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I can't find anything definite about this subject, can anyone help please? we are having a 1.4m x 1.4m walk in shower in our bathroom. tiled walls 2 sides, clear glass one side, open the remaining side. the floor is going to be level to the rest of the bathroom and the waste exits through a...

Hi Folks, Following a near disaster (using dispersant addy over Mapegum) I was not looking to repeat any mistakes so emailed and spoke with Mapei technical. Situation is two walls joining at 90 degrees, one over suspended floor, other masonry, hence need to use flexible joint, not just grout...

Hi, Over the main bathroom floor im using 18mm WBP over joists with added noggins. On top of that will be 10mm Marmox board on a 2mm addy bed. Total 30mm. The shower tray is a AKW tuff form tray (22mm). I wasnt going to put UFH over this tray just over the rest of the floor but looking at the...

Hi members. Wanted to ask if any body has experience in underwater tiling? If so what are good products to use and any tips on techniques. Talk to you soon. Bill

I am doing a wetroom, and the customer has supplied me with PCI Lastogum for the floor tanking. The question is do I put the ufh and slc down, before I use the Lastogum or after. Any advice is appreciated.

In July 2013 CE Marking of all construction products, including wall and floor tiles, will become mandatory under the requirements of the Construction Products Regulation. In July 2013 CE Marking of all construction products, including wall and floor tiles, will become mandatory under the...

In July 2013 CE Marking of all construction products, including wall and floor tiles, will become mandatory under the requirements of the Construction Products Regulation. CE Marking will have an effect on all sectors of the tile industry and it is important to understand the obligations of...

I've got an uninsulated concrete floor in my kitchen which I want to have Travertine tiles laid over, the tiles will continue into an extension which has an insulated slab with the same FFL I'm wondering if there is an ultra thin insulating material that can be put between the uninsulated...

hi all ive always thought its better to glue and screw hardi backer boards down when over laying chip board, but it seems hardi recommend only screwing, why is this , does cement based adhesive react with the chip board ? or is there another reason im unaware of thanks

Yes, a transformer hanging above me since yesterday. At that height too is wicked, lol. It's testing the weight for a remote controlled dropping mechanism for crystal chandelier. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi all. Hoping somebody can help me. I have a pigeon staying put under my car outside. It seems to walk around fine but doesn't want to fly off for some reason. It's got a tag on both legs, I'm assuming its a racing pigeon. Somebody said when they get a bit tired they stop and hide and then...

Hi advice needed before attempting floor. Wet Ufh being installed and current chipboard being cut out in places to allow pipe to be layed. Pipes will be inbetween joists therefore no room for noggings to be inserted, so to ensur strong deflection free floor and am not wanting to take risks. I...

Ha, at least I got you to read this thread... Actually using white flexi slow set adhesive under travertine, but wondering if it's OK to use grey flexi rapid set adhesive under the hardiebacker (floor) to save me a few squid and let me start laying tile the same day. thanks

Hi all Currently talking to a customer through emails regarding a bathroom he wants tiling, he's been asking me questions regarding best prep for travertine etc. He has told me he has installed wet ufh which i have no experience of. Here is what he's writen in regard to floor: We have had...

Hello everyone. After my experiment with travertine tiles in my house (which turned out to be quite difficult) my sister asked me to tile her kitchen. She got some polished textured porcelain, 600*400, for the whole area. I ripped up the old ceramic tiles, and on certain areas they sounded...

Need some advice regarding under floor heating. Am doing a downstairs toilet, the customers wanted a rad put in, but to run piping in there would be a nightmare, they have come up with under floor heating ,it has a solid floor which is tiled at present,the tiles are very solid,and feel it would...

Hi, I had the whole bottom floor of my house tiled with 600 x 600 polished porcelain. Great job but there is a single tile where one corner (say 200 x 200) is hollow underneath (hollow sound when I rap it with my knuckles). I'm really worried about this breaking when one of my kids...

What is the best way to remove and also replace the water damaged chipboard and cellotex under ceramic tiled kitchen flloor. Also what do you do about the kitchen cupboards resting on the floor, do these need to come out too?? the chipboard looked like weetabix under the tiles and cellotex is...

I heard a story a while back about asbestos being found under some tiles on a window sill. Maybe it's made me a bit paranoid, but I've lifted some old tiles on a window sill constructed about 33 years ago and I've convinced myself it might be some form of asbestos product. It's off-pinkish so...

Hi, A little help if I may, I'm tiling my bathroom floor soon and whilst I've tiled before, this is my first floor-tiling and the first time I've used underfloor heating. It's a second floor bathroom with wood floorboards, my understanding from reading around is this is the right way to...