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  1. Fitwidge

    Uneven floor out by 60mm

    Hi all! Doing a bathroom 3.9m long, the floor currently is tiled and run out from the door to the other end of the room by 60mm. im wondering whats best practice. ive seen you can get self level compound upto like 80mm but I’m unsure whether to use it. the floor is having karndean vinly put...
  2. oli26-7

    Best practice for tiling on uneven floor

    Hi, I have recently started tiling (small jobs) after taking a course. I know ideally the floor should be perfectly flat but this is rarely the case and I have done a job recently with an experienced tiler on a floor that had variations and he has done it by building a thicker layer of adhesive...
  3. M

    Uneven floorboards?

    Hi guys. I appreciate all the help I've received on the forum and apologise in advance for posting so many questions, however i do have one more. I've had 18mm floorboards laid down, screwed in very generously all round and there is no movements or sounds. Most of the floorboards are flush...
  5. B

    Uneven render, patching? and trowel size.

    I have a brick wall covered in cement render and the tiles will be 600mm x 300mm x 10mm porcelain fixed with mapei keraflex maxi adhesive. On inspection the wall is not perfectly flat. Most of it is pretty good varying only 1mm or 2mm in slight 'waves'. But, near the top above a window there...
  6. S

    Substrate prep for uneven chimney breast with heat

    We’re planning to have our chimney breast tiled in split face slate or quarzite stone. We’re getting a pro in to fit the tiles, but to keep to a tight budget I need to prep the substrate myself. Whatever I do needs to stand up to the heat from a freestanding stove. I’ve stripped the chimney...
    • SandsofEss
    • Thread
    • chimney heat prep substrate uneven
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  7. J

    Uneven wall - expanding foam

    Hi all, ive got a problem with an uneven wall in our new house, we have had a kitchen fitted with granite splashback and upstands across benches, but the wall isnt flat all walls in the house are the same), I can get a full finger down the back of an upstanding at places down to flush at the...
  9. J

    Can it be fixed or all need to come down?

    Hi everyone. Just need some quick advice about my kitchen wall tiling which was done by 2 tilers and they are thinking they have done a decent job and there might be just few things which can be easily fixed when I feel that it should all be stripped down. I’m going to attach some pictures. All...
    • John86123
    • Thread
    • bad tiling can canada down grouting lippage uneven wall tiling
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  10. Dan Fitchie

    Preparing uneven concrete floor for tiling

    Hi, I have a small roughly 1 metre square porch area that we would like to put tile down on and am just looking for some advice as the area isn't without problems. The area is concrete which has quite the slope - between the bottom of the wooden step in the foreground of the image attached and...
  11. B

    Uneven floorboards. Will tiles come loose?

    Bathroom floor needs tiling. The tiles are 30cm glazed porcelain 9mm thick. No more ply tile backer boards will be used. Mapei Keraflex maxi adhesive. The floorboards have warped over the years so they are not flat anymore. They are curved upwards along the edges so they look concave running...
  13. A

    Uneven Grout Lines - How Easy Is This To Rectify?

    Please could someone advice if it’s possible to easily rectify the uneven grout lines shown in the attached pictures please?
  14. D

    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    Hello, To give a bit of background info, our new kitchen tiles is laid on new 70mm screed, Ditra mat and adhesive. The tiler has just finished laying the tiles and grouting but the grouting lines seems uneven and top layer coming off. I think the tiler has grouted twice in some places as he...
  15. S

    Uneven just installed tiling job needs fixing asap

    I’ve recently had a bathroom wall tiled that isn’t as neat as I’d like and I need it fixing. Here’s a photo of the work. Hoping it doesn’t require completely removing everything. But if it does, I’d be looking for someone to remove and replace neatly ASAP. It was only grouted yesterday (Monday...
  17. R

    Uneven hardiebacker on victorian terrace bathroom floor

    Hi there - so i have ripped up the old tiles and old layer of ply and cork. Replaced with 12mm hardiebacker screwed in along with a layer of adhesive between the backer and the floor. There is some discrepancy of maybe 5mm between aome of the boards. Do i need to start again? Im using flexible...
    • Ross tile
    • Thread
    • bathroom canada edwardian edwardian floor floor floor tiling geometric hardiebacker uneven victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  18. A

    Tiling floor by uneven wall

    My first tiling job, so I knew mistakes woupd happen but didin't think I would ruin so much. Whole kitchen is uneven. Walls, floors, everything. I did what I could on wall but I guess there were still small dips/humps on wall and I didn't notice while tiling wall that they were so severe. See...
  19. R

    Tiling window reveals and uneven walls.

    Hi All, Im just finishing a new kitchen and want to tile the area behind the sink up to and including the ledge and reveals. I have 2 questions. 1) Some section of the walls are running out - thick at the bottom and narrow at the top. What is the best way to deal with this - images should be...
    • Ronen Goodfriend
    • Thread
    • canada tiling uneven wall walls window
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  21. M

    Tiling uneven wall subway tiles

    Currently tiling our new ensuite - I'm not a pro, this is my first large tiling project. Using subway tiles in brick pattern and 2 walls done and fairly happy with the result. The next wall to tackle I have just noticed has a bump in it about a third of the way along. Put a level on it and...
  22. M

    BAL Uneven Grout colour using BAL

    I've just tiled my bathroom and started grouting tonight with Bal micromax gunmetal. The grouts been down approx. 4 hours and looks to be drying very patchy colour wise. Most of it looks to be drying fairly light, while some smaller areas are a totally different shade. Granted, I appreciate it...
    • Mark Parmley
    • Thread
    • adhesive bal bal adhesive building adhesives colour grout grout colour tile grout uneven
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  23. P

    Silicon seal on uneven tiles problem

    Hi everyone, just finished tiling on my diy bathroom project but come across problem with seal between 2 different type of tiles in my shower/bath area. I can't really find a good way to make smooth straight silicon line as light grey tiles on future wall are uneven and any silicon tool I was...
  25. U

    Uneven Large Format Tiles

    Hi, I am new to tiling and would like some advise on how to keep large format tiles flat and even on the wall. I am currently installing large format porcelain tiles to a bathroom wall that bows out in the middle and dips back in one of the corners (makes the tiles bumpy). It is an old house...
    • Uberbeck
    • Thread
    • format large large format tiles uneven
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: The Welcome Forum
  26. G

    Tiling on to uneven wall and breeze block

    Hi, sorry, I know this is a question asked a thousand times, but I can't find a clear enough answer that matches my particular situation. I think I'm good to go, but I wanted to make sure. Walls to be tiled are red-brick which has been plastered (and tiled) before, there's a nice skim remaining...
    • greenchris
    • Thread
    • block canada tiling uneven wall walls
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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