repair

Hi, I'm needing to do some small repairs on a wall which has went back to sand and cement, what would you suggest? I was going to repair with gypsum joint filler is this ok? It's just a small repair. I would like to tile the same day other wise I would bond and skim. Cheers Paul

Hi all I have been asked to repair quite a few holes that have appeared in a filled and honed travertine kitchen floor. It looks to me like it probably wasn't back buttered by whoever laid it a couple of years ago (presumably they will continue to appear). I am thinking along the lines of...

Got a problem on a job just finished. Two tiles have got very small chips approx 2-3mm round on edge of tile, which came about when had to remove tiles next to them when a towel rail had to be moved. The problem is that cannot get replacements from same batch. They are very expensive white...

Hello to all, any advice on my situation would be greatly appreciated. Has anyone had any experience of Polycell Plaster Repair? I removed some old ceramic tiles from the wall but the old adhesive pulled away all the surface of the plaster. The remaining plaster is very solid so I scored it...

Guys, The wife has had a butter fingers moment this morning and dropped a cup out the cupboard which has landed base edge down which in turn has chipped my 1 month old black sparkle worktop :yikes: :mad2: :incazzato: :incazzato::incazzato: Its only 10mm long, 3mm wide and 2mm deep (so...

I'm hoping someone on the forum can offer me some advice. I have Karndean in my kitchen and carpet in my dining room. When we replaced the old carpet and the metal trim between the two rooms, a short end piece of Karndean (about 6" long) lifted at the threshold just inside the kitchen. It is...

Guys, I've just taken up old vinyl tiles in my kitchen and 40% have taken the old SLC up with leaving areas down to the concrete, i'm laying insulation boards over it using 'Mapei Proflex' my question is, should i skim over the patches first (only 1-2mm deep) with some adhesive and let it dry...

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Hi all,We have approx 80 m 2 of travertine floor laid in our kitchen and utility too Which has been laid for about 4 years. The floor has lost it's shine and a number of small holes and cracks have appeared. It is laid on underfloor heating. I an looking for advice please on what products to...

We tiled over a UFH matt about six months ago, it was working, They now have a problem as its not working. The guy we work for has asked around & he has been told he can hire a machine to go over the floor & check for an electrical current, or breaks in the current. he thinks we can just dig up...

Hope someone can help please... After a dishwasher flood in our open plan kitchen/dining area we had to replace a section of the porcelain tiled floor we layed 7 years ago. We've used up all our spare tiles and they are no longer available but we now have further a further cracked tile in a...

Hi all Just been to a customers house and they have a marble floor in there kitchen. One tile has got quite a big chip in the middle of it (well not massive, about 10mm x 10mm), rather than replacing the whole tile is there some kind of filler on the market they could use to fill it with, i...

just got na call from a t.v company , one of there fitters have just drilled a hole through a wall and through a tile in the bathroom (dont laugh), tiles are discontiued and theres no spares, is there any product you can use to patch a small hole, im thinking along the lines of something you...

called in to repair dot and dab shower, not too bad, wall still intact but noticed ALL the floor tiles were detached from his 6mm ply! All good fun. But a mate of mine was following on from the same tiler who has left 15mm gap to silicon round the bath and 50mm yes Fifty mm gap at the ceiling...

Anybody know any good products for repairing scratches to an acrylic baths, tile slipped of today and has put a couple of scratches in the bath

I thought i would put this in the guest area so everybody could see this. I was called out to do a repair on a damaged travertine tile on a kitchen floor. This floor was laid a year ago,and two hole appeared in one of the tiles. You can see black marks in the photo, they called the tiler back to...

Found this stuff on the net: Repair Products - Repairing Leather, Vinyl, Tile, Wood, Fabric & Cars - 65 Ceramic Tile Repair Kit Anyone any experience of using this? Is it any good? What are your thoughts on this?

My wife has had several calls from a company saying they wanted to help with our computers problems, but as she couldn't understand the asian accent she put the phone down. Today they rang when I was at home and explained they had reports of problems on my computer and started to lead me...

Bottom row of tiles in shower cubicle have come off due to water ingress. i'm intending to take next three rows off as well (they're 50mm x 50mm) to check condition of PB. then let PB dry out. what primer would best be used before re-tiling? any other pointers?

I need help about having advices on repair for the Bisazza Mosaic (1x1 cm paperback one) that is recently installed on a wall with some defects. The guy has failed during taking paper off and many tessarees started to fall. Those tessearees installed back but not smoothly like the others. Waited...