Hi all, first time user. I'm in need of a bit of advice and hope someone can help. I'm about to tile a kitchen floor (which is concrete) with 300 x 300 quartz tiles. When the kitchen fitter was working in there, he decided to coat the floor with pva to make it easier for him to clean up the dust...
Today I had the pleasure of lifting my kitchen floor as it won't go with the new kitchen. I can confirm that arditex latex does bond to bitumen although it does delaminate with a bit of persuasion. The rest of the travatine on to the latex over screed was much tougher but it is interesting to...
Fixed 15m2 of handmade encaustic cement tiles supplied by the Cement tile shop and like a complete jackass went and grouted tiles before sealing , after cleaning up saw that tiles were stained then checked suppliers website only to find out seal before grouting , is there a cleaning product that...
Hi,
First off let me say I know little to nothing about DIY and this is my first property.
Due to a slight leak and the shower being a bit old we are looking to replace it. We have been advised to put stud wall up between the bath and shower to make it fit better/seal easier.
The plan is to...
Chris Taylor
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After using black grout on my beige porcelain matt tiles, it's left stains that won't come off with water on a kitchen sponge scrubber.
Is there a correct way/product to do this?
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We removed a single row of tiles when replacing the bath and want to fill with different tiles that are deeper than the original and rest of the tiles. However the plaster is very sandy (or is it cement as 1960s house?) and some has come off so I want to be careful about not removing too...
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I sealed some tumbled travertine floor tiles last night using LTP mart stone h20 water-based sealer. I thought I had cleaned up the excess but I obviously hadn't done this properly as there are now some smeary patches on the floor.
I spoke to LTP on the phone and they suggested cleaning...
Following a burst pipe I had Qty 10 bathroom floor tiles 'lift' due to a sodden underfloor that the tiles were no longer bonded to. I've removed the tiles and cleaned up the chipboard floor underneath to make it free of adhesive and to allow it to dry out.
It was a bit of a bugger of a job...
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I need to remove a few porcelain tiles laid over no more ply on wooden flloring using mapei adhesive so as to gain access to some onder-floor services. Any tips on the best way to achieve this? Thanks for any help.
Butch
Hi, been told I need to remove all old adhsive from wall then use bonding before tiling, the wall is getting damage should I stop and what advice can you give me. Any help would be appreciated.
I've been asked to quote for the removal of 80m2 of 600x600 porcelain tiles due to a dispute surrounding faulty tiles with the supplier and customer. I've removed plenty of individual tiles with an sds and chisel but wondered if anyone has done a large area like this? Most of the powered...
Hi guys,
After spending time carefully prepping a small ensuite with backer board, a local tiler (pro - not just a jack of all trades) has done a good job on the walls but has messed up the floor.
The narrow walls are plumb straight, but the back wall is not. For some reason the tiler has used...
gmt1981
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Hello,
We have a 1920's tiled fireplace which at some point as been over-tiled with mosaics. We want to expose the originals which has some particularly nice curved glazed tiles, but are struggling to remove the mosaics, and have in a couple of places damaged the original tiles where the...
Hi, I have removed the floor tiles from my kitchen floor but need to get the adhesive type cement up. Ive used a sds drill with chisel attachment to get the tiles up but the cement is not so easy. I was thinking of hiring a machine from HSS Hire advertised as ''floor tile removal kit and just...
Hi all,
I'm fitting kitchen and customer asked me to lay tiles on the floor just in the middle (less then 5 m2).
I removed old pvc tiles and now I've got concrete covered with black rubber/glue (not sure what it is exactly).
How should I prepare this concrete before laying new tiles ?
Thanks...
Greg K
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Hi,
I recently moved in with my gf and started working to renovate the house. The eventual plan in a few years is to put in a new kitchen. Trouble is at the moment there is some loose tiles that are patterned and I don't think I could find matching ones. Therefore I'm wondering the best way...
Just waiting to start a big pool renovation at a school, the first job is to remove the old tiles, they have been on since the 1970's, and we want to do it carefully so we don't damage the substrate to much , we will be using breakers, do you guys have any recommendations ? for tools to fit in...
Diamond Pool Finishers
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