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  1. A

    Mosaic tiles tips please?

    Hi all. Is there a knack to minimise adhesive coming through the gaps between small mosaic tiles when applying them to the wall? I’ve done my first one of this size and I’ll end up spending more time, with a trowel, scraping out adhesive between the cut lines than I will doing the rest of the...
  2. M

    bathroom job any advice, tips, tricks appreciated

    Bathrrom getting ripoed out everything except the bath with two internal walls and two external. Plan is to rip out old tiles,take wallpaper off plus any plaster left behind it and board all walls with marmox multiboards and seal joints on boards around bath area with their waterproof tape...
    • MAK_Tiling
    • Thread
    • advice bathroom job jobs marmox preperation tiles tiling job tiling jobs tiling work tips work
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  3. dg-1984

    Tips on using an angle grinder

    Can anyone give any hints or tips on using an angle grinder for cutting tiles, bought a variable Bosch and premtool blade. Have read about rotating the grinder and having the blade on the right as pull cutting can be more accurate on longer cuts. Also the dust etc is thrown away from you...
  4. D

    Tool modifications - post your tips here .......

    What I have noticed in the past when putting levelling compound in fairly thick is that when running a spike roller through it can push some of the levelling along in front of the roller like a bow wave . I guesed this is to do with the spikes being to close together so today i took an old spike...
    • Dumbo
    • Thread
    • leveling tips tool your
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Tiling Tools
  5. Fitwidge

    Your tips on absolutely everything

    Just want tips on anything and everything (related to tiling obvs) ;) Like: What do you mark tiles with, berol, felt? How do you deal with mitred tiles once cut, which polishing blades for grinder etc Best blades in your experience for grinder (I will be working with porcelain mainly)...
  6. Wishiwasatoptiler

    Wet Underfloor Heating Floor Prep Tips

    Hi Peeps Looking at a floor this week with wet underfloor heating. So the customer has said the heatings run to temp. Slab put down in January. Likley be end of may for tiling. Not tiled over wet underfloor heating before so want to make sure the preps right. Any tips/advice much appreciated...
  7. M

    Just Joined looking for tips.

    Hi, Joined to get some tips. Some excellent advice here. Cheers
    • MikeBdevotion
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    • just looking tips
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  8. B

    Top Tips and Trick with Metro Tiles

    I always hate installing Metro tiles as they seem to take forever. Give us your top tip for installing Metro tiles for speed and end result.
    • billy dixon
    • Thread
    • canada metro metro tiles tile tiles tips top
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. M

    Hello one and all, always on the lookout for advice and tips!

    Hi, been a bit of a lurker for a bit on here, originally a heating engineer that enjoyed doing bathrooms too much so more bathrooms than heating now. Prefer to look at a nice bathroom rather than a white box on the wall. Always ready for advice/ tips/ tricks for the perfect finish.
    • mincechop
    • Thread
    • advice hello tips
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  10. Dan

    Top Tiling Tips for 2016?

    Looking back on the year, what are your top tiling tips for 2016? Tiles are bigger and thinner. Floor substrates are more complex? Adhesive options are huge. What's kept you tiling fast and on the job not waiting for things to dry or whatever? Share your tiling tips. :)
  11. W

    Walk In Shower (wetroom), Trying to build one - Looking for some tips

    I will be doing full bathroom renovation, and the plan is to build a walk in shower due to the layout of the bathroom to give more open space and I don't want any nasty plastic stuff in my home so want to build something nice from scratch. I have changed few toilets/sinks in past where I have...
    • wau5
    • Thread
    • build former looking shower shower tray tanking tips walk in shower waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  12. T

    Tiling tips.

    Evening gents, was just looking over on the plasterers forum and a chap had started a new thread on plastering tips. Thought I would steal the idea and see what happens on here. Its always good to know other people's tips which can save time and money. Even the simple things.
    • Terry the tiler
    • Thread
    • canada tiling tips
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  13. Dan

    What tips have saved you time or money?

    Reading through some of the threads lately, and I clocked that now we are really well established, the comfortablity of sharing knowledge is also established. So back in the day a tiler perhaps wouldn't have shared something that he thought his local competitor (fellow tiler) wouldn't have...
  14. F

    Self Leveling Tips?

    im not the best at self leveling, always end up with trowel marks and ridges in places, has anyone got some pointers for me? I mainly have to do it when fitting Ufh. I've always tended to pour half a bucket out and spread it about with a trowel but I've seen a lot where people walk with the...
    • Flintstone
    • Thread
    • leveling levelling screed self tips
    • Replies: 51
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  15. A

    Tips For Siliconing

    I hear siliconing is an art form. Any tips and tricks you can give this novice
  16. O

    Best Way To Lay Mosaics

    Having read part of the nightmare mosaic thread (and I concur with the comments, shocking) I was wondering what was the best way to lay mosaics well ? So far I've only had to deal with a few square inlays or borders to split up large tile arrangements and have found that putting the tiles onto...
    • outcycling
    • Thread
    • aus best best way bisazza mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics tips usa
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  17. O

    Forum Tips and Tricks.

    So as our brand new look forum takes off, and we have members signing up thick and fast. (Not forgetting all the 'Lurkers' that are now 'coming out' :rolleyes:) I thought it might be an idea to bring all the new features together in one thread, hopefully making it easier and faster for everyone...
  18. J

    mixing grout basics

    Some times you will get a bag of grout that has not been mixed with the colourant very well especially grey. Mix powder with water until you have the right consistency using the trowel to scrape the grout off the sides of the container while mixing for at least a minute. Allow the grout to sit...
    • jimthetiler
    • Thread
    • aus grout mixing tile grout tips usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  19. Dan

    Gambling and Betting Thread including tips if there are such a thing

    Any of you take a chance? What apps do you use?
  20. Dan

    Tiling tips 2015

    Thought I'd create a thread we can all add some tiling tips to. The old ones on the forum are still handy, but we seem to have more tools and materials available these days so thought a new tips thread would be handy.

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