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    Floor spacer sizes for wood effect porcelain tiles

    Hi, it's probably been asked before but here goes anyway. I believe the British standard recommends a minimum of 3mm spacers when laying floor tiles bit I'm looking at laying some 900x150mm wood effect porcelain tiles and was wondering if I can go less than 3mm? It's onto a good concrete base...
  2. S

    Wood 22 UFH system, floor prep and coverings ?

    We are due to start tiling over the Terra Therma Wood 22 UFH heating system. What concerns me is the reflective plates that sit in the routed timber floor boards, they seem to be loose laid..... do you latex over them first or can you use a decoupling membrane direct on to the substate...
  3. Fitwidge

    Porcelain wood plank tile (waxman)

    Has anybody installed the wood plank tiles from waxmans? I’ve been setting them out but theres lippage on every tile at either end also! (Floor is level btw) So just wondering if there supposed to be like than to give it a ‘plank effect’ if that doesn’t sound daft. ha! (Installing in my...
  4. S

    Concrete floor to floorboards

    Evening all, I’ve recently looked at a job where there are wooden floor boards in an entrance hall that lead into a kitchen that has a concrete floor. Customer wants both kitchen and entrance hall tiled. I’m going to cement board the hall way to reinforce the floor before tiling. Would I need...
  5. N

    UFH and wood burning stove

    I’m putting in an open plan extension (kitchen, sitting, dining). The extension will be L shaped, but the floor area is about 60 metres square (ceilings are 2800 mm). My question is whether it is sensible to have wet UFH in the kitchen and dining area (40 metres square) and no UFH in sitting...
  6. B

    So forget about cement boards and foam boards and just tile direct onto wood?

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  7. A

    Porcelain Wood Effect Tile Advice

    Hi, I'm new to this forum and looking for advice. Has anyone used porcelain, wood effect tiles and found them in lengths longer than 150cm and varying widths? I'd like ideas as to suppliers if possible, thanks in advance!
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    I'm Looking For This Tile SINTESI WOOD WENGE 12 X 24 PORCELAIN FLOOR TILE

    I'M LOOKING FOR SINTESI WOOD WENGE 12 X 24 PORCELAIN FLOOR TILE. WE'VE SEARCHED EVERYWHERE! THANK YOU!!
  9. N

    Tiling wood burning stove recess and hearth

    Hello. This is my first post in quite a while. I'm about to build a dummy chimney breast for a wood burning stove. The lower portion will have sides of 7N blocks laid flat, against an existing brick wall. The recess will be quite large (approx. 1200 wide by 1500 high). The sides and the back...
  10. area tiling

    Wood burning stove chamber

    What's the best option when Tiling the inside chamber for a wood burning stove , providing that the stove has the minimum gap between finished wall and stove , is it Best to overboard with hardie , multiboard or just direct to render ? Don't want any cracked porcelain tiles ? Thanks
  11. J

    Will tiles stick to wood and plastic?

    About to fix tiles to 7" space between tiled wall and shower tray. The new tiles approx 6 will be sitting on a wood infill and part of the plastic coated shower tray. Can i just use tile adhesive on this or do i have to do any preperation? Thanks.
  12. M

    wood effect over wet UFH concrete

    Hullo all! I’ve been impressed by the professional attitude of posters here so wonder if I might take some advice on my refurb project. It’s a 300m2 bungalow, mixed 60s/90s extension, solid floor. I’m a power wheelchair user and destroyed our old house hardwood floors in short order so am going...
  13. C

    Pleeeeeease help a gal out!

    Hi there, I've been emailing tile companies and none seem to be able to offer me any advice on my query. So I thought I'd ask the experts in here! I'd like to tile the lid/top (hinged to access record player) and base of a hi-fi cabinet that I've renovated. As far as I could see it's either...
  14. Wishiwasatoptiler

    Transition Point Opinions

    Been a while since I've been on but looking at this job and I'm looking for others opinions on how they would manage the transition from wood to concrete. The new ply floor is sound.
  15. M

    DIY Tiler - Wood effect porcelain tiles, large format

    Hi there..new to forum so not sure what to expect.. We are in the middle of completing an extension and I am going to complete the tiling myself. It an open plan area circa. 65m2. I have done some smaller tiling projects in the past but not with large format tiles. We are using 1200 x 200mm...
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    Random floor pattern for wood effect floor tile

    How would you suggest "randomising" a 90 x 15 plank wood effect tile running through a kitchen / dinner into a entrance hallway? Standard should dictate no more than 33% offset to adjacent tile, and I don't want to end up with the "perfect grout lines" of a tell-tale tile floor? Would you start...
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    Advice required for installing porcelain wood effect tiles, both internally and externally.

    Morning all, I have a large area approx 106sq meters in total of an extension I'm looking to have done in wood effect. Large open plan, hallway, utility, cloakroom. Some very useful info on this thread. Has anyone ever tried to do a border inlay of any kind or a single plank border similar to...
  18. M

    Tiling around wood burner

    Hi all, just after some advice on a suitable adhesive (preferably standard set) and grout that can be used for tiling the walls of an open fireplace containing a wood burner? Also, the customer is thinking of using ceramic metro tiles, are they suitable? I've never been asked to do one of these...
  19. E

    Laying 895 x 225 wood effect ceramics on d-mat process, eg solid bed, back buttering ? Bed thickness

    Interested to see how you guys would approach this e.g bed thickness , how many m2 laid per day etc?
  20. Lou

    Jays Tiling and Wood Flooring

    Jays tiling and wood flooring are based near Hayle in Cornwall and are proud to offer excellent customer service combined with a friendly and professional approach. Working throughout Cornwall Jays are happy to provide free quotes for any tiling, retiling or wood flooring projects. Fully...

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