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    Silicon splashbacks

    Looking for advice.. I have recently done a few splashbacks where the worktops are a good 10mm away from the out of square walls.. I also always put first tile a couple of mm above worktop.. When i come to siliconing tiles to top it all bloody vanishes down the back of worktops!!!... Any...
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    How can I drill holes on glass mosaic - kitchen back splash?

    I'm a diy lover and I've been getting lots of work done myself, or with some help from pro's every now and then. I've just gone through some renovation at home and one of the last steps was laying my glass mosaic back splash. Now I would like to make holes on it for some hooks I have. I've tried...
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    Tile Spacers, leave them in, or take them out, What say you!!!

    We are having a constant battle with learners and employers of apprentices regarding leaving tile spacers in the joint. This is something I have never done on any job ( that I can remember:rolleyes5:). There are loads of YouTube vids and many pieces of literature that show the spacer in the...
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    What size spacers? Which Mapei supplier?

    I am tiling the following floors in my house renovation and was wondering what the views are on whether I should use Mapei Latex Plus: 900x900 slate tiles on concrete floor For this floor Mapei have recommended; Prime the surface of the heating cables & the boards with Mapei Eco prim grip...
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    splash with bigger than usual tiles

    hi guys, I got my hands on a few boxes of tiles today, they are 36x27 cm... just wonderd what you guys think of doing my splash in them? have you ever done a splash in such big tile? cheers
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    Fixing Glass Panel Splashbacks

    Evening all. Im doing a kitchen splashback in a few weeks time. (Walls are being plastered due to old tiles taking down about half the wall - hence delay in starting the job). The walls are going to be tiled using brick effect tiles, however the wall area that covers the width of the cooker...
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    Cobalt Blue Wall Tile for Kitchen Splashback

    Hi all, I'm looking for wall tiles for a customer to go in their kitchen as a splashback. There preferred colour is cobalt blue and preferred shape is rectanglular. They would also prefer them not to be metro style. Also, they don't want any smaller than 100 x 200 mm. Anyone any ideas where...
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    Glass Mosaic Brick Tile splashback total mess ... please help

    Hi everyone, I picked out a glass brick mosaic for my kitchen splashback but the tiler my builder used has mucked up the laying. :mad2:Pic album is here https://plus.google.com/photos/105874346378556371679/albums/5989776281302338497?authkey=CNmPxoDb4fyWHw There was slumping and I could see...
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    Spacers or no spacers?

    Got a bathroom floor to tile tomorrow, in a bathroom I've been fitting. He has a pallet of the stone pictured below. question is, could I use spacers or would it not work . So will I have to just fit them without. cheers .
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    tiled kitchen splashback

    i need a tiler for the splashback in my kitchen. It's L shaped, so it will be one wall 2.5m x .7 high with one socket and boxing in around boiler pipes, the second wall is about 2.8m but im undecided as to how high to go up as this wall has a window on it. I haven't chosen the tiles yet. Based...
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    Plastic splash back

    Hi there I've just a job on the kitchen walls it was painted as I looked closer it seems there was some sort of plastic sheeting over the walls is this ok to tile on to.its fixed proberly and there no movement.pls help
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    mosaic tile splash-back

    The sink is not in situ. I plan to do a mosaic tile splash-back. Where in relation to the sink, when it is replaced, should the mosaics stop and start? Thank you
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    2mm floor tile spacers?

    Hi all, I'm tiling the bathroom floor this weekend using wood effect tiles (xilema wenge). They are long and thin and all online images show a narrow grout line. The floor is bounce free Chipboard overlaid with 6mm insulation board fixed with S2 adhesive and then has UHF covered in a thin slc...
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    2mm tile spacers

    Not sure if this is in the right category I use tile spacers like there is no tomorrow even tho I always use the edge of the spacer so I can pull them out and re use them if you know what I mean I always end up with less and I'm sick of buying them can anyone recommend where I can buy them in...
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    splashback i will be doing....

    hi guys I am going to be doing a kitchen splash before xmas need some advice on how to handle it don't have much experience in ripping out cheers . got some pics of a couple of the issus I am going to find myself with here you go....first pic basically the walls are partition and the tiles are...
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    Size spacers on 60x40 trav

    Views on size spacer on 60x40 trav 2mm or 3mm is it a personal choice or is there pros and cons to a diff size spacer !!
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    Sealing white grout kitchen splash back?

    Finished tiling kitchen splash back with help from this forum. I am now worried about grease stains etc behind the hob area. The tiles are metro white with white grout. Should I seal the grout and if so what do you recommend? Also I still need to seal between the worktop and tiles. The worktop...
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    Bulk spacers

    Any recommendations for buying big volumes of long leg spacers? Good prices on trade tiler but NI postage is coming up as £15 :yikes: so not viable unfortunately.
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    Lash Levelling Clips - any good?

    Any body used lash levelling clips - Tile Levelling great value and top quality from Tradetiler Are they any good?
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    Lash Clips

    has anyone used Raimondi Lash Clips? they are used in conjunction with a clamping device which suits me as the other types are hard work on your hands after a few hours.

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