has caused some brown rings and patches on the tiles where it looks like the colour and surface has been taken off. The rest of the flooring has a shiny coating on it. I...
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    Removing Primer from walls/tiles/acrylic

    Hi chaps, I’m mid way through my first DIY tiling, taking 3 half tiled walls above a bath to full tile, then adding a shower. I stripped the paint off of the plasterboard where I wanted to add tiles, then primed it using Mapei plaster primer. Unfortunately despite using masking tape to mask...
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    Removing Tiles from Wooden Mantlepiece

    Well it was so boring with the quarantine that I thought I would remove the awful tiles from my mantlepiece. They are coming off easily and not too messy. Now there is all this white layer (glue? mastic?) a comb was dragged through. How will I remove that while layer the tiles were stuck to...
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    Removing 'picture framing' from tumbled limestone

    Hi folks, I have a problem I'm desperately hoping someone can help with. I laid a tumbled limestone floor in a kitchen 2 weeks ago and when I applied the LTP Mattstone sealer that the tile supplier recommended, it turned the tiles from light grey, to more of a brown colour which is exactly...
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    Removing patio sealer

    Good morning all, I have been sold the wrong product to seal back limestone (Thompsons patio and block paving sealer - wet look). I took the chaps word for it and stupidly just started sealing! It was not until this year when I couldn’t work out why my patio looked so crap that I read the tin...
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    removing hard water stains/limescale on tiles

    I am having trouble removing hard water stains/limescale on some old tiles, any tips or products to use Thanks
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    Removing floor tiles & adhesive from concrete floor / prep for tiling

    Hi All, I'm hoping to remove floor tiles and tile our kitchen (Just under 8sqm) in the next few weeks. The existing tiles are around 15 years old installed on a concrete floor which was levelled prior to tiling. They have held up fine over the years,no cracks etc but noticed some of the tiles...
    • Kb599
    • Thread
    • adhesive canada concrete floor floor tiles prep removing tile tiles tiling
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Removing Grout from Mosaics

    Hi All, Weve had one of our contractors install some small hexagon mosaics recently and have just had an angry phone call about the condition of the grout. Not sure of the cause, but this is what it looks like - pretty shocking. The gappy patch in the middle is probably the worst of it...
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    Removing anti-crack matting

    I had a very poor tiling job done in the summer by a general builder and I've got a professional tiler in at the moment. The tiles came up very easily but there's and anti-crack mat underneath. We've found a lot of water under this mat, so we want to lift it and let the screed dry properly. It...
    • wiggers
    • Thread
    • anti-crack canada matting removing
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice

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