Here’s some advice on cleaning and caring for your new ceramic tile flooring:
Sweeping
Dirt adheres easily to the surface of ceramic tile, especially styles with textured surfaces. Regular sweeping loosens and removes most dirt. A vacuum cleaner can also be used to sweep, but make sure you...
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Hi Folks,
I have nearly finished tiling my bathroom and am getting to the point of grouting/Silicon. One wall is lower than the rest, however, so the ceiling slopes down to it - I wasn't really thinking when tiling along it and I should have mitred the tiles, but haven't so there is quite a...
Hi All,
Just done my bathroom (4 tiles left) and started my kitchen this weekend(just got wet cuts left to do). Now started to think on how I am going to tackle tiling my outside patio 7m x 4m when the weather warms up. Back in October i had a patio poured in concrete but the gradient is not...
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Hi guy's,
Have only been a member for a little while now and this is my first thread/question so here goes. I would like some advice on the best way to deep clean and seal quarry tiles on a kitchen floor? Have not done this before and obviously want to do the best job possible.
Cheers.
Rhys
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Hi everybody,
so I have finally started with destroying my old bathroom and now I have found this straw wall. I was thinking to tear this down and build new stud wall or to "glue" Tile mate backer board on this straw, which would be the easiest way to do it, but would it be the best way? The...
get an off cut of tile trim, cut the flange off and fill the void with grout....:thumbsup:
i know mapei give out grout swatches, but i prefer bal grouts and getting swatches of them is like getting blood out of a stone...
Hi guys,
I have seen many videos on youtube about tilling and grouting and I want to ask you if I should use grout to seal corners or if I should use Silicon.
In this video Tile Shower Waterproofing.wmv - YouTube the guy says that corners should not be grouted.
What is you opinion on this...
We are now delighted to be able to add a new tool to the 365-Drills PORSADRILL
range to solve the issue of cleaning out the spoil or shards of tiles from the drilling of very hard porcelain tiles.
This core extractor has joined the stable at 365Drills.
The 90 degree hook allows easy...
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I'm hoping someone on the forum can offer me some advice. I have Karndean in my kitchen and carpet in my dining room. When we replaced the old carpet and the metal trim between the two rooms, a short end piece of Karndean (about 6" long) lifted at the threshold just inside the kitchen. It is...
Was at a customers house today tiling her kitchen backsplash and noticed she had a b&q how to tile dvd and she asked me if was any good to me and told me to take it, I thought I'd have a quick watch and I've got to say i must be doing everything wrong. It advises you to seal painted wall with...
Found this on Youtube.<br>
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I was impressed because this woman tiled her shower in 2 and a half minutes, her setting and tiling technique was good, and she managed to tile a shower without getting any addy on her t shirt and shorts!<br>
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Not sure if I approve of the adhesive she was...
Hello everyone.
I have a timber stud wall with hardibacker board and 10mm thick porcelain tiles.
I need to fix a shower rail and other various small items to this wall.
What is the best method of fixings items to this?
I was thinking using the metal plaster board fixings, the ones with...
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That's my first floor to lay so...
IMG_1222 by Furtek, on Flickr
In the far end is toilet, on the left is sink and on the right will be shower glass door.
checker style(black and white)
thanks !
Hi all do i make a slurry mix i know its 50/50 sbr primer and rapid set addy can i use flexible rapid set and do just mix these two or do i mix the adhsive with water as usual then add sbr??
sorry guys first time mixing slurry, please help!
Hi guys, Am new to this forum and am in need of some good advice. Basically, i am a plumber who has taken on this bathroom job. The guy who lived there before the owners apparently was a tiler. Now, the new owner told me that the tiles were extremely difficult to get off. And that he had tiled...
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This project was a technical request from a customer on how to put a hole into a tile high up in a bathroom
on tiles that had already been installed (fixed to the wall).
He wanted to know how he could drill so high up on the bathroom wall.
Hello 365,
I have to install a new 100mm vent fan...
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Hi
Having a go at wall tiling for the first time but need a pointer before I start. Could someone please give me an idea of how to set out tiles around a bath that also has a thermostatic shower at one end. The shower unit has two pipe tails which have to be tiled around. Do I start at the...
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