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    ply wood on joists.

    Hello everyone just a quick question. I have the opportunity of laying ply down on straight onto joists in an upstairs bedroom in preperation for tiling . Now I know that probably 25 mm ply would be the best option to gor (or at least this is what I have been led to believe), however are her...
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    removal of black tile grout off wood doors

    Hi all tilers i have recently had my floor tiled and noticed black grout on my oak doors ,just wondering if yous now how to remove the stains ? cheers,hpoe you can help
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    wood burner

    Hi i am looking to install a wood burning stove in my existing fire place . by keeping the hearth and mantel which is cream marble and removing the marble insert behind the real flame gas fire i then plan to open up the chimney for the wood burner to sit in . i am hoping im on the right lines by...
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    Wood Effect TIles

    Hi - I am looking to tile my downstairs with a wood effect tile. I have seen some nice ones in B&Q called (suprisingly) Wood Effect. Having read a few posts though it seems B&Q are not well thought of. I have read about another tile called Alpina by Colorker?? Has anyone used these? Has anyone...
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    wood and tiled floor combination

    Hello, so after I have ripped out my shower and all, and doing the wifes bathroom my mind now turns to the hallway. I am loving timeless johns floors and I fancy a bit of that, but is it fraught with difficulty to have the tiled floor running down the middle of my question mark shaped hallway...
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    Replacing wood block flooring

    Hi, We are replacing some dark 1970s wood block flooring with natural stone. The wood block has been glued down by some black adhesive stuff. The blocks lift easily and the adhesive is only a couple of mm thick. It's going to take hours to get this up. Can I put some sort of sealer on it - or...
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    Advice for tiling a wood surround

    Hi, I have to make a small surround to fit on a worktop that will hide all the boiler pipes, a kind of 'U' shaped thing when on its side, dimensiones are approx. 400mm long, 120mm deep and about 220mm high. Was thinking of making it out of wood with a base to stop any movement and tiling with...
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    wood ramp carpet to tile.

    Hi all At what stage do i fit a ramp to meet the tiles in the centre of the door? at the moment i have lose tiles meeting the carpet...there will be a apprx 20mm step up into the room so have decided to use a wooden ramp of some kind to gradually rise to meet the tiles...do i get this made by...
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    Rotting Wood Under Bathroom Tiles? Help!!

    Hi guys, The wood under a few of our floor tiles alongside our bath are extremely wet and starting to rot. They've been like this for a couple of months - we've been hoping they would dry out but unfortunately not. I've read online about taking the infected wood out and replacing, but as...
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    Expensive adhesives for tiling on wood

    I have been advised, by technical support at Dunlop/Bal, to use their most expensive adhesives but I do not believe I need to use these adhesives that cost more than my tiles per m2! It is as if I told them I was going to fix tiles on an old creaky floor with distorted floor boards that are...
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    Large format travertine floor and wall tiles fixing to wood, plasterboard and plaster

    Hi, As in my intro I have never tiled before and have set myself one major challenge. I am tiling an en-suite with 610x405x12 honed and filled travertine. I am tiling the floor and the walls in the brick effect pattern. I have looked through the many posts and have tried to assemble all of the...
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    ply wood prices

    hello again people get a kitchen floor to do in the new year and wondered where the cheapest place was to buy plywood is. im in sunderland thanks lads and lasses
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    favoured sealant for ply wood?

    putting down ply for kitchen floor, and just wondering everyones prefered choice of product for sealing the ply? Why and where you usually pick it up,and price range? I usually avoid getting ady or grout from b and q like the plague, but was told by a joiner that they have the best, but i...
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    wood floor

    help have used topps tile flexible floor adhesive which has not stuck to floor or that well to the tiles you can scrape it off the floor and the tile quite easily does any one know why? topps blame the wood say it was contaminated ??
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    Quick question - tiling to wood

    im tiling a 10m2 kitchen floor with slate looking ceramic tiles, i will be tiling strate onto new floorboards which are these big things from bnq, will this be ok? will i need to prime or anything like that? also what addy would i use, thanks for ur help in advance,
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    Kitchen flood, what wood to use as underlay?

    Hello All, My mum had a flood in her kitchen with the result being the wood chipboard was discarded so now all she has is the foam and plastic sheeting. Any signs of damp has been removed, now we have decided to put down new wooden underlay ourselves and get a tiler in to fit the ceramic tiles...
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    tiling onto flexible wood floor. Advice please!

    Hi everyone, just got my 1st job tiling a bathroom. The walls i havent got a problem with, but could use some advice on the floor. The floor has only been boarded in 6mm ply for a start and is causing me concern. The tiles are 300mm x 600mm porcelain. What is th best addy to use for that...
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    Looking for wood effect tile!!!

    Hi people, I am looking for a tile that looks like a wood plank and I am really struggling to find a supplier! B&Q are the only place I have found a decent example, but you must be off your nut if you think I am going there for my floor tiles :lol: Porcelain looks like my best option, it will...
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    concrete to wood joint

    Doing a floor soon where it goes from wood to conrete, i know i'v got to use a movement joint where these two substraights meet.The problem is that the concrete is staggered, on one side of the floor the concrete comes out about 10 inches furher than on the other side. Any ideas on how to get...
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    can i lay wood floor over tiles?

    Our kitchen has 60X60 polished porcelain tiles and we hate them! Don't really want to go to the expense and upheaval of having them all taken up. Wondered if we could lay wood floor over them or if not could we tile over them again with different tiles? Any help appreciated!!

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