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    Should I protect polished porcelain from staining?

    Polished Porcelain Tiles – Are they maintenance free? LTP recommends that you protect polished porcelain when fitting by applying an impregnating sealer to ensure the best resistance to staining. It is also important to make sure that polished porcelain is … Continue reading → More... Auto Feed...
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    The wife should get a proper job lol!

    You can tell the wife's students are on a wind down for Xmas, she made a crimbo tree today to bring home, all made by herself
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    Luxury flats in London need specialist drilling SHOULD BE FUN !

    How about this for a job. Been called into the Atrium development (central london) to drill holes into 10 bathrooms. Looking at 240 holes at 8mm for their luxury bathrooms. Well behind schedule as a development and needing to get guys in to finish it. I think it will be the SMART...
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    How should porcelain adhere?

    Been doing a renovation on and off for the last 6 months or so. Done this floor at the start and it was decided this week that the door would open out so had to lift a few tiles. Although they were back buttered and solid bedded, they came up cleanly without much on the backs. Tiles weren't wet...
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    Aluminium tile edge on Wall tile. Should there be a gap?

    I have never tiled anythign in my life so excuse my ignorance. A friend helped me tile a small corner shower in 13" x 13" porcelain tiles. All has gone relatively well however on both edges I have chosen to finish it with an aluminum edge. In my mind the tile should reach the edge of not...
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    Dont think it should be making that noise.........RIP my old van

    Sat in a que of traffic yesterday, when i noticed the oil light was on, and when i turned the radio down I could hear this horrible clanking sound. Apparently when the oil pump pack in the rest of the engin dont like it, basicly its buggared. Been to work today on me bike, thats just about...
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    should i seal waterproof plasterboard

    hi am about to start tiling my new bathroom which i have just drywalled with waterproof plasterboard. all screws etc have been covered but the board is bare - as it came. i am just wondering if it needs a mist coat of emulsion first? it wont be very wet walls as the shower is a full enclosure...
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    my youngest should be banned from supermarkets!

    some of you may remember a couple of years ago when my youngest lad Gabriel broke 4 metatarsals in Asda, well the little twerp has had another supermarket injury:mad2:, hanging onto front of the trolley he fell off and Mrs Doug ran over his thumb and ripped his thumb nail (the full lot) off,,,3...
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    Which adhesive and grout should I use for tiles over UFH???

    Hi there, Can anyone advise me on which adhesive and grout to use over a wet underfloor heating system? There are 6mm plyboards over the pipes and we are laying 9mm porcelain tiles. I wanted to use a grey coloured grout, do the tiles need sealing before using a coloured grout? (the assistant in...
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    4/5mm gap in ply flooring what should I use.

    Hi Guys Just a quickie from me today!! I'm just about to lay 250 hardie-backer board over my ply flooring, however there is a 4/5mm gap between the boards. What should I use between these? Addy - Silicon - Newpaper!!! lol (I'm only joking with the last) :smilewinkgrin: As usual thanks guys...
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    Wall/Floor join - which way should the tiles overlap?

    Hi, Sorry this may be a rather basic question!..... I am tiling my wet-room floor and walls... The floor tiles are a different colour to the wall tiles (darker), and the floor grout will also be darker than the wall grout. The query I have is whether there is a 'best' orientation for the...
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    How much should i do in one go?

    I am putting up some 600x300 porcelain tiles on the wall, just occurred to me; should i just do a couple of courses at a time and allow to set (like when bricklaying) rather than trying to do it all (floor to ceiling) in one hit. Am using Mapei Stone/Porcelain quick set (bag of powder) cement...
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    Should anyone let an UNQUALIFIED tradesman into their home?

    This is controversial, but I care not. In at least some parts the USA, NO tradesman is allowed into somebodies house without proof of qualifications. It's the same in the UK, but with plumbers and electricians only. So WHY IS IT DIFFERENT FOR TILERS (OR PLASTERERS) in the UK?. So here is a...
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    should i remove these now?

    greetings good people ! diyer here. go easy..... am using a tablet pc so have spent lots of time trying to find the rules on brick bond on these 200x300 tiles but despite joining i can't see pics... question is my wife spotted that i have folded(? correct term?) the tiles at the top of the...
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    what should the finish on wp1 look like?

    I just gave my job the first coat of wp1 today, i applied with a trowel as a brush seemed to put hardly an on the boards are lafarge aquaboard and has a plasticy finish so that makes it harder to take, should i coat until its solid grey or just give it another coat and thats enough
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    Hi. Which adhesive should I use?

    Hi, I have bought some 30cm x 40cm x 9mm ceramic tiles for our bathroom. What adhesive should I use?
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    Why Should I Prefer Dry Wall

    As i am also remodeling my old house and when i came to my walls i thought Why should I tear down perfectly good plaster walls to put up dry wall? Dry Wall seems to suck! it doesn't breathe, and you can accidentally kick it in with a gentle nudge. I feel like older houses made with plaster...
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    should i make the customer take them back

    so im doing this wetroom and today the customer shows me the tiles, they are slate, she loves them, 600x300 although some are595 some are 605, varying in thickness from about 6 mm to about18mm some of them are 6mm on one side and about 15mm on the other, like slabs of cheese, bloody nightmare...
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    Should rustic black slate calibrated look like this? Help?

    The tiler has been laying rustic black slate modular from Topps Tiles. We are really disappointed with the way it is laid as there are numerous trip hazards with some tiles significantly lower than others and sharp corners sticking up. The tiler has blamed the tiles and said that's what...
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    Which Mapei adhesive ? should I use

    Hi all great forum really informative Having read all the great posts on here it is apparent that Mapei adhesives are the most used and recommended but which one should I use for my kitchen and floor ? Keraquick or Mapeker. As they are both rapid set flexible ? The floors have underfloor...

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