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    Floor heights , laying mosaics on concrete slab

    Hi everyone, I’ve a fairly basic question I thinks, hope someone can help me out with. I’m going to be laying some mosaics on a foot path leading to my front door but before I can do that I need to lay a new concrete slap to get a gradient from door to public footpath height. I’m struggling...
  2. Conversaro

    Tented tiles in middle of Livingroom concrete slab condo

    Hello, does anyone know why my tile would tent? Bottom floor concrete slab condo in Tampa. Had water detection company, sinkhole company, slab engineer and several tile companies completely stumped, it is in the middle of my living room. I finally chiseled out the grout of one tile and it came...
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    Laying bricks over concrete slab. Mortar or tile adhesive?

    Hi, I'm planning to do a herringbone brick floor over a concrete slab with some reclaimed brick tiles . The bricks have been sawn into narrow longs roughly 50mm x 50mm x 250mm, but there is still a fair bit of variance. Have enough extra that I can get the variance down to 5mm by being...
  4. A

    External concrete slab...

    Have a small concrete slab with quite a lot of cracks in. Has any one used flexbone out doors or know if its suitable or any suggestions for uncoupling.
  5. E

    Remove carpet glue from a concrete slab.

    Hello. What's the best to remove carpet glue from a concret slab ? I was thinking to buy a concret grinder , is this the best way ? If yes, which one are you guys using ? Thanks !
  6. J

    Expansion/movement joints - porcelain on a concrete slab

    I plan to lay a circa 8m x 4m patio using a concrete slab and fixing with tile adhesive. The porcelain tiles will be 1200 x 600 or 900 x 450, I want to use a half bond with the longest edge parallel to the 8m length of the slab. The slab will need at least one expansion/movement joint which will...
  7. M

    Front path slab ( possibly has rising damp) - can I tile on it?

    I hope you guys can help me. IN my own home, I have screeded in a front path slab because the old one was a bit cracked. My new slab isabout 150 mm of hard core and 100 mm of sharp sand and cement. Stupidly I didnt include a plastic membrane. An area of the path seems to be not as dry as the...
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    24 year old tile over cement slab floor failing-tenting and popping up

    Hi, I've put down quite a bit of tile over the years but always worked with backerboard. I'm renovating a house in Florida (first one in Florida) that was built in 1996. It's concrete slab foundation and the tile was laid directly on the slab with what appears to be basic thinset. When I was...
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    Paving slab stain

    Hi, I have some strange staining on my patio concrete paving stones which I am struggling to get rid of. I have tried a jet washer which cleans up my other paving stones well but won’t clean these stains. I also tried pure bleach but no change. any advice would be much appreciated. p.s. the...
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    External concrete slab for 20mm porcelaine

    Hello All, After a few months respite I'm back. Some of you may recall my pre-Christmas dilemma with laying 30+sqm porcelain on what I thought was a unlevel slab. Well I heeded everyone's advice and got a professional tiler in who did a superb job and it turned out the floor was only 5mm lower...
    • Deleted member 51481
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    • 20mm concrete external porcelain porcelain tile slab
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  12. Andy Allen

    Dressing beswick limestone slab....

    Got some beswick tumbled limestone slabs to do in the new year, I have to cut a curve in some of them and dress the edge, was going to use a polishing pad from ATS what grit would you recommend for limestone. Or anything else that I could attach to a grinder and use...
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    Kitchen Tiling New Concrete Slab

    Hi, I’m about to move into a new build development. We have opted to tile the kitchen ourselves but have some questions regarding this. We’ve done tiling projects before. As this is a new build, and we will be tiling onto the concrete slab what preparation is required? Am I right in saying...
    • Deleted member 50723
    • Thread
    • bathroom concrete kitchen new build slab tiling
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
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    External tiling onto a new concrete slab

    Hello all, I have a job coming up to install 20mm thick porcelain large format tiles onto a freshly laid concrete slab (once cured) Looking for some advice on the following.... 1. How long from the day the concrete is poured until you can tile ? 2. I've done this many times in Australia but...
    • llevram
    • Thread
    • canada concrete external external tiling new build slab tiling
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Underfloor heating on concrete slab

    have a large concrete screed with underfloor heating in pipes which has been down for over 12 months It requires tiling but heating will not be connected for a further 6 weeks Could anyone advise me if it would be safe to lay the tiles before heating up the slab? Thanks
    • Aparky50
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    • concrete floor floor tiling heating slab underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  16. G

    Old slab

    Tiling my front path today, old concrete slab that has no cracks and is in pretty good nick. Took the decision not to break up and lay new slab. Was thinking give it a sand and clean, prime, lay bal Matt, then tile. Any thoughts gents?
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    Victorian Tiled Path Concrete Slab Joints

    I'm pouring a reinforced concrete slab pathway to my front door which i want to tile with victorian mosaic tiles. the path will be 10m x 1m. i've been told to cut expansion/control joints every 2.5 metres. if i do that, do i fill these joints with screed and tile over them? any advice
    • robhdg
    • Thread
    • canada concrete edwardian edwardian floor expansion geometric joint joints path slab tiled victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Levelling 80m2 Concrete Slab (1 To 30mm)

    We have a 80m2 concrete slab which although fairly level, does have low and high spots varying between 1 and 30mm. What's going to be the most cost effective method of levelling the entire slab? I presume a form of SLC, but what brand and type? We'll need ALOT of 20kg bags which will get...
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    Low quality floor slab

    Hi, looking for help with options here. Stripped out old kitchen and lamintate floor to reveal several cracks - rubbish slab really - some small vertical movement as well as horizontal so clearly can't tile direct even with an isolation membrane. New kitchen coming in 6 weeks, can't be...
    • NigelB
    • Thread
    • aus floor floor tiling quality slab usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  20. K

    M10 concrete for raising concrete slab prior to tiling

    I am tiling the garage floor. Can I use M10 concrete to level and raise/level the base concrete slab before tiling? It would be cheaper as I have about 100kg of M10 left over from the house construction. Thanks, kkckkc.
    • kkckkc
    • Thread
    • aus concrete slab tiling usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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