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    Tiling Under Kitchen Units

    My son is getting his kitchen tiled soon, the units are on adjustable feet. If the tiles (and backer boards) are cut up to the kickers then they will be trapped. Would it be a good idea to let the tiles & boards run under them and then cut the kickers down in height a bit? I'm thinking that it...
  2. L

    Coated Tile Backer Boards Under Investigaion

    Chinese tile backer boards found to contain banned substances A range of Chinese manufactured tile backer boards and wetroom shower trays are under investigation by the Environment Agency for being manufactured using banned substances. The products look similar to the leading WEDI, JACKOBOARD...
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    Electric Under Tile Heating

    anyone know who is doing the best deals on electric under floor heating mats at the moment ?
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    Under Mix Bagged Adhesive?

    Doing our bathroom over. Just finishing off putting backer board up and thinking about the tanking and actual tiling. Suddenly had a mini panic attack that I am not mixing up the adhesive enough. Mixing by hand, I never seemed to be doing it in large enough amounts that a paddle worked for me...
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    Under Wet Room Eletric

    This isnt actually a tile question but its about a wet room I installed few weeks ago. I have a small toilet room underneath my wetvroom and there's a light pendant very near my drain in the tray. Now I know that this shouldn't leak but I'm looking at worst case as in if it ever does and...
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    The Rockdoc From Down Under

    Just thought that I should stir up the northern folks after their winter hibernation with an article that has resulted in many a comment. Pity that I cannot post the article - your programme greys out the desktop file. Anyone with suggestions on how to get around this.
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    Help Restoring Terra-cotta Tiles Which Have Been Under Carpet For Years

    Having trawled through the internet i have stumbled across this forum and was wondering if anyone could help the dilemma we are currently facing. We have recently purchased an old victorian terrace which is in dire needs of repair and restoration. When we took up the carpet and lino in the...
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    Floor tiles under door

    Hi Forum, I'm 75% through tiling my kitchen with 600mm x 600mm tiles. So far - so good. My question is, how far up to the door do I lay the tiles? The door opens inwards into the kitchen, and on the other side will be laminate wooden floor. Does the threshold go directly in the middle under...
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    Using grout to UNDER floor tiles!

    Hi all, can you tell me if grout should ever be used UNDER floor tiles? Our bathroom fitter has dot and dabbed with adhesive but used only a few blobs so much so a couple of tiles have lifted under foot in a see saw action. He assures us that by pushing in a watered down grout they will be fine...
  10. CJ

    Piped Under Floor Heating Question

    This is just a general question? Not a job I will be doing, as it is too far away from me, but I am just picking at your brains. Barn conversion, done in the 80's, concrete slab over god knows insulation?? 30x20 (ish) batons laid on floor (not sure if fixed or loose laid) then tongue/groove...
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    New screed with under floor heating

    Good afternoon. Just a quick question regarding the use of ditra Matt on fresh screed with underfloor heating. What is the general feeling with regards to this, would you be using ditra matting on fresh screed with under floor in the screed. The tiles will either be porcelain or ceramic. Many...
  12. peteablard

    Injecting resin under loose tiles

    Has anyone had any experience doing this? I'm looking for a supplier and any advice as have a job I'd like to try it on
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    Tiling on wet under floor heating

    Hi, need a bit of advise for a up coming job. It is a large kitchen floor, timber floor boards. Plumber has installed warm water under floor heating that works off the boiler. Plastic pipe that fits into a insulation board with a foil top, which is screwed to the floor. My concern is the...
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    Under Floor Heating on New Screed

    Good morning I'm after a bit of advise if possible please. Went to see a job, newly built conservatory about 30m2 floor area. The customer was going to have wet UFH built into the screed initially but has since decided against this for one reason or another. She does however want electric...
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    tiling under quadrant shower tray

    Good Afternoon Everyone, other than it being a waste of tiles and money, it there a technical reason why a quadrant shower tray- or any other size tray- should not be fixed to a completely tiled floor ? I have always had the tray fitted and tiled around it but have been asked the question and...
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    Keter work benches on ebay under £40 delivered !

    as above...be quick http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Keter-Folding-Workbench-Table-Work-Work-Bench-/281358708169?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
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    Flooring under Travertine tiles

    Hi, I have some large format (50cm x 50cm) travertine tiles being laid next week and I've just laid the floor in preparation (Bathroom). I've removed all the old floorboards as they appear to have been badly damaged during previous installs and replaced with new 22mm chipboard and then added...
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    Under floor heating advice please.

    Good morning. I'm after a little advice if possible please. I've read some other threads regarding the commissioning of under floor heating. I'm trying to get my head around it so I apologies at the start. I'm due to tile a large area which has under floor heating encased in 65mm sand and cement...
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    Removal of adhesive under marble tiles.

    Hi to All - thanks for allowing us DIY'ers onto this forum! I have just started to take up some marble tiles, which I thought was going to be a massive job...however, once the first was levered out...the rest have come out in whole tiles...doesn't even appear to have made an impression on the...
  20. Dan

    Level IT three - cool under pressure

    Ultra Floor Level IT three Super Dry has been used in a multi-storey Manchester office conversion, ensuring construction deadlines were met. Click here for the full article.. RSS feed from For tiles, tilers, tiling and the tiles industry: The Tile Association.

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