walls

Hi I've noticed that the grout has cracked most of the way down where two walls meet in the area around the shower. It's not a power shower and water isn't running down the wall, but obviously it is getting splashed. See pictures of crack. Second one a close-up, if it helps. What should I do...

Hi, I want to tile my bathroom with some porcelain tiles with a weight of 21kg per m2. However the substrate is float and set that has been skimmed again. I have scraped the last layer of plaster off on one wall and it was coming off to easy. However on another wall it's pretty hard to take off...

been working on a large floor for a client recently.once i am finnished to floor he is wanting me to start the bathroom, however the walls are plywood, i asked him to remove the ply or overboard. however it turns out this will not be possible due to bath and shower tray installed and pipe work...

Hi, Looking for someone experienced with working with marble to quote for tiling our bathroom floor and to part tile walls. Tiles purchased are large 60cm x 40cm and approx. 2cm thick. I think the floor and walls may need some prep work/reinforcement and I understand that the tiles will also...

What's the best tool to use to scrape the existing adhesive off. It's years old and stubborn as hell.

got a job on at the minute and just want to check... im fitting an en-suite in a loft conversion and the home owner wants me to tile the floor and walls round the bath. Its a floor board type floor I intend laying 6mm ply then tiling when ive done one before ive tiled the floor 1st and then the...

Just ripped a shower out and the walls were standard ply just tiled straight on top (hence all the tiles falling off!). It would be handy to grab another couple of mm due to the new tiles being a lot thicker, so I was going to use 10mm Marmox board. Sounds like it's suitable according to Marmox...

Walls r plaster board painted. Floor is floor boards. The bathroom is on first floor is 10x9 ft 7t 9 high walls. Can anyone tell me what is the best backing boards to use on walls and floor also The best adhesive I can use to get the job done to a high quality standard. P.s the travertine...

Just had a plasterer in to straighten my bathroom walls out, he used bonding plaster ( this hasn't been skimmed ) to level it all out so tiling should be easier but I need to know if the bonding plaster needs priming with anything, he said use PVA 50/50 but isn't it water based? So maybe not a...

Doing bathroom with breeze block internal walls, sand and cement render then plaster skim. Unhappy with porc wall tile weight on plaster skim and in any case, lot of blown plaster so decided to remove the lot back to breeze block. Now wondering how best to prep walls, thinking dot'n'dab...

I have a job to price... A hotel I am pricing a job for want some pillars, located in their underground health club pool area, tiled. No problem apart from the fact that they have been covered in oil based paint, multiple layers by the looks of it and with the obviously high humidity levels the...

Hi guys, I was looking to completely renovate my new small-ish bathroom (1.63m wide x 2.52m long), but even with the assistance from search engine results I was still a little confused about which materials are recommended to use as wall tile substrate(s) and the relevant adhesive/mortar. The...

Hi I have 400/600mm tiles that I'll lay brick bond on the floor but also thinking of laying them brick bond on the walls - the cuts work out better. I can't see any pictures of 400/600 size tiles laid brick bond on walls and wondering if there was a reason no one seems to do it. Is it going...

I have a contract starting in a couple of weeks, and got a phone call today. The architect wants us to put Ditra on the walls!!! (bath and shower rooms). I went a bit nuttso, and have a meeting there on Monday. Has anyone of you ever been asked to do this? and if so what happened? Cheers Lynn

I have tried and tried to shift this bloomin paint from the walls! used a steamer, it works, incredibly slowly and with a huge amount of effort getting around 0.5sqm every two hours!! well would be had the steamer not packed in!! :mad2: in this situation what would a professional do? I do...

Hi All. I have just had most of my apartment tiled, the walls are all freshly painted the week before and the tucker gas got a little bit of tile adhesive and brown grout onto the walls in most rooms. Not huge amounts but it does need to be cleaned off. Can anyone recommend me a stubble...

Hi, I'm going to tile my bathroom soon but need some advice on the walls. Last year I had the whole room replasterd and the plaster told me to paint the new plaster with new plaster paint and then 2 coats of watered down emulsion. he knew it was to be tiled but reading up on this everyone...

I am getting conflicting advice about which sort of wall tiles to use for a wetroom showering area. Some say ceramic is OK – others are saying that I should use porcelain. Can you offer some advice please.