I have a job on Thursday to tile 200x100 Topps tiles metro tiles.
I'm having a job trying to track down 9mm straight edge chrome trim. I'm pretty sure CTD sold them, but I can't find them on their website.
I've got a shed load of 10mm trim in my shed!
Should I just use the 10mm or keep...
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I plan on tiling long term, learning to lay anything. I know most of the tools I want.
I have slightly limited funds just now as just starting. Any ideas on what brand, size (wet cutter) and best prices etc ?
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ive had a search through and i cant quite find what i think is the best way of doing it.
ive got a laser level and id like to start to tile up straight from the floor rather than installing a batten all the way round, tiling up from that, then tiling the floor, then infilling the bottom...
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I did some tiling for a lady a few months ago. She called me back yesterday for me to give her a quote for tiling another room. She told me that last time I put the trim on her bathroom window the wrong way round. When I looked at it it was fine. She explained to me that it was not put on the...
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i have a sigma 3dm ,and it is cutting 2/3mm out on straight cuts of 90cm,everything seems ok and working well,is there something i can do,or adjust its been a top tool up untill now..
anyone had this happen.
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What are we all using for straight edges on floors? I've always used my long stabila level, but going to get a 3metre piece of alloy box section soon. Any pics too?
Hi just started another bathroom refurb today 2 walls are stud and are gonna be boarded with hardie but 2 walls ane block work and are very flat. Can i not tile straight onto block work tiles are trav 600x400 would save me some pennies i'm thinking it would be better what do you guys think ive...
Hi,
I have a Husqvarna TS 230F tile saw which cuts straight part of the way through a tile and then starts cutting to the right, which is bloomin annoying!
Any ideas how I can sort it???
Husqvarna TS 230 F - Masonry Tile Sawing and Saws
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Just a quick request for some experienced advice.
I am attempting to tile my new kitchen and although I have done a few small jobs before (pretty good result but very slow!) I have never done anything on this scale or using tile trim.
I have a couple of windows to do and wall edges with...
Job i'm on at the minute has polypipe between joist heating with an 18 mm wbp ply top screwed to joists, the floor is firm. Would you tile on this as is, cover with cement board and tile, cement board and uncouple and tile or laminate?
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im preping a bathroom today.
iv removed a lot of loose skim from the walls (all of it really ) one wall has areas of well stuck skim and areas without skim. also there is a fair bit of the plaster coming off while im taking off the solid skim (to make it all even)
iv got a good kango so...
Hi everyone,
I'm about to attempt my first DIY tiling job shortly, and would appreciate some advice.
There is a narrow strip of tiled flooring in front of a run of kitchen units, approximately 66cm wide x 4 metres long that I want to replace, as a couple of tiles were damaged by a heavy item...
hi guys i need a little help, ive got to do a ply wall in a a bath room where the shower its just the one wall to meet up with the other already tiled wall , do i need to use a backer board or can i just prime it then tile it? and would it need waterproofing? any help would be great thanks.
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I have tiled a bit of the bathroom wall with large tiles floor to ceiling with a mosaic border running through the middle (the mosaic border is a small brick style on a mesh so I can cut the border to size).
However the small area I have done hasn't gone to plan! The top tiles seemed to have...
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What do you guys use as a straight edge to run across up the wall to start your first row of tiles.. (to rest on also)
I cant screw anything to the wall as its tanked
I have a couple of those rubi stands, just need something to put across them to get level
Before you say batten...
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Can anyone tell me whether it's feasible to use large ceramic tiles on brickwork? We started to remove things from a bathroom in order to tile it and large amounts of plaster came away. Seems it is all blown and has to be removed. Is...
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Got a bit of a struggle going on between my head and my gut with this one.
I'm just about to start tiling a wall in my bathroom, but on mounting my baton horizontally, it has come screamingly to my attention that the floor and window are really quite far off the horizontal. It's a 100+...