substrate

Hi All I am trying to fix some broken tiles in a couple of wet rooms in a customers house. When I took up the first few tiles they seem to be on some kind of rubber/ bitumen elastic membrane which I have never seen before. Have any of you seen this before and how should I go about fixing the new...

Hi all, Looked at a job on Friday (new build) where the customer originally wanted a thick basalt stone tile and then decided to go for a thinner porcelain tile - so now they are asking a for an adhesive bed of 25mm over 100m2 of screed (with wet UFH). :anguished: The finished tile height...

Afternoon all, In the process of bathroom refit I have had to remove all of the old chipboard floor covering. I am now ready to put down a replacement before laying Ditra Heat and then tiling. What is the opinion regarding ply thickness? Would you suggest 18mm plus a 6mm backerboard or a...

Afternoon all. Have recently said hello to theforum and finally got around to posing some questions on a bathroom refurb. Firstof all, having removed the 30 year old cappuccino coloured bathroom suite withmatching tiles I am left with plastered walls that have a nice selection ofcracks across...

Hi Apologies for what i'm sure is a pretty obvious question: I'm about to do my second ever tiling job - the kitchen of our new-ish build flat (built 2002). On taking up the old vinyl tiles I found that the floor around the radiator pipes is plywood - level with the concrete. Each piece of...

Hi everyone, I'm about to construct a concrete doorstep ready for Victorian geometric tile. Its was dug up to install a gas pipe to run under the doorstep. The gas people have now placed the pipe very near the surface almost level with the old substate (which Ive now broken out). If I concrete...

Hi, i'm looking to tile my bathroom floor with 600mm porcelain tiles. The floor is 16mm T&G. Any advice on what i should lay under the tiles? I've done a bit of research and was leaning towards one of the cement boards like no more ply, but when i visited a tile shop they recommended schluter...

I am quoting to lay a reclaimed limestone chequerboard floor over an existing base that is assumed to be concrete once the existing stone tiles have been removed by main contractor. there will be no underfloor heating involved but i would ideally like to lay some sort of membrane between the...

Hi all. I’m looking for another opinion(s) on this. A friend of mine posted this picture on facebook, and someone tagged me in a post to look at it. I’ve not seen this in person, as I’m in Edinburgh and the problem is in Horley. My initial thoughts were that water had got into a crack in...

Hello, This is my first posting on a forum so firstly I hope I'm in the right one. This may be a bit of a building problem. This is a bit long winded but here goes. We have a kitchen project on the go in a 200 year old cottage. The existing floor is flagstones on sand then earth. I would...

I have just been to price a floor in a nail bar. They have amtico down and by eye I can tell the SLC was just done to give smooth surface. Im pretty sure they wont go for it but Ive got to work out a price. probs around 60m2. Whats the best thing to do with this stuff? Im assuming lift...

HiI've been lurking on the forum for the last month or so while I've been planning how to refurbish my bathroom, so I've already benefited from some of the great advice that has been given to other users.I'm now about to start the refurbishment, and was hoping someone could confirm that my plan...

Had to quote my mates mother in laws toilet area. Was around 12m 450x200 ceramics. Alot of prep work needed doing prior to starting job. Quoted 370 inc addy and grout which was pretty cheap. Another tiler from the tile shop quoted 480 and another tiler quoted 190. Anyway never heard back from...

Hi All, I have a job coming up soon that poses a bit of a dilemma and would like your advice and opinions please, its an upstairs bathroom floor in an old cottage, the floorboards have been badly re-laid at some time and are 22mm chipboard, the floor is solid with no movement but definitely not...

Hi all, I've been sent through this photo from a job I'm going to look at next week. I've been told that the flooring in the photo which used to have carpet on it is concrete. Before I go and look has anyone seen a substrate like this before. also what could the black on the floor be, could it...

Hi guys, i'm new to this forum but ive been in plumbing & heating for over 30 years gslplumbers.com I have a question for you. I have just built myself a raised block & beam patio area. I have bought some large Quartzite porcelain tiles (990x490) in quartzite. I do not have very much depth to...

Hi, I'm going to start preparing the substrate for my kitchen and my bathroom so that I can tile on it. The current floor is made of floorboards (not chipboard) and is pretty deflection free. The issue that I have is that there are vinyl tiles stuck to the floor in the kitchen and half of...

Bathroom floor, used to have carpet tiles. Black glue combed on. I will have to score and scrape it all off.. Any recommendation on method of removal? thanks in advance

Let's see how honest you are.... Have you ever exceeded the limit a wall substrate can carry .... even if only by a small amount.. say 2kg's :)

Hi to everyone using this forum, My name is wayne and i'm a newbie and in need of some advice.. My bathroom is 1.8 by 2.9. The joist's are 7"x2" and these run the 2.9 lenght, the joist's are spaced at 17" centres and the old floor boards layed at present are about 22mm thick. I am about to rip...