tiling

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi, I would like to know an acceptable moisture level of a floor prior to tiling. I have a newly laid floor (2 to 2.5 months) which is showing a relative moisture level of between 12 to 16%. The floor appears dry with no signs of discolouration (darker patches). Have been checking the floor for...

I have a laminate flooring that is 12 mm to a down stairs toilet having to put new tiles down the tiles are 6mm. . so i need to tile up to the laminate flooring ,what size trowel would you recommend ,plus the flooring is ashfelt and what adhesive should be used .

Does anyone know of any material that can be used as a training cement for tiles. I'm looking for something that has the same consistency as tiling cement but does not set and could be reused. I have been told that there is a builders caulk that you can get in a tub that can be used. I just need...

Can I tile on emulsion walls? If not what do I need to do please prior to starting? Have started to chip away emulsion as beat I can but wondered what else I could do please

Hi I am trying to correct some work performed by my tiler. I have sent photos to him of the things I’m not happy with but he can’t see the issue. The trims are cut awfully? Can we cover these in any way? There is a gap about an inch above the shower wall tiles where he said he couldn’t get a...