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  1. Lou

    Setting up a new business Electrical Advice

    Setting up a new business Discussion ThreadSetting up a new business Electrical Advice Morning, I’ve been asked to go it alone by a shop fitter but would need to test & certify each job with NICEIC certification. Is there any way of using a third party registered NICEIC testing company to...
  2. S

    What’s the uk record time spent setting out?

    Hi, First floor tiled, seems setting out way trickier than a bathroom! Alcohol down yesterday and happy with the results. I’m about 3hrs deep setting out at the moment, slow progress 🤣😡 Any tips? I can’t find anything that doesn’t leave a narrow cut down to 70mm. Tiles are 490 square...
  3. Lou

    Disabling a setting on a Belling cooker hood. Electrical Advice

    Disabling a setting on a Belling cooker hood. Discussion ThreadDisabling a setting on a Belling cooker hood. Electrical Advice I am going to install a log burner in an open plan kitchen breakfast room. I think the Belling cooker hood, on it's highest setting, is extracting too much air...
  4. D

    Setting out metro tile pattern to avoid thin slithers

    Hi, 1200 wide tray and tiling shower enclosure recess with metro tiles where the 1200 wide wall is the first thing see as enter room hence would want to centre tiles on that wall. That means on alternate rows you would be left c8-10mm short of a full tile at each end given the grout joints...
    • Dh1500
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    • metro out pattern setting setting out thin tile
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  5. Lou

    Fluke 1664FC setting Electrical Advice

    Fluke 1664FC setting Discussion ThreadFluke 1664FC setting Electrical Advice I recently bought a Fluke 1664FC. It's great but recently I chose to do a loop test on the no trip setting. Plugged the 3 wires in but noticed the screen says it's set for a L-N test with only Live and Neutral plugged...
  6. Dan

    Can you spot the error in setting out for wall tiling in this photo?

    • Dan
    • Thread
    • can error out setting setting out this tiling wall wall tiling
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  7. G

    Need to fill a transition seam, thin set or setting compound?

    I need to fill a gap between my cement board and dry wall, my shower tile will run over this seam onto the drywall, this will be a dry area outside my shower. Can I fill the gap with setting compound or should I use thin set, I will be painting the dry wall up to the edge of my beveled end tile...
  8. G

    How to waterproof joint setting compound on a shower wall

    I need to tile a new corner shower stall. I put Hardi waterproof backer board on the wall and used thinset to seal all my seams and screws, also used thinset for my transition seam between the drywall and backer board. I used a setting joint compound (not a pre mix drywall compound) to feather...
    • grantiman
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    • compound former how joint setting shower shower tray wall waterproof wetroom
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  9. Kilo

    Setting out for garden tiling (porcelain)

    Quick question about setting up for tiling a 16m2 space in garden. I know the addage about doing half a job...but with prices going through the atmosphere I'm wondering if any outdoor tilers would tell me off for setting out and preparing the ground now (wacking hardcore down) and doing the...
  10. H

    This is really Poor setting out isn't it?

    Am I right in thinking this setting out is awful? He's also fitted plasterboard to the dry areas of the bathroom, I insisted in him putting Hardiebacker around the shower/bath and I tanked it. But we're not happy with it at all. The cuts are obviously bad. Thanks.
  11. Muff Tiler

    Setting wet room tray

    When setting a wet room tray do you set it 6mm higher to take a cement board? Floor is 22mm chipboard joists are 400 centers
  12. S

    Quick setting out question

    Hi All, I have a question about setting out and would appreciate you guys input. I have a room to tile that is just over 1500mm wide and fits 6 250mm tiles with spacers perfectly if you don't include the door threshold. My question is do you think it would look better if I just went with the 6...
  13. S

    Is it OK to tank over rapid setting render shortly after it sets?

    The rationale behind the rapid setting mortar is to speed up the work. At the same time, a tanking system essentially traps any moisture inside. It seems to me that tanking shortly after the mortar sets (in, say, one or two hours) is a leap of faith. What do you think?
  14. T

    Plywood tiling not setting in places

    Hi wondering if anyone can help ive tiled the passage, i bought some 12mm ply and screwed it down to the floorboards i then tiled directly onto the ply with ceramic 333/333 using mapei flexible adhesive i checked this morning and some have set and others havent ive had to pull them back up and...
  15. T

    Setting out tiles

    Hi all, Due to money constraints I am having to renovate the bathroom myself. I am trying my best to set out the tiles before starting to avoid slithers. I'm using metro 20×10 tiles and 2mm gap. But no matter which way I try I end up with either a cm gap at the ceiling or a slither under the...
  16. P

    Setting wedi shower on plywood base.

    Hi Folks, if I could pick your brains for an opinion Id be very grateful. I'm building a bathroom over here in NL In my attic. Ive battoned between the floor joists, and set 2 layers of 18mm plywood under the shower area. I primed the plywood with a waterproof primer, then set the wedi fundo...
  17. M

    Tiling Shower- Where to start, Setting Up

    Hey Guys! Hope you are all well during this current pandemic! I am onto my next stage of our renevation of our georgian house! This will be the second bathroom i have fitted but the first i am to tile. The walls are all sorted and ive fitting the shower tray, dry fitting the screens to make...
  18. T

    Setting out advice

    Hi there, Im a DIY tiler and am about to half height tile my downstairs toilet with 600x300 tiles. I understand the advice on always ensuring the top and bottom row of the tiles should avoid thin slithers. If I measure out to get a good size at both floor and the top row (half way up wall)...
  19. R

    Setting Out Setting out subways - shower, niche and sloped roof

    Hello again. Got the kit laid out and ready to lay the first tiles after a challenging time with the shower tray. Just a couple of answers would help me out a great deal. 1) The centre wall for the shower is 1400mm, tiles 200x100. Accounting for 2mm for expansion at either end and 2mm grout...
  20. M

    Best practice when setting bevelled metro tiles

    Advice please on setting out bevelled metro tiles in particular situations. 1. For internal corner should you set out to avoid finishing with a full tile in corner when using brick bond? Concerned how the silicon bead might look as one row full tile thickness next row thinner as just bevel...

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