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    Suspended timber floor preparation.

    Hi I have a small cloakroom/bathroom 1.2m X 1.5m it's a suspended timber ground floor with the joists on sleeper walls. I want to tile in 600 X 600 11mm thick polished porcelain. What is best way to prepare the floor? I am taking the existing chipboard out. There is no underfloor heating. I...
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    Suspended Timber Solution

    Hi, I'm currently renovating a house which has suspended timber flooring of 100mm joists. I am also extending the property which will have a concrete floor. I am wanting to install wet UFH in both areas and for the concrete floor I'm comfortable with the 100mm of insulation, pipes and screed...
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    Help with Timber Floor Preparation

    Hi, I am a old forum member from several years ago who has just signed up again. Like many others I did some tile training in Harlow and thought I could go out and become a tiler and I did quite a few jobs and they went okay. I enjoy tiling and I'm a bit of a perfectionist (good quality in a...
    • Bartlett
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    • canada floor floor tiling help prep preparation timber
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Joining Timber floor with Tile wall?

    Was about to do flooring in my bathroom however got in a dilemma about how to actually do it, At first I wanted to butt-join the flooring straight up with tile and seal with colour matched silicon beading to cover the small gap and to make it a bit waterproof between the 2 surfaces. The...
    • wau5
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    • canada floor floor tile floor tiling internal metal tile timber wall would
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Can you waterproof timber joist.

    Hi. Im doing a stud wall. Whats the best product to coat onto timber joists to protect them from water. As the joist are going against an old tiled wall but this is a cold surface which attracts water and so the moisture will touch the joists. Thanks P. S tiles cannot be removed. The...
    • Craftycocknet
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    • can canada timber waterproof
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Grout cracking

    Good morning all, Been to see a job and the grout on the bathroom and showroom floor is beginning to crack. It's on a timber floor with a decoupling membrane ( deco matting I think it is called ) There is a section not tiled and the matting seems well stuck.i asked to See to grout and it is...
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    Best Option For Timber Suspended Floors

    Which option among the 2 is best for UFH on timber suspended floors
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    Tiling Over C16 Timber

    Hi, I am building a shower/wetroom frame with C16 timber type of wood. I plan to use either tiles or splash wall panel all over 10mm Marmox backing boards. My question is for the shower tray step, made of c16 timber and about 6 inches height. To save the Marmox space backing board, I wonder...
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    Pug/bisuit Mix For Ufh, Timber Joists, Wet Or Dry

    We are doing wet UFH on suspended floors with very strong timber joists (9 x 3in at approx. 400mm centres, max span 4.8m). We are setting the pipes between the joists on a 45mm thick PIR base and pug mix (8:1 sharp sand: cement) between and around the pipes, as commonly used. I understand the...
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    Tiling Door Opening Without Timber Architrave

    I want to tile a wall without putting an timber architrave around the door...ideally I'd just like a trim around the opening. How do I achieve this the door liner hasn't gone in yet. Do you tile over the door liner and then cut the hinges out of the trim? Thanks
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    Wet Ufh Suspended Timber Floor

    This floor has wet heating installed in the cement between the joists. What would be the best way to tile over a floor like this bearing in mind height needs to be kept to a minimum. Normally Id just suggest over boarding it but, all the products I know act as an insulator which isn't...
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    Timber Floor Not Level

    I have Tiled a small bathroom Floor, it is running out of level by about 2 inches. I decided to follow the floor, but the bath panel is now showing that its not level. Should I have made it level and then leave the customer with a 2 inch step up/ dot and dab the tiles as the floors so out or...
    • JMTile
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    • aus floor floor tiling level not timber
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Tiling Timber Floors - Preferred Method?

    Hi all, I do a lot of my work for a bathroom fitting company and the fitters constantly discuss the best method for dealing with wooden floors. I was brought up on 9mm WBP screwed every 100mm and primed, but I am now leaning towards anti crack matting. Others use Kudos Aqua4ma or Hardibacker...
    • billthetiler
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    • aus bathroom tiling flexible floor floor tiling floors method preparation tiling timber
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Suspended Timber Substrate For Wetroom?

    Hi, New to the site, but been lurking for a while and I'm after a bit of advice about timber floors. I'm in the process of converting my bathroom into a wetroom. It's a first floor bathroom with a timber floor, approx 3m x 1.7m with joists span the shorter distance. My house is a bit old and...
    • BigSid
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    • aus substrate suspended tanking timber usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Shower Tray Install On Timber Floor

    apologies if this is in the wrong section. When installing a resin/stone type shower tray, directly on a wooden floor, what do people use to keep it in place, adhesive/sealant etc. Might add that it will be sitting on green chipboard, and I can't raise it up due to restricted headroom.
    • weirdfish
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    • aus floor floor tiling install installation shower shower tray timber tray usa
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Tiling Onto Timber Floor With 4 Inch Joists

    I'm intending to tile a kitchen diner floor, 1/3 of which is concrete but the other 1/3 a suspended timber floor on 4 inch joists. I'm aware that such joists have a propensity for deflection/bounce, which I need to remove. My intended plan of action is to remove all the floorboards and replace...
    • ajc
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    • aus floor floor tiling joists tiling timber usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    advice on concrete to timber floor joint

    Hi all, we are preping a kitchen floor for porcelain tiles, the floor is made up of 1/3 original 1930s concrete slab (3m x3m) no dpm and sat on earth, this was originally quarry tiled and seems sound and dry, although the original adhesive (sand/cement?) Is well adhered to the slab and won't be...
    • rich.
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    • advice aus concrete floor floor tiling joint timber usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Advice Required. Door Threshold For Tile To (probably) Timber But Unknown Height.

    Bit stumped on this one. Just about finished tiling bathroom. However, the corridor floor is yet to be done and, therefore, finished height is unknown. It's probably going to be a floating timber floor but materials have yet to be bought. Any suggestions on how to finish the threshold? I don't...
    • TheNamek
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    • advice aus door required threshold tile timber usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    Part timber, part screed floor with some underfloor heating. Help!

    Hi all, I have been asked to lay a downstairs floor seamlessly (no breaks, threshold trims etc). The problem is that the main area is floorboards/ply which then flows into a new conservatory which will be new screed and underfloor heating. Obviously the difference in expansion qualities is...
    • LoafJaw
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    • aus floor floor tiling heating help screed timber ufh underfloor underfloor heating usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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    screed with inset timber joists

    I am being asked to tile a screeded floor which has joists inset into the screed and which are flush with the screed. Does anyone know of a system that can be overlaid before tiling. My concern is that these timbers will expand and crack the floor. The stone is 500mm x random limestone...
    • Deleted member 18697
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    • aus joists screed timber usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
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