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Hi everyone, I tiled a kitchen and living room floor last week and the grout has started to crack in both areas. The customer laid 6mm plywood on top of chipboard subfloor and was screwed down. The tiles were a ceramic floor tile 45cm x 45cm with 8mm notched trowel Mapei ProFlex adhesive was...

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hi, I have a tiled bathroom floor over. The floor underneath it is concrete. When I walk on it it seems to bounce slightly underfoot on the corners and joins. Is this normal? Are we going to have problems down the line? The grout isn’t cracked. thank you for reading

Hello, I was thinking about getting my front garden path laid with mosaic original style tiles and also York stone bull steps installed in the porch and at the gate. Currently it's bog standard Victorian ceramic square tiles on path and porch. What I am after is something similar to the pic I...

Hopefully a very easy quesion(s) for someone who knows ? Tiles and one wall and painted, white wall on the other. Where they meet, should I use sealant or caulk and what colour (tile colour or white ?) Similar question where tiled wall meets sealing. I made I think a mistake of using silicone...

Hello, we installed a brand new ceramic tile walk in shower about one year ago. I've been cleaning it with a special cleaner for ceramic tile and it does okay. I bought an electric scrubber to make the job easier, and for some reason, and I don't know if it's related, lately I can have the...

Hi, I am buying a new build house and the snagging surveyor has raised an issue with some floor levels in a bedroom and 2 en-suite shower rooms, which are out of NHBC tolerance. The main issue is with a tiled floor that is off by 6mm over 2 metres. The build states that it is in tolerance...

Should tiled bathroom floors have ply laid before tiling on a chipboard floor? If so what type of ply and what thickness? Thanks

Newbie here so apologies if it's a bit long, trying to get as much info across. Living in Cyprus, have added a second story to a bungalow, basically a free standing steel construction on top. We have a 7m x 1m long balcony that ends with an extra 4x4m corner. Two weeks ago 1 x 1 m tiles were...

Okay progress has been good (albeit a little slow) and now I am left with a few problem areas. The wife wants a tiled bath panel which I have never done before. Is it easy to do? How do you get access behind the panel after tiling? I want to leave it right to the very end so that I can see if...

I’m having a kitchen fitted and tiled. I wondered what people’s thoughts are on the attached......is it acceptable or should I ask for it to be re done? The rest of the job I should pretty good

First of all, I'm sure this question has been asked a thousand times so apologies in advance! A little info: I've just moved into a 1950's bungalow and have got 3 rooms plus a hallway which appear to have the red/brown thermoplastic floor tiles laid with a bitumen adhesive. Just from a bit of...

My floor joists are good but I need to replace whole subfloor and tile kitchen floor. I am working on a budget but I want to install functional and durable solution according to British standard for both subfloor and underlayment. Ppl with experience, could you please advise what insulation to...

Hi all, need advice of how to remove old glued carpet floor, (or the best way) where we will need to tile, see attached pic of floor now, and how it supposed to look like once job completed, we got more then 3 or 4 floors to do thanks

Hello After having lots of help and advice on our last tiling project, we are getting to the tiling stage on our bedroom project. We are looking for a tiler who can install split face tiles on areas of our bedroom wall to match the previous project (photos attached below). The areas will need...

Hi! Just looking for some thoughts regarding extending an existing tiled are if possible please? We are in need of new flooring in our hallway and under stairs which has recently been knocked through to make use of the space, and ideally we would like to extend our existing kitchen tiles through...

Hi, I've had a new extension built with bifold doors. I'm raising the floor height of the concrete floor, but I'm unsure how high i can take the total floor build up including tiles. My intended height is where the green line is, is that possible or could i go higher if needed. On my doors, the...

Hi there, I'm restoring an old black and white tiled victorian pathway (see pictures attached). When I moved in the path was completely covered in 3 inches of concrete and terazzo tiles (horrible 1970's job). I've chipped all this away to reveal the old path, which is in reasonable condition...

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, I have approximately 80 m² open plan area tiled in 800 mm x 800 mm porcelain tiles. The whole installation is creaking and moving and it has become apparent that the Tiler has used a dot and dab method through out to fix the tiles. I have asked him to come and inspect the installation and...