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  1. M

    UFH, Drying times and Rapid setting screed

    hi all I’m hoping for some technical advice on screeds and commissioning wet underfloor heating. I went to look at at 40m2 of floor tiling job yesterday the customers would like the floor tiled before the 22nd of next month as the kitchen is being fitted then. The wet underfloor heating system...
    • Matthew77
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    • canada dry drying rapid screed setting ufh
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  2. Stevev

    Setting out a floor..........

    Setting my floor out, is it worth dry laying g and doing all my cuts then doing the adhesive or do cuts for half the room and then adhesive. It's a 4m squared porch. What do u prefer
  3. C

    Setting out for window

    Evening, hope all is well. Im Looking for a bit of advice regarding setting out on the window wall. Which ever way I play around with it I seem to have a sliver either at the window or both ends. I've attached a photo of the wall and a diagram with the measurements. It would be nice to know...
    • Chwrlie
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    • canada out setting setting out tilers window
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Setting Out Setting out hand holding

    I’m going to start my bathroom refit this weekend and just want to check my plan is sensible. I’m using 300x500mm ceramic tiles, floor to ceiling, no border. The wall tiles are mainly pale, the floor tiles are dark and I was planning on creating a 100mm dark tile upstand all around. The room...
    • earlm
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    • out setting setting out tilers
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  5. M

    Silicon not setting after 2 days

    Hi guys.a friend of mine done some silicon around a bath and is still not set after 2 days.i told him it migbt be expired but sayd its still in date. It was unibond brand,just been opened.i never hears of this before.does anyone else? Thanks
  6. L

    Setting Out Setting out advice please!

    Hi guys, I finally have some walls and levels to work off for setting out. Here's the wall I am finding a bit tricky: Sorry for the squiffy angle, it's a small room. Here's a plan with dimensions: Tiles are 500 x 200, laid stacked, long side horizontal. 2 mm grout joints. I'm fairly...
    • LEH
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    • advice out please setting setting out tilers
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  7. R

    Setting out bathroom

    Hi, I'm struggling to decide between these floor layouts. I've gone for staggered patterns so I can avoid intersecting with the grout lines on the walls. The floor tiles are 900mm x 450mm with 3mm grout line. The floor is 2460 wide by 2270mm long , the bath is 800mm wide by 1800mm long...
    • Russ
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    • bathroom floor out setting setting out tilers
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  8. J

    Setting Out Setting out to tile a splashback

    As the title. I have my daughters kitchen splashback to tile. In the examples Ive seen the worktops seem to be taken as level and full tiles (metro) form the bottom layer. My question is how do you address if the worktop is not level? Do you mark a line about half a metro up and cut the bottom...
    • john56897452
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    • clips lash lash clips out setting setting out spacer splashback tile tile wedges tilers wedges
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  9. S

    Setting up work area for wet and dry cutters.

    He guys, new to tiling and wondering how everyone else sets up. Whilst the weather is great I don't have an issue. Set up my table outside with dry and wet cutter on it so any spray from my wet cutter is easy to wash down, but wondering how I'm going to over come this issue when its poring down...
  10. J

    Setting out Herringbone pattern

    Never done a herringbone pattern before. What to watch out for please boyos? Ta, Jim.
    • Jimbobble
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    • canada herringbone out pattern setting setting out tilers
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  11. C

    Setting out French pattern

    Hi, I have been asked to tile a friends floor in a French pattern. They have a small shower room that leads through to a larger utility room by way of a door they would like the floor to flow through. How would the pattern Change the way you set out ? Would you start with the larger room ...
  12. F

    Mapei fast setting tile adhesive

    Right....Don't want upset any tilers,but...is there any way of slowing down how fast this stuff sets? Yes, I know they do normal stuff, but found a 20kg bag of it in the shed, and I'm not the fastest in the world. I was buying ready mixed, but it was costing me a fortune, and there's enough of...
    • fido69r
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    • adhesive grout mapei mapei adhesive mapei grout setting tile tile adhesive
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Tile Adhesive and Grout Advice
  13. P

    Bathroom setting out

    Hello everyone this is my first post I'll try not to waffle. Im in the middle of a house renovation and I'm just about to tile my bathroom. However I have a setting out problem with regard to the height. I'm using 300x 600 tiles and 3mm grout lines. If I set the tiles so they're almost...
    • Paul Lewis
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    • bathroom out setting setting out tilers
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
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    montolit

    Course on innovative tile setting techniques - Uk and Ireland - http://www.montolit.com/advanced-course-on-innovative-tile-setting-techniques-in-uk-and-ireland/ Giuseppe Maffei waiting for dates ;)
    • Italy
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    • canada montolit setting tile cutter usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. Andy Allen

    Rapid setting slc

    Got a job next week where I'm tight on time. the bathroom floor is floorboards (solid) so I'm going to fix insulation boards , heat mat then slc over the heat mat but could do with tiling it the same day .....so is there a flexible slc that drys quick ?
  16. O

    Setting Out, What Would You Do?

    Ok, so as there has been a few threads on setting out, I'd like to add a quick one. I'm curious to know how you would tackle this. So this is it, the last task on the bookmatch project. It consists of a small winding staircase of 4 treads, but it's not without its problems. Firstly I'm...
    • Old Mod
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    • bookmatch out setting setting out tilers what would
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  17. macten

    Setting Out...again

    Large kitchen splashy, 2 windows (one really long) and probably going to be a metro like tile :mad: From worktop to sills is about 11 - 11.5cm so when I was round there I explained common size for those types of tiles are 10x20s and showed why that would mean an aesthetic compromise somewhere...
  18. D

    Sigma Setup

    Hi all, So Ive getting myself a sigma cutter which cuts upto 725mm. Im having massive trouble with it and im not getting on with it at all like. My question is how do you go about setting the thing up ie to get consistant cuts? Im at the point where when im going to snap the tile ive got no...
    • David Rowell
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    • cutter setting sigma sigma cutter tile cutter
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Tiling Tools
  19. J

    Bathroom Setting Out Advice

    Hello, In the process of renovating my bathroom and wanted to get some advice on the best way to set out the tiles please. Tiles will be 600x400x12mm marble. What do you think of this scheme? I've tried to centre everything around the wall with the window (which is facing you as you come...
    • jus001
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    • advice aus bathroom marble out setting setting out tilers
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  20. B

    Can Anyone Help Get Me Started With Setting Out For Half-bond?

    I think I chose the worst flipping size tile I could have done… or is there a way? Darned if I can see it… Tiles for the walls are 400mm L x 150 H to be laid horizontal, half-bond. Thought I would start by centring the window width and height and see how things would work. First issue, 3 tiles...
    • Buzz365
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    • aus can help out setting setting out tilers
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum

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