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    UK Flex or non-flex adhesive for sticking backer boards to masonry wall?

    Just wondered what would be best? The original tiles had a few hairline cracks from the house settling. I’m planning to use flexible to stick tiles to the backer board.
  2. Lou

    Mechanical Protection for Tails between Meter Cupboards on outside wall Electrical Advice

    Mechanical Protection for Tails between Meter Cupboards on outside wall Discussion ThreadMechanical Protection for Tails between Meter Cupboards on outside wall Electrical Advice Hello, what products are people using for suitable mechanical protection in compliance with regs for the following...
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    • advice electrical outside protection wall
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    • Forum: Electrical Advice
  3. Dan

    Automatically Stays Level - cross section with 4 right angles. Brilliant for wall tiling.

    https://amzn.to/45SUc23 Do any of you use something like this?
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    • level tiling wall wall tiling
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    • Forum: Tiling Tools
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    Herringbone pattern on wall

    Hi Everyone, Does anyone have any advice about the best way to do a herringbone pattern on a wall in a bathroom? Do you start with a batten at 45 degrees and then build up from there? Thanks, David
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    Beginner - how much pressure to apply to tiles when pressing in to adhesive on wall?

    Most tutorials suggest 'pushing firmly'. How do you know how firmly, and how can you ensure that each tile is 'equally' pushed into adhesive, ensuring it's level?
  6. Dan

    PVA V PRIMERS – WHy you should never use PVA Glue when Wall Tiling

    PVA V PRIMERS – WHy you should never use PVA Glue when Wall Tiling Don’t listen to that idiot on handyman can. lol He’s an idiot who doesn’t have a clue when it comes to tiling. MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT P.V.A. IS OK AS A PRIMER ON WALLS AND FLOORS SO I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LET YOU SEE THIS AND...
  7. blackarrow1990

    Unevenness of the wall to be tiled

    Hello, I am a noob trying to tile our shower. Since the old tiles were taken off, some of that wall material has been taken off as well, so everything had to be smoothed. After smoothing with some cement compound and waterproofing "mud" layer I measured the evenness of the walls. On 1 m of...
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    UK Tiling exterior doorway wall

    Hi, I have a very small area (1m.sq) on an exterior doorway entrance wall to tile. I would prefer not to use ready mix adhesive but looking for a good alternative solution if any only due to buying a very large bag of adhesive powder which will go to waste. I would appreciate any thoughts on...
  9. Dan

    Can you spot the error in setting out for wall tiling in this photo?

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    • can error out setting setting out this tiling wall wall tiling
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    UK Wall prep for large format porcelain

    What would you guys do with the walls to prep for fitting 1200mm x 600mm Onice Verde (Porcelain) tiles. In places the plaster is loose so obviously i'll take that off, but would you hack back to brick and the use backer board or.....
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    UK Tiling a wall that isn’t flat.

    Hi, first time posting. I’m in the middle of tiling my own bathroom, first time having a go at it. After doing a half wall and the first wall of the corner shower I’ve made a few mistakes but figured it out as I’ve gone. Before starting the other shower wall I thought best to check the wall...
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    Wall & Floor Tiler Queensland Australia Tile Right

    Wall & Floor Tiler Queensland Australia Tile Right About the role Seeking a Wall & Floor Tiler to join our down to earth team. Mainly domestic insurance work around Brisbane Australia metro suburbs. This position can lead to permanent residency. Why should you join us? Yes, a total of 8...
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    Tiling uneven floor and wall

    How would you go about tiling a floor and or wall that's massively out of plumb ? When things like self level or plastering would raise the overall level too much?
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    Remove and replace shower river rock tile flooring and marble wall tile water damage help

    This is my first time posting, I searched for a similar thread and didn't find much- apologies if this is a repeat! My upstairs bathroom has a walk-in shower with marble wall tile and river stone floor. The river rock flooring is getting messed up. The grout is cracking and coming loose, and a...
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    My 1st Job Sorting wall before tiling kitchen backsplash (runout / bow)

    Hi, I'm trying to assess what prep is needed on the walls for my kitchen backsplash. We'll be using a metro tile or longer rectangular tile (up to 300mm length) in brickbond and as the walls have some bow on one side and a fairly substantial runout on the other, I'm trying to workout what I...
  16. Lou

    Old vintage ceramic wall hanging

    Morning guys and gals My grandma had this hanging in her kitchen for as long as I can remember and I've had it in a drawer for the past ten years since she passed away. There are no makers marks on the back just a little groove for a nail. Sadly I broke the tail and glued it back on a few...
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    Help with lining up wall grout lines

    Hi, hoping someone can help with advice. We purchased 600 x 600 tiles for our bathroom floor, and 300 x 600 rectified tiles for our bathroom walls. We are using a satin white on the walls, and a charcoal tile on the back wall of the double shower as a feature wall. The charcoal tiles match our...
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    Ceramic Wall Tile Failure - How?

    Looking for some technical advice on these tiles please. Our installers fitted this CaPietra Ceramic tile in Oct 22. CCL Wetroom floor, tanked plasterboard to walls. We believe they used a ready-mix adhesive such as BAL White Star as it looks too white from installation photos to be...
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    Minimum size wood for stud work to level wall?

    Hello I have an external hollow block wall which is really brittle and uneven. Although I will loose some room size I was thinking of facing it with a stud wall to ensure its square then glueing and screwing 6mm nomoreply. Tiles are 500 x 250 ceramic, what's the view on the minimum size wood I...
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    I'm Looking For This Tile Bathstore Wall Tiles

    Hi, I am looking for some Bathstore Richmond Creama Field 310x450 wall tiles to match with existing ones. Please help

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