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    how to build a bath panel

    does anyone else build a bath panel as such ?
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    How to support first row tiles in tanked shower?

    I've just tanked my shower (using BAL WP1) and am ready to start tiling. Normal practice is obviously to begin tiling just under one tile hight up from the tray and support the first row of tiles on level wooden battons screwed or nailed to the wall. But this will pierce the tanking, which I'm...
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    Help - how to get a straight mosaic border

    I have tiled a bit of the bathroom wall with large tiles floor to ceiling with a mosaic border running through the middle (the mosaic border is a small brick style on a mesh so I can cut the border to size). However the small area I have done hasn't gone to plan! The top tiles seemed to have...
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    how to get regular work?

    Hi all Can anyone offer me any advice on the best way to get regular work. My situation is this: (i'll try and keep this brief) Got laid off from my job (after 17yrs) in January (newspaper printer), done a tiling course in march this year, got my NVQ tiling qualification, CSCS card etc and...
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    Limestone hearth - when & how to seal

    I'm hoping to have a log burner installed later this year and have bought some black-blue limestone tiles to use as a hearth. A friend of a friend is going to fit the stove and lay the hearth but I thought I'd do some groundwork myself, as he kept mentioning Indian sandstone as a hearth and...
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    advice on how to tile around a window.

    I just finish to tile over a complete bathroom (floor to ceiling). There was one part of the job that i found quite of a challenge, tiling around the window! using large porcelain tiles (600 x 400). So my question is: - where would you start? would you start from the centre and work your way out...
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    Unusual backyard landing and steps – how to approach it

    Hi Guys You can see out the back of my place there is a landing covered in paint which I want to tile, the actual steps overhang the brick which is weird and so downs the landing. What’s the best way to handle this? Should I level out the steps so they are like a block, tile just the landing...
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    How to stop grout becoming discoloured on kitchen floor

    Hi, I have a problem with the grout in between our kitchen floor tiles, the tiles are beige and the grout is also beige. After my husband tiled the floor we religiously applied a liquid that we bought from the tile shop (which we suspect is probably Unibond)? in order to stop the grout...
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    How to cut mosaic tiles? & setting out question

    Hi all, two for one today! What is the preferred method to cut mosaic tiles? They are tumbled marble. Each mosaic tile is 3cm x 3cm on a mesh backing I have a big clinker manual tile cutter and some ebauer wet blade cutter also, bit unsure with setting out this particular circumstance.. To...
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    how to remove PVA from ply floor ?

    got a floor job today , and the joiner has just let me no he has used PVA to seal the ply floor ???? any tips on how to remove it ? would sanding it off work ? thanks
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    Rough but sound concrete conservatory floor , how to prepare for tiling ??

    I have a 14sqm conservatory 20yr old concrete floor with a 1 sq mtr rough patch, where the builder ran short of concrete and patched over later. Want to tile with 32x32cm ceramic. The highest snotty points on rough area are around 6mm. can I just use the spanish solution ? of an extra...
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    Norfolk Showering Bath - How to create a good seal to the wall.

    I am about to install a bath as pictured in Mark Bs album Picture 4 of 6 from Bathroom 1. It would appear the way to do this is to tile first and then fit the bath (bath legs will be screwed to floor) - see original post...
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    loose porcelain tiles - any advice on how to fix?

    Hi I wonder if someone can help please? We have a porcelain tiled floor in an open-plan kitchen/dining/living area. The tiles have been down now for about 18 months but very soon after the floor was finished, the tiles began to come loose. Having looked at some of the other threads on this...
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    How to remove a single 6" tile without damaging the ones around it?

    That's it really! I just have a few tiles to replace since a new heated towel rail was installed that was a slightly different size from the previous one. So some of the holes from the previous towel rail are showing and it doesn't look nice!
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    New to tiling - How to prepare

    Hi there, I have recently put down some 25mm plywood on my upstairs bathroom floor, replacing the existing floorboards. First question: How do I prepare these ready for tiling? Do they need any sealer? Also, tiling the walls, we had a re-skim on the walls. The plasterer has made it really...
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    The worlds worst anti-slip tiles (in my opinion), and how to clean them.

    I am now on day 9 of a 5 day job! I have set & grouted 25sqm of 45x45x8 porcelain anti-slip tiles. This link gives more detail Walls and Floors Tiles -Anti-Slip Floor Tiles, Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Porcelain Wall & Floor Tiles - Cordoba tiles - Nacar tiles - 450x450x8mm I last worked...
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    Natural Black-Blue Limestone-how to clean once layed

    I have just had some fantastic Natural Black-Blue Limestone. The trouble is i have washed them down with water and gave them a clean with a cloth which has made them better, but there is sand a dirt still around the edges from the washed sand etc. I am being careful as i don't want to damage...
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    Help wanted: How to remove Fila Colour Intensifier from honed & fiilled travertine?

    Can anyone help? I have applied Fila Colour Intensifier to a new kitchen floor of honed and filled travertine tiles. It now looks terrible with an uneven, hard wet look skin on top of the tiles and grout - not the finish that I was hoping for. Someone has suggested teh solution went on too...
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    How to make a mat well ?

    Hi - I'm tiling my downstairs corridor at the moment and was thinking about adding a mat well. How are these normally done ? I was thinking of making a border from wood and tiling up to this and then caulking the join - is this a good idea or not? What dimensions are normal? Do you go flush...
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    How to tile on 3 different substrates??

    Hi I have just been to a quote where the kitchen floor is across 3 different substrates. A concrete screed, wooden floorboards and then chipboard. How's the best way to overcome all of these? Can I Ditra the whole floor then lay my tiles or will I need to do more and ply the floor then ditra...

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