thickness

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    what thickness of ply?

    got three jobs coming up that will require me to put ply up,and just double checking which thickness of ply would be needed? 2 of the jobs require me to remove broken tiles from a whole shower wall,as they have cracked from top to bottom-im removing all tiles and putting ply up to hopefully...
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    Grout line thickness!?!

    Can Porcelain floor tiles be laid with a 1mm grout line? And if not what's the reason? I have a customer that i've told he needs at least 3mm, but he has a builder friend that says he can lay them at 1mm. I thought only rectified stone could be laid at 1mm, but i can't for the life of me think...
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    plasterboard thickness

    Hi all, I am slowly renovating a bathroom, and doing all the preparatory work prior to getting a tiler in. I have plasterboarded the walls by dot and dab and screwed to the flat wall, battened an irregular wall, and replaced the board on a stud wall, as well as built a short stud wall to...
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    different thickness tiles

    Hi there I have been asked to tile a friends bathroom around the bath up to the ceiling and after looking at the chosen tiles I noticed that the boarder tiles are thicker than the rest of the wall tiles.. Q, whats the best way to lay these I think she wants them to all be flush. Any...
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    Adhesive thickness?

    Hi there, Doing first paying job soon :hurray:, could someone advise me please, the tiles will be 300x600 ceramic for a wall. What would the correct thickness of adhesive be? Also the reccommended grout thickness? Thanks!
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    Reducing floor thickness with UFH

    We are doing 2 upstairs bathrooms, the 1st has been completed with 15mm WBF ply on top of the floor boards (screwed at frequent intervals) then a layer of latex self leveling compound with the heating mats embedded and finally the flex adhesive and the tiles. The only problem is that the floor...
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    Customer has PLY thickness issues!

    Turning into a problem this, I have a customer who wants there kitchen (open plan) to be tiled. This a new extension and the dinning room has been laid with oak floor so the tiles need to meet up to it! The kitchen has a chipboard floor screwed into floor joists, so this leaves about a 20mm drop...
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    Shower area adhesive thickness.

    Thought I'd get my second post in as well as I want to get started. I'm tiling 20 x 25 plain white ceramics round bath/shower onto establishes plaster on brick. How do I get the "flat bed" adhesive I need in the shower area please and what thickness adhesive should I be using generally? I've...
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    Large Tiles - Bed thickness

    Would a 9mm notch be OK for fixing 450x315 ceramic wall tiles in a domestic wetroom? The concrete base of the wetroom has been formed to slope toward a central gulley so I'll have quite a few diagonal cuts. To give myself some leaway, would a 20mm notched bed be OK for laying the 450x450 floor...
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    Adhesive thickness

    What adhesive thickness should be used on large tiles on plasterboard
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    Thickness of backerboards

    Hi guys, just woundering what is the best thickness of backerboards for walls.

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