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  1. S

    Tiling Apprenticeship

    Looking for an apprentice based in Derby
  2. Chris303

    Tiling 25mm flagstone over chipboard

    Hi all. This isn’t a sob story, just an unfortunate truth I have stretched myself to in inch of my life after my divorce to get my own place for me and the kids so truth is I’m absolutely skint so I’m going to have to try and do some of these jobs myself. I’m learning as I go so please bare...
  3. P

    Tiling a full bathroom

    I’m about to remove and replace in same place my bathroom and fittings. I am planning on tiling walls and floor with 600x600 tiles. Please could someone help Me on planning this. Do I baton above bath then all way round? Do I tile window wall first. ? Also some of the plaster has come off...
  5. OllieFormosa

    Tiling on OSB floorwith SBR slurry, no backer. Will i get away with it

    OK hear me out. Kitchen floor. Pro tiler. 15mm clearance from top of dishwasher to underside of worktop. Customer wants 900x900 tiles on floor. Not enough height to overboard the OSB with BB and tile. Same with ditra etc. Customer doesn't want to pay for removal of OSB + replace w/ ditra or...
  6. G

    Tiling over old pipe

    Old gas fireplace insert getting tiled. Hoping to get an electric stove in there, but tight on space. Plasterer knew this, so didn’t go out the extra cm(ish) and said we can tile over it with a bit thicker adhesive and it should be fine. Finally got around to tiling and didn’t realise it stuck...
  7. A

    Dissapearing Non sitck tiling adhesive 😀

    Hello guys ! My Q here is where is the tile adhesive !!!!!! Or Tile adhesive without the adhesion !!! Anyone seen anything like this before ? 🙂 Bottom 2 row of tiles could clearly see failed grout causing the leak. Everything solid even wet looking lower...
  9. A

    How to trim, metal tiling trim after it’s been installed

    Hi, new to forum and first post, after some advice. Recently had the chamber of my fireplace tiled and the front two side edges of the chamber had metal trim added to finish it off. The tiles were 9mm I believe and to allow for the adhesive, 12.5mm trim was used. Unfortunately this has meant...
  10. C

    Some advice needed. Midway through first tiling job

    I’m halfway through tiling a shower cubicle at home. First time doing any tiling. I’ve used waterproof tile backer boards with 200x65 ceramic metros. The chap at CTD recommended using Mapei Ultralite D2 tubbed adhesive as it would give me plenty of working time and easy to use. I noticed when...
  11. C

    Limestone Floor Tiling

    We're quoting to rip up and replace a tiled floor with Limestone tiles. I'm looking for advice to ensure I allow for proper preparation & any additional/specialist materials that we might need during installation. There will be a new UFH system, likely one that combines a decoupled like Warmup...
  13. C

    Tiling onto self-leveller

    I've just had the whole ground floor of a house we are working on levelled with a pump in liquid screed. It's an anhydrite so we are going to grind it & prime it to remove surface latency. I'm risk-averse when it comes to tiling, and usually always use decoupling membranes but we do not have...
  14. D

    Plaster repair before tiling

    Budget renovation as I just bought the flat. Cavity brick walls, 1 external. Removed old tiles and lots of plaster came off with, varying dips from 1mm to around 10mm with bricks exposed in a couple of small spots. I know I need to move the adhesive and any loose plaster, but how best do I...
  15. Qwerty89

    Best practice for a large (120sqm) tiling job

    Hi all I’m so glad to have stumbled upon this forum, which seems to be a treasure trove of advice. I wanted to put my own situation up, and ask for some advice from the specialists on here! I’ve added the details, as hopefully this helps others too… Situation Ground floor renovation job...
  17. M

    Tiling onto plasterboard options

    Hi all - I have some small format ceramic tiles (10x10x1cm) to use as a splash back around the kitchen worktop (tiling up about 0.3m with some Schluter trim along the exposed edges). The wall is skimmed and painted plasterboard (in very good condition). My plans was to sand back the paint and...
  18. R

    Help - Did builder do an acceptable job tiling?

    We recently finished a bathroom renovation where the two builders who did the bathroom also did all the tiling. When looking over the work at the end of the job it seemed generally ok, but we found some things we weren't happy with like an extractor fan that wasn't flush to the wall by almost...
  19. G

    Level Subfloor Under Plywood Before Tiling?

    I'm off level 1/8'' over 2' and 1/4'' over 4', from left to right in picture. Building recessed shower for schluter pan. What can I use to shim between joists and plywood to level out? Roofing felt? Drywall shims? I need something I can screw through but which won't compress. Looking for...
  21. M

    First tiling project - just need to vent

    Grouting my shower walls in a few days. I tried to do everything by the book, which I did. Water membrane, proper notching, back-buttering. Then I learned that in the section from when I first started laying tiles, there were voids -- one tile rocking. I had to remove and replace 20 tiles...
  22. G

    Do I prime skimmed and bare plastered board walls before tiling?

    I have recently stripped the bathroom. I have 2 walls in non water area. One wall is new plasterboard and the other wall is skimmed plasterboard that I have managed to get most of the paint off though planing to use a 120grit orbiter to clean off any loose pain Both these walls will be tiled...
  23. J

    Tiling one wall at a time?

    I am a DIYer that is doing a subway tile backsplash in my kitchen for the first time. Since I work long weeks, I’m wondering if it’s okay to tile and grout one wall before moving onto the next wall? There will probably be about a week before I make it to the second wall since I work full time...
  25. D

    CT1 Adhesive & Sealant for tiling shower area?

    Has anyone ever used CTI for sticking tiles to a wall. I'm new to tiling and want to install a shower with metro tiles onto a skimmed wall. I did try Mapri Keraquick Wall & Floor Rapid-set tile adhesive, but my lack of skill and experience means that I'm making quite a mess. I'm thinking that I...
  26. B

    Tiling on Marine Plywood Fail - how to fix

    Hello, I assumed I could tile onto marine plywood and my tiles fell off ... I'm tiling on a wall behind a wall-hung toilet using 25x50cm tiles. I scraped off as much adhesive as I could, but there is still a fair bit stuck fast to the plywood. I now know that I need to prime the ply, but can...
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