walls and floor

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    Keen DIYer but hesitant tiler!

    Hi everyone. I've been looking at previous threads and got some useful tips but thought I'd take the plunge and join. At the moment I'm tiling an alcove which will eventually contain a WC and the two end walls are not flat. If I hold a straight edge across each wall the centre is "dipped" 6 to...
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    wetroom diy product advice please???????????

    Hi all i'm looking for some pointers from you profesionals out there please? I would like to modernize my small ensuite and install a level entry wet room floor tray, I thought I'd decided what former to use untill my wife chose a 25mm by 50mm mosaic floor tile which may have caused a point...
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    Replace grout in bathroom walls and floor

    Hi Im going to be giving a quote to regrout a standard size bathroom approx 3 x 2 mts. Ceramic tiles. ive no idea how to quote. it would be easier if i know how long it will take to scrape out the grout. i dont want to say 2 - 3 days if it takes double that. any help advise would be great...
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    Please Help a Frustrated DIYer

    Hello everyone. I would really really appreciate some pointers/help please. I'm tiling my bathroom with 600x300mm tiles, about 10mm thick, for a start, I don't think I have chosen the best tiles to use for my first attempt? I have done one wall, all is ok. I have started to tile the...
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    Limestone bathroom - DIY or Not?

    Hi Everyone We are about to re-tile the bathroom, I've tiled a few room but never used Limestone. Due to its costs I not sure about taking this on due to lack of product knowledge. Can this be done as a DIY job or am I best sticking to a ceramic tile? This is what I know. Wall tiles are...
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    rapid flexy for walls and floor

    hi allim new to the trade so find it reasuring to get advise here too. im tiling onto plasterboard on 1 wall and concrete on others. ply on floor. 500 x 300 ceramic. is wall and floor flexy ok to use on all these surfaces. it does say this is ok according to the tile shop but kust want to check...
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    Advice plz! First DIY tiling job messed up!

    Hi, I am a first time DIYer and I think I've just made a terrible mistake. The bathtub in our family bathroom is surrounded by three walls, two 0.7m and one 1.7m. They are tiled half way up. We want to tile them to the full height so we or our guests can occasionally shower in it. The tiles...
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    DIY spending hits 12-year low

    Household spending on DIY has dropped to a 12-year low, according to a new report from Lloyds TSB. News - DIY spending hits 12-year low
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    Hi, I'm a keen diy'er

    willing to have a go at almost anything
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    Preparing Walls and Floor in Bathroom (newbie)

    Hi, I am about to embark on tiling the bathroom of our first home and want to do it right. I've got a few questions I'm hoping you can help with :smilewinkgrin: Pre-text: The bathroom is in a 1970's house. Walls are concrete and the floor is covered with tongue-and-groove floorboards. The...
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    White cement based adhesive is DIY only

    Just read a letter today @PHG about a tiler( i use that loosely) who kinda bodged a job up .. his reasons were that the stone tiles were poor and that the wrong adhesive was supplied.. The stone was Applestone ( white limestone) and he said it was inferior because it was soft and chipped...
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    DIY wet room floor and tanking advice please?

    Hi any help and advice would be much appreciated. I am not a tiler or plumber and would like to install a wet room in my en-suite, it is on a first floor and has timber floor, I am going to have to put some glass screening in to stop water splashing over onto the bedroom door and floor as...
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    walls and floor price to low ?

    Evening All !! just working a quote out and thought id run it by you lot to see if iam going in to cheep ! JOB : Kitchen walls and floor TILES : Ceramic WALLS : Plaster board nice and flat FLOOR : Concrete . lyno and laminate floor to come up . floor is almost flat but will be screeding over...
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    Diy

    Done a course for tiling so just having a bash at the kitchen. Have laid 12mm ply and all seems to be fine. Have now bought the tiles can anybody recomend a good place to buy my adhesive and grout looking for a grey colour in Edinburgh preferably. :thumbsup:
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    looking for a tiler (marble walls and floor 25sqm) - blackburn, lancashire

    hi all, as the title mentioned, tiler need asap for blackburn, lancs to do a bathroom.
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    Just found this advice on Yahoo about DIY

    The 9 biggest DIY blunders - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance :thumbsup:
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    The DIY School

    Has anyone done a Tiling Course at the DIY school in Stockport, Manchester? I am considering a 4 day Tiling Course to add to my current floor trade and to help me set up on my own as a Floorlayer & Tiler. Thanks
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    DIY Daddy

    I don't know who DIY Daddy is, but he gives some amazingly authoritative advice on how not to tile a bathroom :yikes:
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    Diy..

    My wife and the kids went riding this morning and i said i was going to do some DIY while she was out...She was not impressed when she saw my DIY :yikes:...My new kickboxing bag hanging from the lounge ceiling..kids are loving it :hurray:
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    Diy sos

    Is anyone watching this on bbc1? It makes my blood boil when I see how some people leave jobs in this state. Ruins peoples lives. It always makes me want to go and help!

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