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I had to lift some Ruabon quarry tiles to access hot and cold water pipes that fed the basin in the shower room as the hot had a dent in it where you put your foot, I re-routed the pipes round the shower plinth and wall. The water had been leaking for 6 weeks to 2 months unknown as it had...

Hi all. Been to see a job today. A kitchen approx 50sq mtr just been tiled. The floor is floorboards with a 3ft drop underneath which has heating pipes in it being fed from a big boiler. The room was very hot from that alone. On top of the floorboards is plywood, then loads of addy then tiles.An...

Afternoon all and a Very Happy Xmas! I'ts been a while since my last posts but I have been lurking off and on. I did myself a mischief a few months ago so have been out of action for a while doing a bit of temping etc in my previous job (motor trade). Things are getting better so I will be...

Hi to all,hope somebody can advise, I have removed some old tiles from around the bath ready for a new bath to go in and re-tile the walls.The tiles alongside the bath came off with very little damage to the wall and I thought my luck was in. At the end of the bath that the electric shower is...

Hi all, i know someone here in Cairns, who uses some sort of epoxy resin and colouring to patch chipped baths, vanities AND tiles. I have seen his work and it is very good. I have seen some Portugues stonemasons years ago do the same with chips on granite. I don't think old mate here is too...

Afternoon people... i have a cracked floor tile that i need to get up..whats the best thing to use to get it up? Also have to re grout the floor as the grout is coming up..what would you use to get the rest up or just grout over it?

Did a repair job this week, just a couple of tiles to replace. What surprised me was how the edges of the tiles (unsealed but top surface was sealed) sucked the moisture out of the grout. (mapei ultra colour) saw surface cracks appear straight away. Just told told the customer I would check on...

In the last four weeks or so I have seen a big increase in callouts to fix tiled bodge jobs , especially shower rooms. A Marble bathroom disaster - bad cuts , uneven mosiac sheet ing, stained stone , dulled stone , A shower floor disaster . Just interested in other tilers views on the subject...

Hey Gang, I have just been asked to quote for repairs on a wetroom job that has been bodged. I`ll list the repairs and perhaps I can get some advice on how best to achieve these repairs best suited to the problem.The tiles are glazed ceramic. Some of the tiles have been badly chipped...

Is there a stone floor resturation course in the country?

Just thought I would ask on here.... Looking for a Hotpoint Aquarius DWF31 dishwasher power cable/unit and suppressor unit. Mine went pop this morning. Bit of a long shot.. but you never know. I'm trying to be a bit frugal and repair the dishwasher rather than dumping it and having to buy a...

tiling a kitchen splashback next week with ordinary ceramic tiles problem is there is a large chunk of bonding plaster missing. Was told by builder to patch it with bonding plaster and add a little cement to make it stronger. Advise for a newbie please

Somewhat spookily, the day after I read Dave's response to a guest thread where Dave gave the history of uncoupling membranes, I get a call asking to look at some sunken tiles around the leisure centre swimming pool. Haven't got a photo but around the pool is the edging tile, a gulley, a single...

Hi guys I could do with some advise on a job I picked up today. It's a bath surround that has awful leakage the substrate what ever it might be is wet and there for the 20+ year old tiles have started to pop off. they have been tiled over tile. My plan is to strip it all off both layers of...

Hi all, Repair kits are available from us at a cost of £15.58 Inc Vat. Basically the Repair kits will bypass the damaged section with a piece of "cold" cable. These should be fitted by an electrician as they need to be checked properly and signed off. I have attached a copy of the repair...

Hi there, I have been asked to make a repair on some Limestone flooring, that has been damaged and has 3 or 4 holes in the surface. I have been advised I can use offcuts of tiles and grind them up and add into a resin but I'm not sure what products I need and how to finish off the surface...

hiya all,just been to see 2 wetrooms which were done 1 year ago. both floors are 600 by 600 porcelain. room 1. all grout has cracked and broken but no movement in tiles so i have come to the assumption they have possibly used non flexi grout or not mixed it properly so suggested a regrout total...

pricing up a quote for the floor in a lesiure centre shower area (gents unfortunatly) more or less a wet room i suppose. May not get it as i think they have a list of contractors that they use, but they said i can put a quote in for the job and they will look at it. The original floor tiles have...

Wanda's dishwasher quit working so she called a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told the repairman, 'I'll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I'll mail you a cheque.' 'Oh, by the way don't worry about my dog SPIKE. He...

Customer removed some old tiles from bathroom wall leaving what now looks like a large map of europe in the plaster! Looking for best method for fixing. I have trimmed back the loose plaster and was thinking of priming and feather edging some rapid set. Any use? Thanks Mark