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Hi guys, The room is an "L" shape. Horizontal part of L is approx. 1600mm long by 900mm wide where the floor former and shower area is to go. The vertical part of the L is approx. 1200mm wide (but only on the floor, one of the walls angles away) and 3200mm long and is outside the wet area. It...

Hi im new to tiling, and i was wondering what adhesive to use. I have a kitchen floor to tile 11M2 and there is floor boards down and on top of that the guy is putting down Hardie backerboards. Waht i want to know is what is the best adhesive to use and grout to have a job well done. Ps it must...

Hey all, Have a large floor made up of mixtures of concrete and wooden flooring. Wooden floor 18mm WBP [all correctly laid] A question: 1. Would you run the decoupling membarane right over the area to create a single skin. For example if one area of the room is 6mtrs long by 3mtrs wide and...

Hi, first post so please go easy on me! I'd consider myself a competent diy-er and in the past have succesfully laid ceramic tiles on a solid floor. I've now got an en-suite shower room in which I want to lay travertine mosaic tiles. The flooring is green moisture proof chipboard, and it's a...

Hi, Sorry to be a pain, but so many adhesives, such a broad price range & I'm easily confused.. I'm glueing & screwing 6mm orbry boards to sound t&g floor boards. Can you advise me on a brand / type of adhesive to use? 6mm notched has been suggested.is this ok? I will screw the boards down...

hi all, many thanks in advance for advice. I have a job to tile Terracotta tiles to a kitchen floor, and this being my first Terracotta job, I have found much invaluable advice on sealers for the job in this forum. My query is this ; What mm depth of ply would you recommend to lay upon floor...

I have got a solid floor, that is made from floorboards and I would pike to tile it in 300*300 quartz mirror fleck tiles. Please can you confirm that I have got the right idea? * Screw 12mm wbp ply to floor (screws every 300mm) * Electric UFH * Tile using rapid set flexible adhesive...

Hi Tilers, About to tackle the biggest job left, the kitchen tiling with 60 x 30 porc. with electric ufh/insulation boards and with flexible addy. However there is a wooden patio frame in the way which i'm going to cut into for the right depth(flush with insulation board, any lower would be even...

Hi guys, Advise would be appreciated- Tiling on 22mm chipboard, over-plyed with 9mm boards, with 1 part adhesive but some tiles appear to be de-bonding. Some slight movement in the floor, would a 6mm cement board help this? Or any other suggestions? thanks

If this has been asked before I apologise, maybe someone can point me to a thread that covers this. I see many posts where tilers mention that, on wood, they don't tile without putting ditra down first and other posts mention just backer board or ply/backerboard. The question is when is it best...

Hi I would be grateful for some advice. I have been asked to tile a bathroom floor. The flooring is currently wooden floorboards with 6mm or hardboard on top of floorboards with a lino covering. The WC is also raised up approx 10cm on a plinth with curved edges, above the height of the floor...

Hi all, a plumber here. My wall tiling isn't bad as I take a lot of care over it, but I haven't done that much floor tiling. I've got a bathroom (1.7m x 1.9m) and a small cloakroom to do. It's an old house and the existing floor boards are all over the shop. Very uneven with gaps and corners...

Hello Guys My first post here. My husband and I are doing a big barn conversion project. We laid travertine tiles downstairs on a screed base with underfloor heating and it looks fantastic! We have some left over tiles and want to use them on an upstairs bathroom. The base is chipboard...

Alright guys, any advice on building a wooden fence (4ft ish) , my plan: dig holes for pre treated posts (every 2 meters) then plant posts in cement ( about a foot) make sure they are all plumb, then screw in the horizontal bits then the slats. Any further advice would be great if any of you...

Hi all, I'm new here so look after me please:smilewinkgrin: I am in the process of re-doing my bathroom, and I have a number of tile related questions, some wall some floor, before I ask them let me tell you my plan and you may be able to offer some advice, I plan to remove everything out of...

Hi, This is my first post so Hi to everybody! My question being I want to tile using Travertine tiles on to 20mm thick tongue and groove floorboards which are glued using a bitumen type substance and also nailed at intervals directly into a concrete floor - do I need to use a tile backer board...

Hi all, I recently knocked through our kitchen dining room. The floor is a suspended wooden ground floor (flat edge floor boards) in a 1930's bungalow. I'm looking to lay 600 x 600 porcelain tiles, but I want to add as little as possible height to the floor as possible. The floor seems very...

Hi. Finally gettig round to tiling my bathroom. Have bought all my tiles., Also ordered all my Dural products and adhesives from PHG - great service and advice from David. Have decided to get a professional in to do the actual tiling. My question relates to using Epoxy grout on the floor...

I started marking out today, in an attic. Floor boards and the plumber has already put an Imply tray in, plus the sticky membrane. I was going to put in ditramat mat, but as the plumber has now done this, do I need the ditramat mat?

I need to tile a kitchen and bathroom in a first floor flat with wooden floors, so they need to be soundproofed to comply with the changes to regs 2004 part E (resistance to the passage of sound). Does anyone know how to do this and where the products can be found to do it? I have read that you...