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    Please help with wooden flooring under tiles

    Hi guys, i need some advice from the pros! I'm re-doing my bathroom but not too sure which way to go with the flooring. The floorboards are in pretty bad shape and have warped a fair bit. Want to take them out and lay some plywood down instead. My question is; will 18mm WBP plywood screwed...
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    under floor heating problem

    laid a marble floor a few months back ,the plumber installed the heat mat and latexed the floor ,although the floor is heating up there is not a consistent distribution of heat ,the start of the mat is not as warm as the rest,marble laid on solid bed of adhesive with wedi boards below?
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    Wet Cutter for under £50!

    Saw this from b&q, reduced to £47.49,
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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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    Floorboards or ply under hardibacker

    hi there, I'm not sure whether to remove the floorboards in my bathroom, and put down ply before the hardibacker. The floorboards are in fairly good condition by arn't exactly a flat surface. They have been cut, pulled up and put down again a few times over the years (old victorian house)...
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    Hardibacker under shower tray

    hi all Is it ok to cement the shower tray directly onto the hardibacker on the floor? thanks, Alex
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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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    spacers under tiles

    Right chaps I have just started tiling a kitchen for a customer finished the tiling and now he has questioned me about why I haven't put spacers under the bottom row of tiles. Now I have never done this but just wanted to know for my own mind how many of you space the tiles of the worktop and...
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    marking out under matting

    Hi Guys. I am laying a mat system of UFH and was wondering what is the best way to mark out the floor for tiling with the matting covering the floor. Also I have read you can tile straight onto the mat but this sounds a bit messy. If a SLC is recommended which is the best. I have a 9mm ply...
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    Under the knife........

    Got a minor operation tomorrow at hospital to remove an abscess above an upper front tooth, the size of a pea.............I don't like hospitals
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    Victorian tiles with under floor heating!

    Hi All I have laid a victorian style floor with underfloor heating (thanks U Heat:thumbsup:). My problem is how to finish the flooring. I have impregnated and sealed the floor, but am worried that if I use a finishing product like wax it might be affected by the heating. What would you...
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    Under tile heating

    Hi I am going to put UFH in my bathroom. The floor is wooden with cork tiles on top that are very well fixed is this ok to lay the UFH straight on top ? I will then tile on top using 8mm slate tiles. The bathroom is small, Iv read that cable instead of matting UFH would be best, the area is...
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    wall tile under or up to bath panel ?

    i'm tiling my bathroom and i'm not sure the best way to tile the wall at the bath edges & side of the bath panel. the panel is plastic and has a gently curved profile. Should i tile the wall under the bath by say 2 to 3 centimetres and butt the panel to the tiles or fit the panel then tile up to...
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    what goes under tiles in bathroom

    totally new to tiling so need some advice im going to do bathroom upstairs and it has wood floor... how can i get the tiles to be level will i need to put some kind of board down? thanks for any replies
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    pics of 1st job under my belt!

    didn't think i'd have the ball's to do this but in for a penny in for a pound. here it is.
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    Under floor heating in shower

    Saw a post recently about someone wanting to install UFH in their shower wet floor. They asked about self levelling over !!! Advice was to screed over cable with adhesive. Did one recently : I screeded over with Keraquick & latex, trying to follow fall as best as poss, allowed to set, then tiled...
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    Rotting Wood Under Bathroom Tiles? Help!!

    Hi guys, The wood under a few of our floor tiles alongside our bath are extremely wet and starting to rot. They've been like this for a couple of months - we've been hoping they would dry out but unfortunately not. I've read online about taking the infected wood out and replacing, but as...
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    Bathroom Floor under tiles?

    I am looking to get our bathroom floor tiled and at the moment we have a non slip type flooring not vinyl higher grade on top of some wonky floorboards. What do i need to do before tiling? Can i replace floor boards with Marine Ply or should i over board the floorboards? What thickness...
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    under floor heating

    hi guys,need some advice on a job i got booked for the new year ,the job is to tile approx 30m2 using ceramic floor tiles throughout an appartment hall kitchen living room, at the min there is laminate laid over under floor heating pipes,which is lifting all over the place. the heating pipes are...

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