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  1. J

    Tiling on uneven walls

    I noticed that the bathroom shower wall is uneven (not plum) when I started to tile. What suggestions does anyone have in order to keep the tiles level. Should I just add more thinset in areas where there is a depression on the wall and less where there is a little bump? I can't rip the walls...
  2. B

    Tiling an external garage walls

    Hi Guyz I was wondering if anyone could offer any advice, I have a client, who is requesting a cost for tiling an external garage, I was thinking of securing hardibacker boards using adhesive & then fixing 12 screws per board to secure the boards, then using a good quality adhesive, and tiling...
  3. T

    Miss Coat on walls

    hi started tiling as a career a year or so ago now and have found this forum a lot of help very informative i have a kitchen splash back to do in a couple of weeks. the customer had already put a miss coat on the walls before looking at the job as its a new extension they wasnt sure whether...
  4. S

    Best tanking product for shower walls with stone resin tray

    Hi folks, I have been doing a lot of research as to which is the best tanking product to use on our shower walls prior to tiling. The walls are currently made up of prowarm 12mm cement board and there is a 900x900 quad stone resin tray on the floor which I want to tape and seal to the wall...
  5. J

    Backer board for walls

    I am refurbing my bathroom and would like to install boards on the walls to create a nice even surface for me to tile on. Its a brick and plaster wall once i remove old tiles i am planning to use the following materials and method, can you please advise if any problems u can see with it Fix...
  6. L

    Tiles falling of the walls

    Hi all Im hoping that you could give me yoir opinion/ some advise. I had a tiler tile my bathroom walls 3 years ago and now the tiles are coming away from the wall the tiler has told me that the walls were primed prior and that flexible floor adhesive was used not wall adhesive as the tiles...
  7. D

    Tanking bathroom walls

    Hi everyone Quick question, I'm about to tank the walls in my bathroom, around the bath / shower area, they are skimmed plasterboard, and I was planning to use ultra tilefix proshield tanking kit, as it states it doesn't require primer, thus I believe making it quicker to complete the task. My...
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    • bathroom tanking ultra walls
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    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  8. D

    How would you prep these walls

    Hi all just looking for some advice on a potential first job. The job is a small upstairs bathroom. The customer would like 2 walls tiled. The customer will be putting the bath in before tiling which obviously isn’t shown in the picture. The walls need some prepping as the plaster is starting...
  9. S

    Walls or Floor First?

    Hey guys and gals....... So here's a question for which I am very curious to know the answer from you as I think this will be quite conflicting..... I have had numerous heated discussions with a few other tilers in this respect and I get quite annoyed at some of there answers and their reasons...
  10. E

    what weight tiles will paramount take

    Hi Guys, another newbie here, what weight in kgs per sqm will honeycomb plasterboard walls take please? Paramount Partition wall boards type. I want to fully tile my bathroom walls in 600x300 ceramic tiles but, since finding out the wall structure I am now concerned the walls won’t take the...
    • Eddy66
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    • boards canada newbie paramount plasterboard tile tiles wall walls weight what
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Tiling Standards
  11. Y

    I think my tiler has used floor grout on my walls?

    Hi I had my kitchen wall tiled last week. I'm not overly happy with the job at all, but the grout is terrible. It's really gritty. When I questioned him he said he'd used course grout because the tiles had uneven edges. I suspect he had some left over from a previous flooring job he'd been...
  12. stratford_noob

    Preparing walls for porcelain tiles

    Hello, I would start wit ha little back story. We've both a house where the main bathroom begged for renovation, however we didn't have the dime, so we've decided to get it slowly. The bathroom was half tiles and half wallpaper. In the supper I've removed the wallpaper, re-skimmed the walls and...
  13. J

    Advice please on adhesive and grout for floor and walls

    We've got as far as stripping out the bathroom in our new (to us) bungalow dug up floor, laid new pipework and electrics etc. now about to start the job of putting it back together! I'd really appreciate some recommendation for adhesive and grout and any other suggestions. Floor is concrete...
    • Jacb
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    • adhesive advice canada floor grout please walls
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  14. J

    Tiling walls and floor, which adhesive and grout?

    We've got as far as stripping out the bathroom in our new (to us) bungalow dug up floor, laid new pipework and electrics etc. now about to start the job of putting it back together! I'd really appreciate some recommendation for adhesive and grout and any other suggestions. Floor is concrete...
    • Jacb
    • Thread
    • adhesive canada floor grout tiling walls walls and floor which
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  15. C

    Bathroom walls and floor

    I am in the process of tiling my bathroom walls and floor. I have purchased 600 x 600 porcelain tiles and I could do with some advice. I have been told that I should get 9mm marine ply laid over my floor boards. Is that correct advice. I also would like to know if there is a best price / trade...
  16. dg-1984

    Tiling walls with skirtings removed

    Hi all, we have had the floor tiles up to the skirtings. I am now going to tile the toilet walls 1/2 height. I have removed the skirtings and preped the walls etc but wanting to know how I would start due to there not being an edge for the first tile to sit on and I can not get a baton in there...
  17. How to use a Tile Leveling System for Walls

    How to use a Tile Leveling System for Walls

    Install tile with a tile levelling system on walls the right way. Tile Levelling System.
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  18. D

    straightening walls prior to tiling

    Expert advise please you wonderful people. is it right that if a wall is tiled to an existing bathroom wall or walls, it is the duty of the installer/tiler to ensure that the wall is perfectly true and level? I assumed that old properties with leaning walls were simply tiled that way so long as...
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    • canada tiling wall walls
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. Dan

    How to use a tile levelling system for walls

    How to use a tile levelling system for walls
    • Dan
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    • how levelling levelling system system tile tile levelling tile levelling system wall walls
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Tiling Tools
  20. JordanLincs

    Studs not where I need them

    So, I've removed all the tiles and plasterboard to find I can't reboard as the studs won't be correctly located on the 'back' wall. Advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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