This week's job the customer had rip out the whole downstairs of his house so I could tile the floors while he was on holiday.
This was the only water supply I could find...lol
The problem
Most of us have had some experience of the damage that can be caused when tiled bathrooms and wet areas are not sealed properly against intrusive water and moisture. Unsightly damp patches constantly re-appear on the ceiling in the room below your bathroom, not to mention the...
Hello all,
I have been a bit reckless over the years with my bathroom in the past 2-3 years and it show with the pic I have shown. I tried some products to clean these dirt stains that look deeply embedded into the tiles. I couldn't find any thread that fit this topic but is there any way...
SD2017
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A cleaning lady asked me how to clean water marks off black marble. She says it's just drips off yer elbow while at the sink that has marked the floor..
My initial reaction was it doesn't sound like they are sealed properly but it could be something else so I thought I'd ask here.
I've...
Hi guys ,
Been to have a look at 4 bathroom floors for a builder and there is a hot water system under 6mm Hardi backer boards, never come across it before so I'm interested if any of you guys would consider tiling onto this and if so what would be your method of apllication as I was thinking...
Anyone tell me how to remove, if possible, blue water staining of marble tiles in a shower.
A job i did a year ago which the builder informs me has this problem, not see it myself yet.
Hello, just got to a wet room job and the tray Is fitted and water proofed but the floor is way out at the entrance of the room. 17mm out. They're having 60x60 rec porc. My issue is whether I can Chuck some self leveller on to of the waterproof to build the floor up. But this would make the...
I've got a job roughly 70 sqm it's on new 22mm ply with wet underfloor heating it's all solid and level I'm just concerned about cracking due to the expansion and contractions can u use ditra over underfloor heating on ply I know u can use the tile master mat and the bal rapid mat
Any tips and...
Black limestone water marks after sealing
I've been reading this forum for a couple of years now and learnt a lot from the posts on here so thanks for everyone's efforts in helping pass on advice.
This is the first post I've made and there are a number of articles on this already but I need...
Sparkydarren
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After advice please I have a customer that has polished marble on a kitchen floor with fila mp 90 sealer and had a burst pipe up stairs and flooded the downstairs floor and it has left what I think are water marks not really bad but a little patchy what's the best thing to do to make it look...
Where do you all source impey waterguard? have previously always used tile safe but have heard good things about water guard and like the fact that the overlaps are much thinner in height variation due to thickness.
Hi all,
Tiling my bathroom and wonder if I might get a sanity check!?
Got all the tiles out last night to sort good from bad. They were a little dusty so used a sponge and a number of buckets of cold clean water to clean them. Left stacked up in 15's over night. Checked on how clean they were...
Hi,
Unfortunately we have to stick on a cracked porcelain tile to the wall around the bath area underneath the over bath shower.
When the 2 broken pieces are put together there is no gap but Im afraid over time
some water may get behind it into the wall.
Is there anything we can put behind...
SamB
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Hi there
I am new to this and I would just appreciate a little bit of advice. I have searched various forums and cement manufacturing companies who claim that chipboard flooring can be tiled on as long as the floor does not move, there are no gaps and that boards are screwed at 300MM intervals...
Where the best place to buy a large Flex water fed polisher is please ! or if anyone has one for sale secondhand please give me a pm or a ring... thanks guys
ok so i have started this thread because of a conversation between me and dan in another thread about the performance of grout and tanking systems in a wet area. i am not trying to be disrespectful or anything like that i just want the correct information bothe for me and the general public. I...