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Hi y'all, just a quick question - about to quote for a tiny e/s and am prepping the floor before a single slab of stone is fitted. Manky floorboards are not level so the plan is to level them up with latex, sit the ufh mat in this, cover up level and let the stone boys at it. Question is does a...

We have just completed this job. This passageway was down to have altro installed,but once they had identified the original floor covering was Grade 2 listed White carrara + Black honed slate we was asked if we could restore the complete passageway.The floor had been levelled out with latex.We...

Hi guys, My trade is a qualified plumber/heating engineer for the last 25 years. I often take on the tiling of my bathrooms where the customer does not want anyone else involved. Over the years I have fitted lots of ceramics, porcelain and recently stone. i have always taken the advise of the...

I need suggestions on your approach in tiling over Marley tiles (80s). The customer wants U.F.H. Here is the situation: There was no mentioning of UFH until I nearly finished prepping the floor with Multibase (main substrate is screed). The floor was nasty, and managed to smooth it out...

Hi Guys and Girls, I am about to commence a first floor bathroom floor and the client wishes for ufh. So out with the laminate, out with the knackered floor boards, in with the reinforcing joists and 18ml ply then.... would it best be decoupling membrane then ufh mat then tiles ? Also the sensor...

Hello tilers Just about to do some boxing in of my toilet and trying to make sure I get the measurements right so the tiling looks 'correct'... I'm using 30x40cm wall tiles ('landscape' orientation) with a border resting on the sill, but if I start tiling full tile from the floor, the border...

as above peeps,in good condition we are ripping akitchen out in 2 weeks in east lothian and this needs a new home..free for uplift if anyone wants it in the local area

Hi folks, Got a job in a couple of weeks where the customer wants under floor heating. Just wanted to know what best practice and materials are for this job ie, ply, then mat, then a flex slc over, then tile with flex adhesive/ grout etc. Substrate is 22mm chip board screwed to joists, tiles...

I am tiling a shower which I have waterproofed. The shop gave me a ready mix and since have found out this is wrong and was adviced on this forum to use Mapei P9. Which i'm having problems getting hold of before the weekend. However I took back the ready mix and they have given me a bag of...

Another piece of advice given to me is to check this by tapping the tile with my knuckles. When I tap the middle, most tiles sounds solid but off centre on some I get a sort of hollow sound. Majority of the hallway tiles sound hollow in the middle. Any cause for concern? What will happen? How to...

About to start on a contract, which is roughly half timber and then leads onto stone. The client has just asked if we can ditra the timber areas as well, this really is to get over the diff that could come from the levels. The substrate is new screed, I cant forsee any reason why the ditra could...

Hi Lads, Been looking at this forum all day, there's so much info on wetrooms here, it's a full time job trying to get through it...great resource though! I was looking at installing a devimat over a tilesafe tanking kit / impey shower former and stumbled across these low profile water based...

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Hi Is it ok to lay ufh over the top of detra mat

Hi, I'm using 600x600 porcelain tiles to tile under my new multifuel stove and would like some advice on the following please: Can I tile on top of the old tiles? Best way to cut the tiles? which adhesive to use? I would appreciate any help that you can give a complete novice. Many thanks

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i just tanked around my shower former with durabase wp. i used 10kg of mapei keraquick mixed with 3kg of mapei latex plus (and no water), i started off well with the flexi strip but when i came to lay the wp mat over the shower former the adhesive had dried out alot. the end result was slightly...

Just thought i'd gauge a few opinions on this subject... do you think trading soley as a tiler is a risk on the domestic scene now?? reason i ask is, i have been noticing more and more builders, plumbers and joiners advertising tiling on their vans, they seem to be impacting heavily on...

Hi Guy's Having put down a devimat on a concrete bathroom floor, do I need to 1. cover the mat in a self leveling compound to give me a smooth level base to work off. 2. Just apply the adhesive to the mat, then lay the tile 3. Apply the adhesive to the back of the tile only, to prevent...