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    My 1st Job Restoring rediscovered Victorian tiled pathway

    Hi there, I'm restoring an old black and white tiled victorian pathway (see pictures attached). When I moved in the path was completely covered in 3 inches of concrete and terazzo tiles (horrible 1970's job). I've chipped all this away to reveal the old path, which is in reasonable condition...
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    Unusual old Victorian hallway tiled floor

    this is quite an unusual Victorian hallway , thought I would share it with you guys When I arrived I noticed all the salts coming up through the edges only. Then after cleaning etc and removing tiles for replacing it became evident that all the central body tiles are what I believe to be a newer...
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    Failed floor dot & dab

    Hi, I have approximately 80 m² open plan area tiled in 800 mm x 800 mm porcelain tiles. The whole installation is creaking and moving and it has become apparent that the Tiler has used a dot and dab method through out to fix the tiles. I have asked him to come and inspect the installation and...
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    Victorian Tiled Hall Floor

    Hi- we've had some building work done on our Edwardian House, and with the reconfiguration our hallway floor now needs some work- a continuation of the mosaic pattern, and overall clean and replacement of a few broken tiles. We'd like this work to take place in April/May if possible, and we're...
  5. acaciaguy

    Access panels / doors that can be tiled

    Hello all. I’m looking for a tileable door approx 200 x 300mm for a stop **** next to a boxed in tiled toilet. Any idea where I can get one? Would be easier than making one myself.
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    Pricing tiled skirting

    Hi there, I'm pricing a largish floor and the customer wants a tiled skirting. I've done these enough times but haven't really made a note of how many metres I get done in a day. Does anyone have an amount that they allow per day on average?
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    Tiler wanted. shower area to be tiled. Tiles roughly 400mm x 200mm with bal adhesives and grouts

    Hi. I have a shower area to be tiled. Tiles roughly 400mm x 200mm with bal adhesives and grouts. Walls prepped with moisture board and tanked. It is approximately 6.5m2. The job is in Ealing. If anyone is keen please contact me. Regards Lee
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    Bathroom floor to be tiled

    Hey all need some advice so I can follow the same when doing my bathroom. My pensioner sister is having a bathroom refurb which consists of replacing a bath with a cubicle shower and fitting new toilet and basin. She's also having quite expensive porcelain wall to ceiling tiles & floor tiles...
  9. Andy Allen

    Full wall,half wall tiled with Metro's...

    Take a look at my excellent drawing...:rolleyes: I need to tile one full wall, and the wall at 90 degree just half tiled. Need to trim the full wall to the ceiling, and trim the half wall, I hate seeing the double trim next to each other, so thought I might mitre the corner and trim above...
  10. dg-1984

    Removing skirting for wall tiles, floor already tiled.

    Basically I have a tiled floor in a toilet with skirting in place, as we were not sure if we were going to tile the walls or just wallpaper. Now decided to tile the walls so I will remove the skirting, I just wanted to know how to get the tile to the correct thickness so it sits where the...
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    Anyone done a DIY L shaped bath panel tiled?

    As the thread title suggests really. Just looking for some pictures really or if anyone has put a magnetic access panel in it? Thanks
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    Done up a few houses but never tiled...

    Hi, Came across this very handy looking forum while building up to fit out a shower room out in our new extension. I have done plenty of DIY but never tiled. Previously I have used a pro for tiling, but the budget is very tight so will have fit the shower tray, screens and tiles all myself...
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    My 1st Job Half tiled wall around bath- want to tile the rest as adding shower. Advice on prep please

    Hi, We have a new build and the walls around the bath are half tiled. We now want to add a shower and so need to tile the rest of the wall up to the ceiling. It is likely the wall is just straight plasterboard? And would you recommend we use a full tanking kit for the half wall prep? Thanks
  14. Bbbecca7

    Help! Tiled whole bathroom with Tubbed adhesive only to find out it’s not showerproof

    In a bit of a nightmare here We recently spent a lot of money having our bathroom re-plastered (plaster board and skimmed) to make the walls smooth and square ready for tiling My dad and husband have been tiling it and have done a lovely job! (My dad has done it a few times but it’s my...
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    Just had my kitchen tiled with mosaics

    Hi all, new to this forum so thank you in advance for reading my post. I'll try to be short and concise. On Friday my kitchen plash back was tiled with 10mm thick marble moasics with 12.5mm trim by a tiler who had previously done my kitchen/dining room floor. Unfortunately, I feel the kitchen...
  16. Joshjupp

    Finished pics of a bathroom I tiled and a72sqm floor in porcelenosa tiles

    Finished pics
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    Tiled floor thickness?

    Hi All I'm fitting a new door opening and am trying to plan for the tiled floor thickness. I am planning to overlay 6mm cement board over the floorboards and tile over that (with 8-10mm tiles?). So my calcs says I need 6 plus 10 plus two layers of adhesive (one for the cement board and one for...
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    Crack in tiled floor

    Hello. Our house was built in 1966 and the kitchen was extended in 1973, the new floor was laid with Platt quarry tiles. Until last month we had no problems. Then I noticed a 10ft long hairline crack along the line of the join between the old and new solid floors. Two surveyors have said...
  19. K

    A rip out and redo bathroom to be tiled.

    Here is a job I’m on at the moment. A bathroom walls and floor, trying my woodwork skills out too Started a couple of months ago. Joists were rotten, leaky wedi tray. Had to drop the ceiling down stairs, cut the joist back. Re joist. Bit of a ball ache I’ll try and keep it with daily (ish)...
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    Backing board for half tiled wall

    Hi All I have a question about backer board vs moisture resistant plasterboard for a non-wet zone wall in my bathroom. The back wall of my bathroom has a window, with a wall hung toilet. I was going to tile half the wall, then have it plastered for the top half so the window returns will be...

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