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    Porcelain Can you Silicon on top of grout?

    please help I'm having a new bathroom installed and the tiler has finished his part and grouted everything. The fitter said he will grout over the Silicon. Just wanted to check this is ok? I have a shower tray and a bath. The bath panel is tiled, and where the bath panel reaches the lip of...
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    Your top 5 “do's and dont's “

    what are your top 5 “D&D’s” tiling related !
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    top tiler award on twitter

    Hi all. I've entered a job for the top tiler award on twitter and would appreciate anyone who uses it to vote for the job they think best ;)# cheers all
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    Lay over top of existing floor tiles or pull up??

    Hi there I am looking to lay new tiles in my kitchen / dinning room, its 1 room of approx 32m2 Currently down on the floor is a porcelain tile (Valls) with a riven rough finish. These have been down for at least 9 years and there is no moment or cracking etc image below shows one that hadnt...
  5. Dan

    Update: Top Contributor Tag Settings Change

    It was set at 150 posts in 25 days. That's cool and fine. But I saw the tag a lot. So I'm trying out 150 posts in 15 days. Will probably end up with something in between long term. Still trying to find the Goldie locks zone. Nothing personal if you lose it or gain it guys this is forum-wide.
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    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.
  7. Dan

    Update: Top Contributor Usertag Added

    Thought this'd be handy. We have a load of TF Arms members, and a handful of Trusted Advisors. Then the sponsors, and member support guys, but they're usually one or the other. And there isn't a tag all can share equally. Even if a regular member. So I've created a tag that manages its self...
  8. Dan

    New Top Gear is on - BBC One - LIVE discussion thread!

    OOoooOOoo This is new and probably wont work. So let's try it lol Thought I'd start a discussion thread for us to chat about top gear as it's on! Starts in 5 minutes. For those not near a TV or in another country (using a UK Proxy) here's a link to it. BBC Two - Live TV Online UK Freeview...
  9. Dan

    Top Gear is on! (The original one, not the one with Clarkson)

    And it's actually quite good I like the team they have on it. Well done on reviving it IMO. But now we have two shows the same lol
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    Top poster - Localtiler

    Well done @Localtiler for Top Poster for February. Not sure where the members section and top poster has gone but the title has been awarded and well deserved.
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    One day only, cheap table top cutter. 15/2/2017

    For one day only screwfix are selling a 240v 750w table top cutter. Is it any good?........I've no idea! Thought posting it might appeal to someone. Erbauer ERB337TCB 750W Tile Cutter 230V -...
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    T&G boards tiling on top of????

    hello, ive got a job coming up and there could be a deal with the step at the entrance of the wet room. ive looked in tilemaster product guide and it says you can tile on top t&g boards after priming with prime+grip primer. Has anyone done this before??
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    35sq metres of floor tiles. Would you lay on top.

    I'm probably being abit lazy here but I'm really busy with work and have a small window of opportunity to revamp my who kitchen/dining and wanting in and out as quick as possible. 10 years ago I laid 350sq ceramic tiles in this area with tubbed Addy. Admittedly I didn't back butter tiles...
  14. 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. :)
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    Top Line Tiling

    Experienced, keen tilers needed for essex and london based work.
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    Putting spacer between first tile and kitchen work top to allow for movement of work top

    Kitchen fitter on a job I'm gonna be on Monday said to put a spacer between the first row of tiles and the wooden work top for Silicon. I've never seen this before in 11 years. does any one do this? seems bit extreme, I'd usually just start off the work top and Silicon at end. it's for the...
  17. Ttt1601

    Tiled bar top

    I have a bit of an odd one, am doing a shop fit, client is having 100 x 100 ceramics on the bar top, bar has been constructed by 2 18mm who play sheets glued and screwed together, no apart from the obvious breakage issues, I am a bit unsure what products are best to use, was thinking of double...
  18. Dan

    Top posters of the month is back

    For now
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    Self Level On Top Of Existing Floor Tiles

    Been asked to go a job this morning but I am too busy. When I spoke to joiner I told him that the old floor tiles would need to come up. And he could go from there. He just phoned me there and said another tiler is going to do job. His idea is putting a self level old tiles and tiling on top of...
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    Level On Top Of Water Proof

    Hello, just got to a wet room job and the tray Is fitted and water proofed but the floor is way out at the entrance of the room. 17mm out. They're having 60x60 rec porc. My issue is whether I can Chuck some self leveller on to of the waterproof to build the floor up. But this would make the...

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