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I've just tiled my kitchen splashback and for a first-time job I'm very pleased with it. :smilewinkgrin: However I've now got rails and racks to install... and the tiles are 13mm thick porcelain (CIR In Tinta 100 x 100). I bought a pack of spear-pointed tile bits in Wickes and tried drilling a...

.....for thicker tiles :thumbsup: Got speaking to Colin at Kwiksplit on Thursday and he mentioned he had just got these in from Raimondi (I do love the Italian manufacturers:thumbsup:) - 8mm high spacers with a leg that snaps off to give you 'T' pegs - next day I got a bag as a sample in the...

Iv just put down tile backer board and undertile heating cable over the top. Went over today with self leveling compound but not sure if iv enough over the cable. In a few places you can still see the top of the cable, is this ok or is it best i go over again with a thin skim so everything is...

hello, how do i remove very thick slate tiles? it seems like concrete has been used to put them in - and they look impossible to remove? they don't flake when hit with a hammer or anything! i liked slate - until somebody came and put them in and did an absolutely horrible job - actually...

hello ive tried 2 do this on my old post but wouldnt let me, so sorry i had 2 create a new post for the same tile , thanks again

hi,my daughter as just bought her first home and her kitchen is missing afew floor tiles after a slight alteration to kitchen units.i would be gratefull for any advise the tile in question is the above size it looks like a rain cloud but the colour is very very dark brown at first glance you...

Hello all, I have a victorian mosaic tiled floor in my hallway, but recently had some work done elsewhere in the house and the builders managed to break three of the edge tiles... I have been searching for months to try and find replacements so that I can fix the damage, but it seems that the...

could someone please tell me what thickness of ply i should be using to overlay my kitchen floor before tiling it ??? its a weirock board floor screwed to a 2x2 frame which is fixed to a concrete floor,,,in a few areas where the tongue and groove meet a litte give has developed after walking on...

I've been looking at some more stone for another project - looking at travertine again, i've found some that are 300x600 honed, filled and polished but they're 18mm thick which seems thicker than average - i won't state actual prices as i'm not sure on the policy on that, but they come in around...

I'm putting in a patio in my back yard. We decided on going with a Travertine stone paver (6"x12"x1¼"). I've cut ceramic tiles with a small, cheapy, wet tile saw. It worked great for my tile jobs but the tiles were only ¼" thick or so. These pavers are over an inch thick and I doubt the same...

Just watching this video for some reason that I cant remember, I couldn't help but notice the extra thick grout line above the 6th course of tile. Bottom right hand corner looks a bit dodgy as well. There are probably more mistakes but that damned woman keeps getting in the way...

looking for some feedback on the 4mm porcelain tiles that are coming onto the market have any tilers on here worked with it and which one was it? which size etc ?some of the tile suppliers dont have any yet but it seems a good idea for walls to me

Hi. I need to remove a couple of 400x400x20mm marble over loose wire UFH taped down onto 6mm hardibacker. The hardibacker is fixed down onto chipboard. The wire hasn't been covered with SLC and the tiles have been down for nearly 2 weeks. Any help would be appreciated as I'm not looking forward...

Hi, on the shower walls and the floor. Tavertine 12mm tiles, onto cement board and ply for floor. Thanks

hi just wondering if anyone has used levantina tiles yet as local supplier has started to stock them all the colors and most sizes 1mx1m x3mm yes thats right 3mm thick look like the real mcoy but lighter (best described as laminex look a like it bends cuts on normal tile cutter (sigma) the...

I've just moved into a 1930's semi and the windowsills in the living and dining room have big 9 inch square tiles which are 1 inch thick, and I think they are terracotta. I would like to replace a few of them as they are damaged but can't find any matching ones on line......any suggestions would...

Picked up this job last night, starting tueday. I've done limestone before, but not this thick. In a kitchen on the floor. Floor boards that I'm over laying with 15mm ply screwed etc. I'm going to use a 12mm trowel, but would it be an idea to back-butter the limestone as well? Ta

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What is a thick bed ? when do you use it? I presume std adhesive is classed as thinset keraquick etc ? I have heard a few times the term Thick Set but ive no idea what it means. OH and LIZ no need to reply cos youll only ask another tiler and then give me his answer pretending it was yours lol ;)

Hi all. I am installing a new kitchen in my home and am currently trying to adjust the height of my cupboard units. I will be tiling the floor after installing the cupboards so will not be covering the whole floor, just upto and underneath the edges of the kick boards around the bases of the...