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    Travertine Clean/Repair or Replace in a pub toilet.

    Hi guys, Need some advice. Our local pub had some gorgeous honed and filled travertine fitted by previous landlords in the mens toilets. They were sealed when fitted, kept clean etc etc. When these Landlords left, the pub got some landlords who basically didnt give two hoots about cleaning...
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    Lifting up victorian tiles to replace water pipes

    Hi, I recently bought a victorian house and have now found out that the builders will have to dig up the tiled path to the house in order to replace old lead pipes. I would really like to keep the tiles. I have attached a picture and was wondering the best way to lift them up with minimal...
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    How To Replace a Tile Under Water?

    Hi members. Wanted to ask if any body has experience in underwater tiling? If so what are good products to use and any tips on techniques. Talk to you soon. Bill
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    "can you replace some tiles please?....and coping stones...and hedge trimming

    Got a job to do wednesday. got a call saying a few tiles needed replacing in a vets.then when i got there,could you also trim bushes n hedges on banking and refit coping stones to carpark wall. Im not complaining because works work but what other bizarre/non tile related requests have you ever...
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    Replace grout in bathroom walls and floor

    Hi Im going to be giving a quote to regrout a standard size bathroom approx 3 x 2 mts. Ceramic tiles. ive no idea how to quote. it would be easier if i know how long it will take to scrape out the grout. i dont want to say 2 - 3 days if it takes double that. any help advise would be great...
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    Understood that floating floor is a no no, but what should replace it?

    I've been having an offline conversation with Sir Ramic (who has been excellent) and he suggested I bring my problem to the wider TilersForums group. We're about to start a kitchen refit in a 13 year-old house. We'd like to tile the entire downstairs excluding the main living room - so the...
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    how to replace water damaged chipboard under tiles?

    What is the best way to remove and also replace the water damaged chipboard and cellotex under ceramic tiled kitchen flloor. Also what do you do about the kitchen cupboards resting on the floor, do these need to come out too?? the chipboard looked like weetabix under the tiles and cellotex is...
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    How to replace tiles in a quarry tiled path?

    Hello, I arrived at this forum while looking for some advice on refurbishing a Victorian quarry tiled path. I'm hoping someone can help! I have around 14 tiles cracked or missing from a short path fronting the house I've just bought. With everything else that needs doing I just can't run to...
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    Replace Travertine border and reseal ?

    Hiya people, Great forum you have here and if I am in the wrong section, well many apologies as I am a newbie..lol Just wondering if anyone can throw some light on my little tiling job. Many thanks in advance for an comments made, much appreciated. I am just about to re grout a large shower...
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    Replace tiles in wetroom

    I am having a new house built and we have a wetroom in the upstairs Master en-suite bathroom. The builder used mosiac tiles in the shower area and 300 x 300 tiles in the rest of the bathroom. The shower tray is 1800 x 900 and we expected the shower to be the same size. The problem is the area of...
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    Things your too tight to replace?

    Does anyone else make sure they get as much use out off things that they can? Reason im asking is i have an old nokia (old faithull) and for the last few weeks the screen has started too go blank. when it first did it i paddied and threw it on table. and it started working again but over the...
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    Replace tiles in shower

    :whistling:Could someone please help me price this job- I've got to remove approx 6sqm of mosaic tiles Replace with standard white ceramic tiles-6 sqm one of the walls I believe is plasterboard so possible damage when removing tiles Also will have to remove door frame and replace one tiled The...
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    Should I replace the Shogun with a van?

    Hi All I'm in two minds at the moment, do I keep my Shogun Sport or do I replace it with a van to cart all my tiling tools around. Although I do most of it part time is it worth the change. If so what sort of van do you guys and gals recomend getting. What size vans do you pros use??
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    Replace broken tile over UFH

    We have a broken porcelain floor tile over an electric Warm Up UFH system. Is it possible to remove the tile safely?
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    Replace hardboard or not?

    Hi guys just a quicky, i am tiling a floor tomorrow which currently has lino, then hardboard, then flooboards. Problem is this was installed before the kitchen was. Can i remove the lino as far back as i can and fix ply down and carry on as normal or do i have to remove the hardboard? Thanks in...
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    Rip out bathroom, replace & re tile quote help please

    What might people charge for the following job. -Rip out bath, basin, toilet -Remove tiles 10 sq m -Fit new shower tray (different position than existing waste etc), new basin (different position) & new toilet (re position) -Run new pipework for shower, basin, toilet -Tank shower area -Fit new...

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