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  1. J

    Advise on adhesive and grout for a commercial steam room please

    Hi all, Can you please give me your opinion on the best adhesive and grout to use in a commercial steam room as I have to repair some mosaics and reroute the area? Any experiences of doing such a job would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jon
    • JON HUME
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    • adhesive commercial grout please room steam steam room tile adhesive tile grout
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Tile Adhesive and Grout Advice
  2. R

    How best to bring flooring to level of wet room former befor tiling

    My brother who is a retired joiner, with a little tiling experience, and myself who doesn't have any, are intending to create a wet room type ( with screen) bathroom. I think I may end up with lots of questions, but the main one at the moment is, what is the best method of making up the...
    • Reluctant Robin
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    • best canada floor flooring former how level room tiling wet wet room
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  3. F

    Mixed stone mosaic wet room

    Just finished this project for a good customer of mine, it’s an old barn/pig shed origionally built by the farmer who used to Own the farm, now converted to this bathroom / bedroom to be rented as a Holliday let on the edge of the Peak District. Nothing was square, all angles were all over the...
    • Flintstone
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    • canada mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics room stone wet wet room
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  4. Skipp3r

    Wet Room Advice Please.

    Hello all, I'm due to start a wet room with a former. The room is having underfloor matting. Can someone give the correct procedure for each stage, and can I ditra over the former or am I going to lose my falls. I was going to cement board or similar up to the tray. Should I lay the underfloor...
  5. M

    Gap between Tiles and the edge of the room

    Hi I have had some tiling done in my kitchen and I would like some advice. A tile laser level wasn't used, meaning where the tiles meet the edge of the room, there is a gap. I think this will look stupid. The guy doing the work has suggested chiselling into the plaster and using a finely cut...
    • MrT
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    • canada edge gap room tile tiles
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Silicon for use in a steam room

    Gents, Any idea what the best Silicon would be to use in a steam room? I need to Silicon the glass U channel areas as they have finally started to go mouldy after 6 years of use. I wish I could remember what the last brand was as it's held up so well but I just can't remember. Thanks!
  7. W

    Grout Steam room grout options

    Im tiling a bathroom this week and I've now been informed that it's going to be a steam shower fully enclosed. It's all waterproofed etc but I'm in 2 minds about grout. I thought it would have to be epoxy but keracoll said I can use their fugabella grout. Anyone got any thoughts on this or if...
  8. P

    Wet room floor tile grout

    I am building a wet room, I have settled on an GRP former and tiled floor however the question is what to grout with. Ordinary cement grout may be ok however it will be wet for much longer than on the wall and is porous. I am presuming that normal grout will mark with grease from feet etc and...
  9. B

    Wet Room Tile Backer board

    Hi, (first post so be kind!), I am a competent DIY'er and have done numerous kitchen and bathrooms refurbishments in my time, but the boss now wants a wet room!! typical! I wonder if I could pick your brains and experience on recommendations of tile backer board systems. There appears to be...
    • Billym
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    • backer board board room tile tile backer tile backerboard wet wet room
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  10. D

    My shower-room is rotting away.

    The previous owner did a fantastic job of tiling the shower room. It lasted about a year before the grout started to crack and eventually a couple of tiles came off. B&Q cheap white tiles bonded directly to plaster board. No backing board or tanking. I wasn't in a position to do anything with...
    • DavidJ
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    • former room shower shower tray wetroom
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  11. P

    What to put on a wet room floor

    Hi I am about to build a small wetroom (900 x 1850) and will be using an AKW former. The question is what to put on the floor. The general suggestion is to use mosaics on the floor as it minimises the cutting by follow the fall. Many of the mosaics are made of natural stone which is, as they...
  12. M

    Bisazza Paola Steam Room

    Finished a steam room this week that had some unusual angles and external corners. The room is constructed of Lux Elements installed by Helo. Theres hardly a right angle in the whole house. The seats arent at right angles so I put a seam at the junction. The mosaics are in the Paola blend. Sharon
    • MTiler
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    • bisazza canada room steam steam room
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. G

    Fixing Glass Shower Screen to wet room floor method?

    Hi, I'm researching the best method of fixing a 8mm glass shower screen to a wet room floor. Is there an adhesive that will do the job to avoid any floor penetration? Any advice gratefully received.
  14. M

    Floor surface for ground floor wet room

    Hi This is my first time posting so hope it is in the right place. I am renovating and old house and currently about to fit out a bathroom on the ground floor. The bathroom is currently in a bigger room and has 2 external walls and the other 2 walls will be partitioned to separate it from the...
    • Moss
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    • canada floor room surface wet wet room
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. T

    Tiling An Uneven Shape Room

    Hi, any tips on how you would tile a room that's not a good shape. I'm laying out tiles but finding the end of the room is causing a huge gap as the walls are not straight. Should I just follow the wall line? I don't see what else I could do. What's the best course of action?
  16. C

    wet room floor advice

    Hi All Great forum, hoping for some advice on a wet room I'm planning. I need to lay a new subfloor so was going to use 22mm WBP. Should I be leaving gaps between the boards? I was planning to lay ditra heat on top and that mentions using tongue and groove boards instead. should I lay kerdi...
  17. M

    Wet Room Refit with many issues!

    Hi all, just new this forum, and tiling! Sorry for this long post, I have a very different situation than most. Here's the picture, I live in an artist's commune, in a converted portacabin that is supported roughly 1m off the ground. So, there is probably a bit more structural movement than...
    • MartinTORR
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    • room wet wet room
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  18. S

    Is it essential to use sealant over grout on corners in tiled wet room?

    I have a fully tiled wet room, the floor is concrete and the transparent sealant along the corners / floor edges gets mould behind it very quickly. I have had to remove it twice so far and replace it within a few years. I have removed the sealant and re grouted the edges. I can't find out why...
  19. J

    Seeking Feedback on Wet Room Design

    Hello, I know this topic seems to be popular. I have already learned a great deal from reading so far. I am designing a small shop (3.6m x 4.8m) that will have a small wet room inside (1.4m x 1.83m). I plan to use the Schluter drain and membrane system for my shower in which I recess the...
  20. O

    A recent wet room project.

    Utilising a shower former design I saw somewhere on line, a few months back I believe, I completed this wet room a few weeks ago. It's a 1200 x600 x 10mm porcelain from Mandarin Stone. The short walls I re-fabricated the 1200's down to 600's so that I could keep the bond with the floor...
    • Old Mod
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    • large format mandarin stone porcelain project room wet wet room
    • Replies: 64
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms

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