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  1. Lou

    UK What Do You Think Of This Double Toilet Cubicle??

    I recently visited an establishment and went to use the facilities and this was it! I was gobsmacked I thought it was so lovely. I love the pink tiles!
  2. Lou

    What Are Your Easter 2024 Plans This Weekend??

    Morning Everyone! It is Easter this weekend and a lot of the kids are already off! Have you got any plans for the long weekend? Here in the UK Friday and Monday are both Public Holidays so a lot of people have a break or do some projects around the house.. inbetween eating chocolate eggs of...
  3. G

    What Silicon to use with grout colours.

    Hi any advice on what would go with what. I've layed off white tiles on floor with grey grout. I’m putting off white tile skirting around the floor. What colour of grout should I be using for skirting and what colour at the top and bottom Silicon should I be using. Or as there rounded...
  4. J

    TEKCEM FIBRE what needed to porcelain tile

    hello new here but wished i had found and asked before screed and ufh down but here goes. We have an extension (9m by 6.2m) which has a standard slab been down for 4 months, and then insulation in quick drying screed, the existing part has a slightly friable slab with approx 20mm of latex self...
  5. A

    Contractor damaged edging. Now what? Please help.

    Hi everyone. I'm really hoping you all can help as I am at my wits end. We have hired contractors to renovate a large portion of our home. We are nearing the end, but the shower has been quite a struggle. The contractors did our tile work and subsequently the edging along with it. Some of their...
  6. Aileen

    What is wrong with this tiling job? Help please

    Hi, it's my first time here and I'm desperate to solve this problem. Can someone please tell me if there is something wrong with this tile job? I was told thick thinset is needed since we are installing 12 x 24 porcelain tile and that the look of this tile job is normal. I was told not to worry...
  7. T

    Schluter corner what goes with what I have

    Hello: First time posting. Looks like a really good forum for Info. Here is my question: I'm doing a DIY kitchen backsplash. I have doon all kinds of timing jobs in the past back splashes and floors etc. this time around I picked a subway tile that doesn't have a bull nose tile for the edges, so...
  8. A

    What colour Silicon and caulking colour

    In our bathroom we have dark tiles on 3 walls and one wall is a white tile. The ceiling is white. What colour where dark tile meets white ceiling? What colour silicon for the internal where dark meets white tile? Grout colours are going to be the same as the tiles.
  9. T

    De-coupling Mat? What is there purpose please?

    Is the decoupling mat laid on the top of the concrete base? Thanks
  10. G

    What will a tiler do and not do!

    Hi, I'm wondering what, as a tiler, you would expect to do when you go to a job. Do you prepare the walls for tiling? remove toilets? Take out sockets? I'm sure its different for everyone but I was wondering what is ok to say no to and what to expect.
  11. J

    Inverted corners what to finish with

    Tiling three walls where sink will go. Walls to left and right of sink will have tiles up to about half way with metal tile trim up and across to the back wall. Back wall will have tiles from floor to ceiling. How do you guys finish the back wall edges above the tile trim that come across from...
  12. A

    What would you do. 800mm tiles

    I have a small ensuite that is 1950mm on 2 sides, the other two sides are 1850mm. I have 800mm wide tiles x 300mm high. My question is what way would you set these out. I have two options, start with the 800mm coming out from the corner, another then this leaves me 350mm in the other corner...
  13. R

    What prep would you do here?

    Got a kitchen floor to do and it consists of a concrete floor which then meets a timber floor. It also meets another area of concrete floor which has been poured at a later date to the original floor. Whole floor needs self levelling as is up and down and old adhesive which is stuck really well...
  14. M

    What size tile cutter to buy?

    Hi everyone 🙂.My friend has a cheap ceramic cutting machine that i don't like working with. it is weak, its rail bends when cutting thicker tiles. I don't wanna mess around , I was thinking of buying a montolite 63p3 right away. It could do a lot of work. Now the problem is that tile sizes...
  15. S

    What prep to do, cut plaster out?

    Hello everyone, Thank you for allowing me to join the forum. I'm replacing the toilet hand basin and needed to remove some old tiles because the size of the new basin didn't match up to the position of the old tiles. I have removed the old tiles but there is damage to the plaster wall...
  16. A

    What adhesive for 600x600 porcelain wall tiles

    Evening all, I've got a job coming up soon in a bathroom, wall to ceiling around the bath then half way on remaining walls. The tiles are 600x600 porcelain 9mm thick and the substrate is skimmed plaster board. I'm looking for advice on what adhesive to use, I usually use kerakoll biogel no...
  17. B

    What to do with this wall?

    I’m installing a bath in this area. There used to be a shower there & that brick wall had a board over it which was soggy & weakened so I removed it back to the brick. I’ve bought a 12mm hardiebacker board to put over the brick area. I’m aware I have to install with an adhesive & screws but...
  18. Guine Ver

    Can this be mitred? What tool is the best?

    Hi Everyone! I am asking for a professional advise. Can this tile be mitred? What's the best tool to do it with? Thank you.
  19. R

    What primer or sealer on Hardiebacker

    What primer should I use on Hardiebacker board after taking old tiles off ready for new porcelain ones
  20. D

    Tiler damaged my bathtub, what can I do?

    Bathroom/bathtub walls were tiled to the ceiling and a shower screen was fitting. Tiler left with 2 deep dents on the bathtub and one is filled with silicon. He did not mention anything of this after the job and when I found out he would not admit damaging the bathtub and refused to even come...
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