thickness

Hi all, I have had a liquid screed floor with underfloor heating installed. The screed has been down since July and has been warmed up as the hard frosts hit. The underfloor installer said I need to put a laybond epoxy sealer on first before laying tiles. I am going to have a go at laying the...

hi.first post.great site.awesome knowledge thanks to members like dave,sir ramic and others,so thanks guys. i have a question regarding.subfloors.i think the minimum thickness is 15mm(18 best),screwed at 300mm centres(150 best),i relise this is dependant on distance between joists ,im just...

Hello. I am about to order some quartz tiles for my kitchen floor. I have received samples from different suppliers. Am I better to go for a thicker tile or a thinner tile. My gut reaction is a thicker tile but I am not a tiler and do not know anything about quartz tiles. Ie is a thicker...

Hi all, I'm doing a spot of DIY in the bathroom and need a bit of reassurance: Is 18mm ply strong enough for tiles over 2" thick joists spaced 360mm between centres? The tiles will be 300x600x10mm and there'll be a layer of decoupling membrane between them and the ply. Cheers, James

Just about do a Bally Mosaic floor - tiles are lovely, but confused as to what thickness adhesive to use. When I did a wall, I used a 4mm mosaic spreader and Bal mosaic fix, but that doesn't seem right for a floor. Was intending to use a 6mm notch and keraflex maxi (white)' but thought I,d...

We need some advice. Have insulated and screeded bathroom floor ready for electric underfloor heating mats to be tiled over. We'd like to use traditional reclaimed quarry tiles, 30mm thick but this is fairly unconventional and most mat producers recommend a thinner tile. Does anyone have...

Hi and thanks in advance for all advice. we are making 2 bathrooms in the top floor of an old barn, (south west France) .each is approximately 15m2. The ceiling height varies from 3m to 5m. One bathroom has 2 external walls, the other 1 external wall. There is an empty space underneath them...

wondered what the minimum thickness are required for the following surfaces of marmox... Fixing to a block wall Fixing to a stud wall Fixing to a wood floor with ufh Tried calling Marmox using the number from there website and seem to get a disconnected number ????

Hello everybody, this is my first post so firstly I wanted to say hello and thank you to the person who set up this site as it is a great idea! My problem is that the grout between the tiles on the floor of my bathroom are cracking and the tiles feel like they are moving quite alot when you...

Dear experts, I have removed a shower cubical and had a bath and shower fitted by a plumber. I am going to do the tiling on the walls. Due to the various hack jobs done by the previous owner I now have tile-on-tile thickness all of the way around the bathroom except around the bath where I...

Recommended thickness for 600mm x 400mm travertine tiles for outdoor use

I'm midway through a DIY bathroom project and need some guidance. I've been reading through the forum and think I've picked up lots of sounds tips. 1) I am fitting 1000 x 333mm porcelanosa tiles to file to plasterboard. I was going to use a 10mm U notched trowel for this - does this sound ok...

Hi - I am building a wetroom. About to backboard with marmox in preparation for 457x305x10mm Limestone tiles. When sizing up framework for stud walls, ledges and bath frame how much should I allow for the adhesive (both on floor and walls)? Additionally, what spacing do you recommend between...

Hi guys I need to calculate how deep in the wall to mount the angled fitting to fit a shower head (concealed shower) I know that the fittings female 1/2 outlet that the shower head screws in to needs to be flush with the finished tiled wall my question is... I will be putting up 12.5mm...

Hi As a beginner, can you recommend the adhesive thickness and grout line for a 20x25cm ceramic tile? I'm not sure of its depth and can't check right now but they are not thick! Can check tomorrow if needed. Also, would a tubbed mix be suitable or should I get powdered? (I am in France and...

Your reccomendations please. What depth thermal boards would you use on concrete? To have UFH matting and SLC over top. 600 x 600 porcelain tile to go down. And your reasoning behind choice? Thanks.

Thanks to all of you who have replied to my pervious threads I have decided to install plasterboard on 3 walls and Tile backing board on one wall which will be having the larger/heavier floor and wall tiles on it. These tiles are Porcelain (QRock tiles) sixe 600 x 300mm each. What size (mm)...

Hi I have 3 bathrooms to tile, floor and walls, how do i know what thickness of adhesive should be used, i see the notched trowels come in many different sizes Thanks

Hi - We are nearing the end of a self-build project and have hit yet another brick wall! We have 100m2 of floor to tile with 25mm thick terracotta tiles over UFH. They are a bit uneven and the makers recommend bedding them on a 15-20mm mortar bed, our tiler wanted 25mm in order to do a good job...

hi all,what thickness of wedi would you reccomend to fix mosaics to in a steam rooom walls block walls so going to dot and ab the wei and also scrw it to straighten the alls as well is 10mm sufficient or should i go for 20mm wedi ta in advance there is a curved stud ceiling so will i need...