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  1. C

    50mm thick limestone/marble

    anyone have experience fixing these 50mm thick 200x100 limestone/marble smooth dense(5 kilos each) i,v not used anything like these before.have been asked to lay them on a concrete patio,using either adhesive or semi-dry sand /cement. any comments much appreciated (regarding cutting/what...
  2. U

    400x300mm tile 10mm thick on plastered wall?

    I have purchased some tiles 10mm thick (400x300mm ceramic). The window wall and main bath wall are plaster. the overbath shower wall is plasterboard. Will this be okay or am i taking a chance on the plaster wall? If okay what primer and adhesive and grout could anyone recommend? Any help...
  3. W

    How do I cut 1.5" thick slate

    :sunny:Please can any tell us how to cut slate which has been taken from an old snooker table. We want to line the fire place with it. Many thanks Wendy
  4. U

    How thick do I apply tile adhesive?

    I know, its a stupid question. It must be obvious, because nowhere can I find an answer. I recently tiled my bathroom and wc, very nice :) But I used adhesive at a far greater rate than the expected coverage guides as per the label. I am now about to do the rest of the house in a large...
  5. R

    thick tiles to hide kitchen gaps

    Ey up all, I'm looking to find a range of tiles that I can use as a surround/splashback to go round a badly fitted work surface in my kitchen. I'm thinking it could be one tile high, all the way round. Some of the gaps between the work surfaces and the walls are 15mm (it's a inherited...
  6. P

    Thin bed thick bed trowel

    Hi Everyone Can anyone explain to me what a thin bed solid bed trowel and a thick bed solid bed trowel is. Whats the difference between thin bed and thick bed? Reading up on Bal Rapidset Flexible and bed thickness is between 2 - 6 mm. If Im tiling a floor surely I would use a 10mm trowel so I...
  7. U

    External floor tiles (Italy) Concrete base, thick layer of sand, sand dissapearing

    I have a patio area round my house in Italy, the tiles are laid on a concrete base, with originally a thick layer of sand (there are rooms below the patio), and some kind of adhesive. The sand is disappearing, tiles are coming loose and are cracking. Lifting some of the worst tiles I can see...
  8. Dan

    How Do You Cut Thick Ceramic Floor Tiles?

    In most cases providing they are just ceramic you may be able to use a good quality 'dry' cutter, if it's a tough tile or is something other than ceramic, maybe porcelain glazed or even fully bodies porcelain or even those such as stone and marble etc, you will probably need to use a wet disc...

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