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  1. Chalker

    Update on the two wet room floor re-tile jobs

    Started the first of two today. floor came up easy, they were spotted and had only stuck to the underfloor heating mat! the shower walls had been tanked with a product like mapei ( but black) .but unfortunately the wire from the underfloor thermostat came out not the tray! And the tanking was...
  2. A

    sealing travertine mosiac floor in wet room

    I am tiling a wet room that will have pitted and porous 50mm x50mm mosiac travertine to the floor.The tile supplier has advised the client to seal these tiles.I have never done this before.sealing that is in a wet area I believe a penetrating only sealer should be used,The grout would obviously...
  3. S

    Converting wet room to shower - what to do with existing waste

    Hi all, hopefully one or two of you can advise me, before I go out for quotes. I have an existing wetroom, 1300x1650 with drain in the middle of the room. Tiles are leaking, bottom of doorframe is rotting, everything in the room gets soaked when showering... In short, time to rip it out and put...
  4. T

    Wet Room with Anydryte Screed

    I have been building a house and my floor has wet UFH with Anydryte screed. With recomendations off the forum i will be laying Ditra matting with Anyfix and then marble tiles with a weber cement based adhesive. So the problem is the wetroom downstairs, the screed is anydryte but i shuttered...
  5. H

    wet room fixed screen size

    A client wants to install a wet room shower. The width of the shower area is 800mm. He ideally wants a fixed glass shower screen of 800/900mm. I have reservations about it being too short, Am i being paranoid or is it acceptable to get a much larger preformed base and go for the shorter screen...
  6. B

    Wet room floor problem

    We recently moved into a house which has an existing first floor wet room installed about 5 years ago via social services. The wet room and floor appeared fine for the first 12 months but a couple of weeks ago we noticed that the Altro vinyl flooring had come away from the wall below the...
  7. High Peak Tiling

    Unlevel room surveying.

    Hi Guys. I thought I would try this method (pictured) Using my laser off the highest point to measure how out of level the room is. If I minus the height of laser level off the end measurement off the wall (52mm) Would this work?
  8. R

    Shower room pricing

    Hi all. As some of you will know (those that have stayed awake long enough to read some of my posts!), I started tiling in June of last year. Until now, I've been getting by with tile replacements, floor tiling and kitchen splashbacks etc (the small jobs that I'm assuming most tilers start out...
  9. G

    Plywood floored shower room on 3rd floor/loft room

    Got a job to see tonight, fire earth ceramics onto plywood about 2m sq apparently, lady tells me small job, quality ply blah blah. It's not local but the guy who put me forward told she's good for referrals and more work with her contacts. Said I'd view first and see if suitable but what would...
  10. F

    Bathroom / Wet Room requiremet

    Hello, Looking for someone who can possibly quote me up a bathroom job.. I live in Bury (BL9) and need a small 3 x 4 m room sorting out. Looking at some wet room options but don't have a clue how much it is going costs. Any questions and advise then throw them at me. Thanks in advance.
  11. Chalker

    Envelope cuts with a curved wet room screen

    As the title suggests, normally with a curved wet room screen I would advise mosaics . But the customer wants the floor tiles running into the tray. Has anyone any ideas how to do the cuts?
  12. R

    a little bit of tiling in the show room

    well the 1800x 900 come in so been waiting to see how well they fix so roped a few mates in all keen to give it a go heres some early pics
  13. C

    Ufh wet room refurb

    HI I have a wet room to do floor already tiled with under floor heating Is it possible to remove old tiles and reuse UFH Any info on this would be appreciated not had to deal with UFH before or creating complete wet room
  14. G

    Tiling full room

    Hi, I'm redoing my bathroom, last time I used 6mm ply, and bal fastflex on floor, stayed perfectly till wife wanted change. I've ripped up all floor and replaced with wbp., going to overboard with 6mm no more ply. I've replaced walls with gyproc moisture resistant plasterboard. I'm going to...
  15. A

    Porcelanosa Firenze as floor tile in shower / wet room area

    I've a client who wants to use Porcelanosa Firenze Nacar (White) as a floor tile in his new shower area. I've explained that it is a wall tile and could be slippery in a shower but he insists on going ahead. Is this at all feasible or are there other good reasons for not doing this?

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