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  1. Scotiansailor

    Use of ready-mix adhesive for shower wall

    Hello, I’m so confused after reading numerous threads. We have a new build, and I’m doing this first bathroom from scratch by myself (pretty much). Ive never tiled. The shower area is barely started, I just bedded down the nassboard shower floor to the concrete screed, and the surrounding walls...
  2. M

    repairing paramount wall

    I am refitting the bathroom, and have removed the (two layers of) tiles but unfortunately not without damage to the awful paramount partition board that’s underneath (plasterboard glued to cardboard honeycomb filling with virtually no studs). There are a handful of bigger chunks that have come...
  3. Fitwidge

    Unlevel / out of plumb walls

    hello! if you have an unlevel but flat wall are you building out with adhesive (if possible) or do you just follow the wall?
  5. A

    Acrylic Splashback to wall tile join?

    Could someone let me know what standard practise is in this situation have searched the internet with no success. I'm retiling the bathroom soon and plan on 3mm acrylic splashback around the bath shower surrounding walls and wall tiles on rest of the walls. How should I handle the join between...
  6. T

    Sealing tiled wall to painted wall

    Hopefully a very easy quesion(s) for someone who knows ? Tiles and one wall and painted, white wall on the other. Where they meet, should I use sealant or caulk and what colour (tile colour or white ?) Similar question where tiled wall meets sealing. I made I think a mistake of using Silicon...
  7. Retired-Spark

    Solution for wall transition between different tile sizes/colours ?

    I'm doing a "meantime", part improvement job in own small bathroom after sink unit / wc change. On a narrow wall (width only 1500 mm) Having to use a few dozen previously stored 30 x 20 cm sand coloured tiles that are remainders from the original job here... Up to approx 1050 mm height. And...
  9. P

    Wall substrate for fireplace area

    Hi, I'm hoping that someone can help me out here as I am unsure how to proceed. I'm putting up large format tile, 2 feet x 4 feet, over my firewall and around the TV on the left. To the right side of the fireplace will be drywall and on the left side, 2 feet of the wall will be drywall...
  10. J

    I'm Looking For This Tile Looking for Matt White Textured Wall Tile, 247mm x 397mm

    About to replace an electric shower with a thermostatic and need to replace a couple of tiles where the old shower unit is. They are Matt White, 247mm x about 397mm. Any help with tracking some down would be hugely appreciated
  11. R

    Paramount Wall fix

    Paramount wall fix for tiling ideas? the plan is (or was) to tile floor to ceiling with 200mm x 100mm x 7.5mm ceramic tiles. As you can see the wall has seen better days, I appreciate and ideas for making the wall good for tiling. My thoughts for what its worth are.... 1) channel out cardboard...
  13. A

    Silicon at floor to wall junction

    Hi All I have a walk in shower room in my bathroom that is tiled using slate mosaics on the floor and nuance shower boards on the walls. Originally I used the MS Polymer jointing compound a the floor to wall junction about 4 years ago when I built it. There is no appreciable movement in the...
  14. M

    White brick effect porcelain wall tiles

    Hi guys, I have done a fair bit of DIY tiling but I'm unsure on the best way to go with these. Should i space between as usual or fit them tight for a very narrow grout? Also any recommendations on the grout to use? I'm trying to find the closest colour match to the tiles so it looks like a...
    • mar123
    • Thread
    • brick canada porcelain tile tiles wall wall tiles white
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. A

    Glass shower wall panels fixing method?

    I'm looking for advice on how to fix two 6mm toughened, backpainted glass panels to a Marmox board substrate. The first picture shows the current state of the installation. The second picture is a computer generated visualisation of how its intended to look. I'd like to have the glass flush with...
    • ahearsum
    • Thread
    • adhesive fixing former glass method shower shower tray wall wet room wetroom
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
  17. N

    I'm Looking For This Tile Colours Castle Travertine Satin Plain or patterned Stone Effect Ceramic Wall Tile 450 x 450mm.

    Im looking for Colours Castle Travertine Satin Plain or patterned Stone Effect Ceramic Wall Tile in creamy beige plse 450 x 450mm. Was in B&Q 1yr ago.
  18. L

    Questions about wall preparation

    Hi, Apologies, this is quite a long question... I am currently renovating my bathroom and soon to embark on tiling the walls with ceramic metro tiles. When removing the old tiles, some of the plaster / skim underneath came off in patches to reveal a mixture of bare concrete and flaking...
    • Loldie
    • Thread
    • adhesive canada preparation priming questions tanking wall
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. M

    Wall prep for tiling, sealing and tanking

    Hi All, Already received from good advice from this site. Having brand new shower installed over existing fitted bath, will be quite a powerful, pumped shower. Previously the walls all around the bathroom were half tiled from the floor and then painted upwards to ceiling with what appears to be...
  21. S

    Bathroom wall preparation

    I'm going to tile walls and floors of my bathrooms. It appears at the moment the walls are a single layer of painted plasterboard (ca. 12mm). What is your advice on how to prepare the walls for tiling? Is the plasterboard sufficient to hold the tiles or will I need to remove it and install...
  22. rplummer

    I'm Looking For This Tile B&Q Brindisie White Satin Ceramic Wall Tile 500 x 250mm

    Hi I'm trying to get hold of some (at least one) of this white tile. It seems to have just been discontinued, but there doesn't seem to be any stock in the stores. The guy fitting our bathroom didn't return after lockdown and didn't leave enough of the tiles to finish the job. They are plain...
  23. B

    Leamington Spa. 24m2 Wall with 5m2 Floor Bathroom

    I have just finished replacing my bathroom suite bath installed sink unit to be installed once tiled. I have dry lined the majority of the walls and replaced the original 15mm tongue and groove floor with 18mm plywood which has been glued and screwed for a nice solid fix. I am looking for...
  25. V

    Wanted- tiler to wall tile small area around bathroom sink, SP7

    I had building work done in downstairs bathroom and had to take the sink and tiles off to do this. Now it’s been completed and the sink is back on but want to re-tile around the sink Small area- less than 1m squared. I will supply tiles but would rather the tiler provides all other needed...
  26. D

    Preparing wall to tile

    Hi all, new to the forum and looking for a bit of advice. I’ve stripped out an old bathroom and I’m getting the walls prepared for our tiler to come in. there is one section that I don’t want to remove if I don’t have too and I’m hoping the tiler would be able to tile over? So my question is...
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