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this is quite an unusual Victorian hallway , thought I would share it with you guys When I arrived I noticed all the salts coming up through the edges only. Then after cleaning etc and removing tiles for replacing it became evident that all the central body tiles are what I believe to be a newer...

Hi All I have just removed the ceramic tiles from my kitchen floor and they have applied the tile adhesive directly to the original floor boards. can anyone advise the best way to remove the old tile adhesive from the floor boards please.

Hello. I’m new to this forum and new to tiling! I’m just looking for some advice on tiling a bathroom floor. I have an old 200 year old house and the bathroom floor is currently the old thick original floorboards and they are in a reasonable state. They are not completely level each one in and...

I don't know if you call it 'hardboard' in the USA but that's what we call it here: a shiny on one side brown stuff made of compressed something or other. Very cheap. Used on ceilings and generally painted over. This time I've found a place where they glued those very light foam plastic...

Hello, First time posting. I'm helping a friend of a friend who recently had a basement shower installed, and unfortunately the contractor who did it was completely incompetent. The floor of the shower is tile, and there is no slope to the drain (in fact if anything, there is a hump drawing...

Edit: New thread is here: New Good Morning Thread 2024 - https://www.tilersforums.com/threads/new-good-morning-thread-2024.104067/ ok, as some know dan asked for a new thread in the morning when the old thread reached 20000 posts. I open a new one, don't feel obligated to say good morning...

Good afternoon ladies and gents, Some of you may remember me leaving for the Cayman Islands job that was posted on this site. It turned out to be amazing and it also had its downfalls. I know I promised updates and such like however, having to work most weekends left me short of time which I...

Hi urgently looking for minimum 8 Glacier Ivory polished porcelain tiles 600 x 600 old b&q code yt 6002. Please can anyone help urgently? Thanks sandy

Tiled a few weeks back but after a cuppa and a head scratch lol , set about setting out this very old house and it’s wonky hallway. Yes I’m still using mayonnaise to tile with 😂

when my quarry tile is wet the water beads in only some areas. when the tile is dry it looks blotchy....matt finish vs satin finish (where the sealant still is). I have sanded, stripped, etc. and the remaining sealant will not come off. I scraped with a razor blade and nothing happens. Can...

It has come to my attention again that post counts are being questioned for being too low, or not what some members expected. There's no conspiracy around it. The forum recalculates post counts every now and again. And it will count only those that are online and active the day it counts them...

Cleaning out my shed and found an old lockboy from my apprentice days 30 years ago wow how times have changed in the tiling world . How may of you guys remember using tools like this along with a tipped chisel and cutting hammer for cutting quarries?

Hi fellow tilesetter, I’m phil from Chicago doing tile for 30 years. I’m looking for a tile by Tau Gres of Spain called Yukon , it’s a 13”x13” floor tile in a honed Travertine look in oyster grey and buff tones with a lot of ‘movement’ , very flat, sq edge, satin finish , size exact not...

Hi guys, Literally just lifted the floor tiles of my porch floor (only about 2sqm 1920’s house) underneath is a kind of marble looking resin. Google tells me this could be terrazzo!? Anyway I need to level this and then tile. Can anyone give me some advice here. Is it possible to level with...

hi guys. i . have a showroom floor to put some epoxy on thats currently tiled..old orange quarry looking tiles.im hoping some 1 can point me in the right direction regarding getting the epoxy to bond to the tiles..apparently tiles are a pain in the bum to lay this on to...some 1 advised this...

I had a contractor that ruined my bathroom tile when he installed it . I knew it was bad but 3 years on, it’s a disaster. The grout on the floor between my tiles has pits and holes in it. Some of the grout lines were not even completely filled and you can see the sides of the tiles . The tile...

Hello everyone, I am thinking of re-doing the tiles my living room. I've got 600x300 tiles and I'd like to know if it's acceptable to use 4mm tile spacers. I read some of the previous threads and noticed that most people prefer to use 3mm spacers for floor tiles, so I am starting to think that I...

Working on this house and i have with the aid of a joiner got to install a marble bathroom reclaimed, so will take some modifing, its fixed with screws, so looking for some tips Good cutting blade? Restoration cleaner? What to fill the screw holes with, marble dust and a type of resin maybe? Cheers

Just need 1 or two, tile is about 30cm square, textured floor tile in a dark/lightish blue. Definitely Porcelanosa but have been unable to identify the product line Thanks in advance! Image at: Tile - https://ibb.co/d2sLH2C