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As stated we love seeing your DIY stuff! Take a couple of photos and show off your project here!!! I'll go first with my dad's handiwork tiling the bathroom!
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Hey guys! After tiling my bathroom and ensuite last year which would not have been possible without the fantastic advice and knowledge on this website I'm now planning to tile our back porch...
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I have underfloor heating and a concrete floor. I cleaned the floor then PVAd it. I followed instructions on the bag of adhesive (cement based, highly polymer, modified, thin bed tile adhesive)...
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I am a DIYer and after a successful shower tile project set about tiling bathroom floor. Victorian terraced house, previous floor - exposed original floorboards. After research and...
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I'm making some beginner's mistakes and also need advice please....
I've tiled the shower but the tiles fitted perfectly at the bottom of the corner - and didn't at the top so I have a 1cm...
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Three tiles fell off my wall in my kitchen, and underneath I scraped off the combed white tile adhesive and also another white layer with a knife. It exposed some gypsum and paper like material...
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I've been doing alot of research prior to tiling the ground floor of my home, approx 40m2. The structural floor is 18mm Ply and after reading all the horror stories of failed floors I am...
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Hi All,
I'm about to start my first tiling job (at home) and after thinking about steps have a few questions regarding corners (inner corner(s).
I have 5 msq area to cover, and my tiles are...
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Will I be setting myself up to fail if I use the Dunlop CF-03 Flexible Fast Set Tile Adhesive I've already bought (7 x 20kg bags!) to lay a 10mm bed for my tiles, when the instructions...
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I understand the mortar bed is made 4/1 or 5/1 when I lay my 20mm porcelain outdoor tiles. Would it be detrimental if I was to increase the depth of mortar in some places to 70 or 80 instead of...
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I’ve never laid tile on cement before and am about to tile my enclosed patio (there are no cracks). I’m mot sure how to handle the cement joint. I was told by an area contractor that I don’t need...
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A few years ago, with advice from the forum, I used Tilemaster Setaflex S1 when I laid my 600x600mm porcelain floor tiles onto 24mm NoMorePly in my bathroom with great results, they are still...
- Gez
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Hi there,
I'm about to undertake a job involving laying 60cm x 60cm porcelain slabs in my garden. The area I wanted to cover currently has old concrete paving slabs that are still solid, but have...
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I am a home diyer trying to lay a porcelain patio!!. I already have my sub base down and compacted, where I am struggling is the laying.
i have Italian porcelain, 20mm in depth, 1200mm long and...
- duncanvale
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So it's my first ever time tiling and I'm using 25cmx25xm porcelain tiles. I'm tiling directly onto a concrete floor which is level but I'm not sure whether I need to prep the concrete first...
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I was just moving my tiles this morning when I noticed a diagram on the box illustrating that they can't be laid in a brick effect and can only have an overlap of 12cm. The tiles are 600x300mm...
- christonabike
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New to this forum and looking for advice please.
I have approx 20m2 of white porcelain floor tiles to lay , Homebases 400mm square. I am an experienced DIY'er with plenty of tiling experience in...
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