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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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Hello All,
yet another dilema,
Plumber has just prepared the Bathroom Walls and Floor for Tiling.
I thought I heard him say that he is going to fit the Toilet in Tomorrow; :lol: I am now thinking out loud whilst picturing nice but dim tim, "SURELY NOT, THE WALL BEHIND THE TOILET HAS'NT BEEN...
Hello all,
tiling bathroom floor. I have searched this forum and established that the best thing to do is tile under the toilet pan. I am pretty sure I have the room to do this. The only concern I have is that the tiles may crack under weight/use of the pan (I have young children that insist on...
Hi everyone, I need your help.
in 6 weeks time we are starting to do communal area. the area is 65sqm. we are going to remove old tiles and apply self levelling compound on top of that we will install the isolation board, under floor electric heating and granite tiles 60x60. the question is...
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Hello. Im looking at a tile cutter at around the £100.00 mark. I have got it down to three...1) Rubi star 60n 2) Vitrex Pro 900mm 3) Big clinker.....you might have your own ideas. Many thanks
Hi!
I'd really like some professional advice on whether it's possible or not to remove bath trim that has been set in under the lower tile edge without having to remove the tiles.
The trim really needs replacing as its had years of mold, paint and silicon added to it (not by me!) but I really...
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Hi Chaps
Just popped over from the plumbers forum, on 1 of my extensions i"ve got wet underfloor heating down and the floor was tiled last thursday/friday how long do i need to leave the underfloor off i forgot to ask the tiler when i was there. Tiles are 600x600 porcelain
Thanks
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Hello,
I found myself in a difficult situation because the workers fixed the travertine tiles with grey adhesive:mad2:. Is there anything I can do before sealing (which wasn't done either) in order to avoid staining, such as washing the travertine with a specific product? I was also thinking to...