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    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
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    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  2. 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
  3. 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
  5. 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...
  6. 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
  7. 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 ...
  9. 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
  10. 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
  13. 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 ?
  14. 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
  15. 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...
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  21. Dan

    Britflex Rapid Rs Tile Adhesive Rapid Setting Brit Adhesives

    BRITFLEX RAPID RS - 20kg ITEM NO: FRSG20 BRITFLEX RAPIDSET is suitable for fixing different tiles including ceramics, slate, limestone, marble, porcelain, terrazzo and mosaics to a variety of surfaces. If used externally then a solid bed method of fixing is recommended. BRITFLEX RAPIDSET is...
    • Dan
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    • adhesive adhesives aus grey rapid setting technical tile tile adhesive usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Rapid or Slow setting

    Hi guys. This is more of a curiosity thing. After reading a few threads over the last few days, I get the impression that alot of the pro's hate tubbed adhesive, but not quite as much as they hate Justin Beiber (feel free to correct me if i'm wrong.....). So my question is, in your own...
  23. S

    Tiling window reveals

    Hi Fellas. I've (nearly) finished tiling my en-suite walls now and want to start on the window reveals soon. Do you have any hints or tips for a nice looking finish? As recommended in a previous post of mine, I pulled the bottom tiles up above the window sill (by up to 10mm at its worst), and I...
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    Wetroom tray envelope cut setting out challenge

    As the replies I got to my previous setting out post were so helpful so I thought I'd ask for your setting out advice again if I may. This time it's the floor, and especially around the wetroom tray former. The tiles are 330mm and the tray former is 1350x1050 with the drain at an awkward non...
    • SB4U
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    • aus cut out setting setting out tanking tilers tray usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 57
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  26. S

    Setting out opinion wanted

    Hi. This is probably a no brainer for you guys but I'm unsure of the best way to set out 300x600 tiles in a shower room that's about 2370 square. I've attached a pic for your perusal. Would you go with the top set or the bottom set? (Or something else entirely?) The top set is with centralising...
    • SB4U
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    • aus opinion out setting setting out tilers usa wanted
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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