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    How to cut out for toilet waste pipe..

    I was cutting out for toilet waste pipe today and had the camera with me and thought I would show how i do it so newbies and diyers can see an easy way to do it with out to many tools! The tile was a ceramic one! Tools used. tape measure/pencil/parrot nibblers/grindette/diamond blade/safety...
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    Fixing Toilet on top of floor tiles.

    Hi, I am about to tile the floor in my toilet, and fit new toilet and pedastal sink. Should I fix toilet and pedastal direct onto tiles? Am I best using silicon or anything else between floor and ceramics. Any advice gratefully recieved.
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    Help tiling round toilet...

    Hello, I’m new to the forum (sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place!) and relatively new to tiling in general and I have a question.... I’ve got a job tiling a bathroom floor this week and I have to go round a toilet bowl. Removing the toilet and going underneath it isn’t an option and I was...
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    Best way to tile around a toilet, cant remove it though

    Hi any ideas would be welcome, I can remove the toilet to tiles under do how best tile around it, template maybe ? Thanks Tony
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    toilet waste

    Hi was wondering if some one could help. when taking out toilet to tile floor i read on forum because of hight differance you can fit an elliptical push fit on to waste,is this the same as a off set.
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    Toilet / Semi Ped Sink / Porcelain Tiles

    Chaps, Wonder if you could help clarify a couple of questions : - Do I need to, or is it advisable, to seal porcelain tiles (Not polished) ? - About to mount a semi ped sink onto the tiles, and seen the tip to use silicon sealant between the tiles and sink. Should I put on a bead and let...
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    toilet pan trouble after tiling

    finished tiling bathroom, now to re install the pan. but because the floor is higher the soil pipe wont connectt to pan, searched intetrnet and found that screwfix do a extendable pan conector. i got it home , connected to pan and its to short to reach the wall,so i might need to cut the...
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    Toilet and Bday

    Hi, Just thought id send you a picture of our bathroom on holiday in Minorca last month. Never seen a toilet so close to the Bday...ok if you have had a skinfull and need to throw up.:lol:. Could just about get my leg through the gap to sit on it... Vin.
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    very small toilet

    I'm currently tiling a bathroom at a house and they've asked me to quote for there toilet which is quite small. Its about 4m2 on the walls cos its only going halfway up and the floor is only 1.2m2, it does need ply putting down though. What kind of rate would you charge for that, the floor tiles...
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    slate onto upstairs toilet floor

    looking for some advice on this job!! customer has old roof slates out in garden and was looking them down on upstairs toilet floor. as it would only be my 2nd job could anyone give me advice on the process i would have to do it. any handy tips aswell for cutting the slate. area wouldnt...
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    HELP! I've smashed my toilet!

    I was almost finished tiling my bathroom floor this evening, was in a bit of a hurry to get it done before the FastFlex turned into a big ball of rubber... The toilet was sitting in the middle of the floor (on tiles that had been laid the other evening). Don't ask me why it wasn't resting...
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    Tiling under toilet

    When tiling under a toilet how important is it to get a full tile under the toilet. Can I get away with having the toilet siting over a grout line or over four corners of tiles (as in on a cross of the tiles) Customer has 28 tiles left over from kitchen floor to be used in small downstairs...
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    Under or round toilet?

    Having a new bathroom fitted, and fully tiled. What is the recommendation - tile the whole floor then mount the toilet pan afterwards (on top of the tiles) or fit the toilet pan first then tile round it? Either way I won't mount the cistern until afterwards. Cheers.
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    Clearance gap for bath panel, toilet and basin

    Hi guys Let's say my floor tiles are 10mm thick and I will be overboarding the bathroom floor with 6mm No More Ply, how much additional clearance for the tile adhesive should I allow for my bath panel, basin pedestal and toilet? I need to ensure my bath, basin and toilet heights are set...
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    Fixing toilet bowl to new tiles

    Hi, My first post, hope I'm doing it right.... I am planning to tile my bathroom floor and then fix a new toilet to it. The toilet is a back-to-the-wall one with enclosed cystern. Question is: Do I need to fit anything between toilet base and tiles? - i.e. gasket or putty / silicon sealant etc...
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    Removing toilet sink

    hi could anyone tell me how easy it is to remove toilet and sink and how its done......i want to remove them tile the wall then floor then put them back....any recomendations???
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    How to get round the toilet being off.

    Here's my handy little tip to help you all when the toilet's been taken off. Just steady yourself, aim and fire!!!!
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    Awesomw Bathroom & Toilet Pictures

    Humor-Painted Bathroom Floor & Ceiling.. YOU GOTTA LOVE THIS ONE. THIS IS A CEILING MURAL IN A SMOKER'S LOUNGE. There's another below BATHROOM PAINTED FLOOR!!! IMAGINE YOU ARE AT A PARTY ..... On the tenth floor of a hi-rise building..... AND...
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    re fitting toilet

    hi all, wondering if anyone could help me, i've fit ply to a bathroom floor and removed the toilet to do so. When i've come to refit the toilet the waste pipe is not inline anymore as the toilet has been raised due to the ply. Is there anyway round this problem. Hope i made sense.
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    Novelty Toilet seats, hate em

    Only had to look at a couple whilst working but found this site whilst looking for one to fit our odd shaped loo! Splashdirect Good name for toilet seat website though!

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