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    Uneven floor surface

    Evening all, I have got to quote for a kitchen floor 600x600 porcaline. Problem being is that the floor is part concrete (with lots of ady from the previous jobs) and some tiles still there! The other half is chipboard. Obviously I need the floor to be as flat as possible when laying...
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    putting tiles onto a painted surface

    hi guys, got a job starting monday in a new build housing scheme(was newly built about 4 years ago) and the customer wants his existing bath to now have a shower. So, i only need to fix tiles to the top half of the wall around the bath as obvioulsy the bottom half is already tiled. The area...
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    What's the best surface to tile on??

    I've spent some time reading this forum and thanks to everyone who has posted for the information I've found really useful so far. I have the following dilemma and would like some feedback from the experts. I'm currently completely refurbing my bathroom, the walls are back to bare brick, apart...
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    Advice on surface preparation please

    Hi Guys Is there any prep needed to painted plasterboard before tiling onto it, and do you need to prep bare plasterboard with anything before tiling onto it.? For a floor that has been sheeted over with a thin ply is there any sealer needed before tiling? Thanks John
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    Removing dry grout from porcelain tile surface

    Hi all We bought our house about a year ago and this job has been looming for some time. We have floor to ceiling white porcelain tiles with a slightly uneven surface. I think whoever put these on hailed from deadwood and it looks like they never even tried to clean the excess grout off. I...
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    Tiling an external path - what surface preparation?

    Hello, I'm currently in the process of trying to beautify our front path. The current path is a concrete slab in good condition, and is about 3 metres long and 1 metre wide (actually the slab extends to about 4 metres wide, but the piece for the path is 1 metre wide). The concrete also has...
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    surface preperation

    Hi all, Not long in the trade so I have still a lot to learn and as they say if you don’t ask you will never know, and have used the good advise seen in the forums before. I have just quoted for kitchen splash backs, where the walls have been reskimed (nice new plaster) but the units were...
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    New Sound Insulation Gives Durable Tiled Surface

    NEW SOUND INSULATION GIVES DURABLE TILED SURFACE A newly-launched acoustic floor product not only reduces noise, but actually protects the tiled surface as well, overcoming one of the major problems of tiling onto acoustic floors. Schlüter-Systems Technical Manager Ian Knifton says: “To put...
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    Prime Surface or NOT

    Hiya Guys, Can one of you experts please tell me on which surfaces I should be Priming the walls/floor, and when I can get away with it...many thanks

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