substrate

Hi I went to see a job today that I need a bit of advice on. The three floors to be tiled were mainly of concrete but sections had been chased out for radiator pipes and covered with ply. Its not as if one half is ply and the other concrete. The size of the floors are: 8.56m2, 2.42m2 and 1m2...

About to tile some bathrooms with heavy 10mm porc 600x300 tiles. The walls have been plastered and painted. Do i need to score the walls up? Bit concerned about the paints strength in holding up these tiles.

Got a customer who has taken the tiles off themselves in their bathroom that I will shortly tile. One wall, an internal wall, with bricks in the middle, has what I can see is pink plaster, but it has a grey green coating of something over it. The wall is sound and pretty flat, but I dont know...

I am in the process of doing my bathroom. (Actually I have been since February but that's another story :oops:). I have bought marble floor tiles and the plan was to lay these on a plywood base. The floorboards currently in the bathroom are of the 18mm chipboard variety but unfortunately a...

Hi all quoting for job in kitchen and customer wants UFH. its 30 sqm very odd shape going from kitchen to conservatory. so normal probs floor height issues. 6mm thermal boards down, UFH down, self level, tiles comes to about 23/24 mm. kitchen is floorboards conservatory is concrete so question...

Hello there. We're having our bathroom redone along with some internal building work, and unfortunately we chose poorly when deciding who should do it. The builder (who is also a neighbour) made a poor job of the boxing-in for the back-to-wall WC and semi-countertop basin. And an even worse job...

Hi folks. I've a job to quote for, it's an extension, and the current surface is bison beams and blocks. There's 200mm to make up before the tiles go down. Customer is wanting to know what to put down next. He's thinking of ending up with a 50mm layer of Marmox type insulation board, which will...

got a 45 sqm floor to lay on a 25mm modified sand and cement bed with chicken wire mesh reinforcing, 900x450 porcelain drop lay method ,subtrate is a fibre screed 40mm thick over ufh, the substrate is showing cracking which i was going to repair with the epoxy resin and steel pins repair...

I am just lately coming across an awful lot of tile cracking and delamination events particularly on heated floor screeds. I assume that tiling courses generally have a section on jointing tiles.......or do they? but I am fairly certain judging by what I see just lately that they do not deal...

I've took up some laminate flooring ready to tile with slate Upon taking them up there are 9" vinyl tiles laid with bitumen directly onto the floorboards. These are all still solidly fixed. Can i just overboard the vinyl tiles with 12mm ply? The floor seems solid but i'd rather overboard too...

Hi guys, another query from me! OK, still on the bathroom (for those who've seen my floor thread) but the walls this time. The room is currently tiled, and these will all be coming off, and from past experience will bring lumps of the plasterboard with them. The walls are simple stud...

Hi there. I'd appreciate some advice please.... My first time tiling with travertine. The customer is going for 600x400 (12mm thick) tiles. The plasterboard around the shower-bath is to be replaced by aquapanel, so can I just check whether you would recommend that I carry out any surface...

This is the wall in question... (wall directly in front on the picture) I have taken all of the previous tiles off, rubbed the painted wall down and stripped off the old adhesive. I am left with an uneven, crumbly wall :smash: The surface is cracked, and it won't take the weight of the...

Tiled onto sand/cement render today for first time in ages, walls were nice and flat etc. It was a pleasure to tile onto! I think it's my favourite substrate to tile onto when it's been done right. Just wondering what eveyone elses' favourite is?:yes:

hi all, got a floor to tile in travertine (filled). The substrate is wood (T&G). Some of the wood planks is very uneven, all seems to be secure but i will strengthen. The floor is also slanted. My question is i will be putting ply ontop but that wont sort the slant out, should i use self...

hello folks just started my second job today , stripping a kitchen head to toe in rank 70s tile, then putting in a splashback. Problem was there were 3 different substrates behind said tiles, plaster, render and some god awfull white stuff which was a pain in the ***. Question is if i was to...

Hi all Quoting for a kitchen floor. Problem is a wall has been knocked down and the tiles will now cover ply (new area) to concrete(old area). Tried to talk customer into ditra matting but he didn't really want to know. Expansion joint would also be a problem as its a 3 size pattern. Any help...

have been rendering up stone walls with BALS rapid set render -working out rather expensive! Is browning plaster a good replacement - its cheaper and builds up depth easilier. To be tiled to travertine afterwards - any views appreciated

Went to quote for re-tiling an en-suite yesterday, everything was pretty straight forward except for the substrate. The wall appears to be skimmed plaster with a fiberous wood board underneath, it alsmost resembles wood chippings! The customer hasn't bought any tiles yet but is looking at 250 x...

Hi there, years since i posted here.. I am going ahead with a loft conversion over the next couple of months. The builders will be fitting a suspended floor, timber beams covered with tongue-and-groove high-density board. I'm planning to tile most of the floor area (@20'x18'), & install...