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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!
- Lou
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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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Hi,
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...
- AD1
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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...
- diy_dude
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Hello. Have just taken delivery of our pale limestone tiles (tumbled, cream/beige) and am fitting them myself (have tiled a full travertine bathroom and slate kitchen floor before) so have some...
- teaandtile
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I’ve got some white adhesive residue stuck to the surface of black slate effect tiles. Give them a wipe with a damp cloth and the residue is invisible but when it drys it becomes noticeable again...
- Bando01
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Hi, we are having a worktop fitted and have been asked how thick to make the upstand. We are tiling above the upstand but haven't chosen the tiles yet. They are probably going to be 8 or 9mm...
- gracemajum
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Hi all, new to the forum, I have read previous advice about tiling into an internal corner using Metro tiles.
I still quite don't understand how you cut the mitre's to the internal corners
- turkeytrish
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I am about to tile a splashback having put the job off for a few months (much to my wife's annoyance)
As you walk into the kitchen, the first worktop starts, with the basic shape being an...
- BillyM
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Hi all. I'm about to do my first ever tiling job on my home. Small fireplace hearth, not for a real fire, one of those biofuel ones.
So hear is my query, floor is concrete under the tiles and...
- Paul1111
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Hi everybody,
I just received a delivery of my pallet of tiles. I have 2 days to inspect them for damage. Am I OK to unpackage them and stack them on top of each other or am I risking scratching...
- Copper7573
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Hello. First time tiler looking for some advice.
Doing a bathroom reno and had a professional tiler booked in to tie in with plumber, but we will sadly not have the room prepped for new tiles in...
- Fragglerocks
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Hi folks,
Not a large amount of experience tiling but I did a respectable job on a kitchen backsplash with metro tiles a few years back.
My wife has decided she wants a particular tile fitted to...
- northernmonkee
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Is it ok to butt the tile up against the bottom of the window sill to keep the tile height with the piping on h other walls the same?
- MEKing
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Hi.
I am going to be filing around a window which is very close (about 70mm to the adjacent wall. That wall next to it will be half tiled. My question is would it look best if I aim to run the...
- Realtek
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Good afternoon all. I'm am a complete beginner to the tiling game and have decided to give it a go for once. It's one of the things I have always wanted to learn.
I'm going to be tiling my...
- Yankeedave
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Hello, i hope someone can give me some advice please.
I’m planning on tiling our bathroom walls when we renovate it soon. The walls are all block and will be skimmed by the plasterer once we’ve...
- Salt_aug
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Is there a preferred technique to raise the trim tiles to the same level of the regular tiles other than just slathering on more mortar, which seems a bit lame?
- frustratedagain
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Hi everyone, just finished tiling on my diy bathroom project but come across problem with seal between 2 different type of tiles in my shower/bath area. I can't really find a good way to make...
- Pavel
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Hello,
I've started refurbishing my ensuite and I'm a bit overwhelmed by the number of options available for floor preparation. Have done a lot of googling and not found any threads on here which...
- borrowdale
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A quick question please.....Do I use silicone or grout on the joints between tile and aluminium L shaped trim around my window reveals and external corners. I imagine the joint wont move when...
- bogstandard
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Hello all - recent joiner and past lurker.
Having given up trying to find tilers for my kitchen walls (job too small and tilers not turning up) I am having to do it myself.
Removing old tiles...
- buttons
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Need some advice on a wetroom repair. Tiler installed the tile trim too close to all the edges of the door frame, only discovered this when i went to rehang the door, the hinges cant go flush to...
- sipherlucian
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Hi All,
Not strictly a tiling question, but thought you guys would know! :)
Having successfully completed my bathroom tiling project, I have just fitted a bath screen to a bath/shower setup...
- Alf_Laden
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I’ve removed old tiles in my house and there is the old adhesive behind it.
In some cases it fell off when I was taking off the tiles.
I’m not sure whether to take this off or not, would...
- Jag877
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Hi we have just had an old sandstone patio ripped up and a new porcelain one will be put down. The person doing the job has said the existing base will be fine to use. There are a couple bit he...
- tarajirving
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Hello
I've trawled forums and read the Mapei Primer G packaging etc but not sure I've got 100% comfort on this one and hopefully it's basic...
Is this product suitable for bare brick/masonry...
- martyj27
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Thanks to this forum and my research, the following is what I am going to use for my concrete garage floor. Please comment or make suggestions to help me:
Porcelain
12 X 24 because it is most...
- johnr9q
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I'm looking to renovate the bathroom after leaving it for some time since we moved in. Currently there is a very narrow strip of tiles on the right side of the window and I'm asking for advice on...
- Deleted member 59528
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Hi, my kitchen was tiled a year ago but stupidly at the time I did not add any tile trim. I want to tidy it up now, and have bought plastic tile trim for the job.
I was going to try and file...
- Luci Beynon
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My daughter wants her kitchen, hall and WC, which is currently Amtico, to be replaced with high gloss ceramic tiles.
The Amtico is all in good condition and laid onto a concrete base so no...
- Gez
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Hi Everyone!
New to tiling so probably the easiest questions you’ll be asked but…
I have a downstairs toilet and kitchen splash back I need to tile. The toilet has not tiling in place already...
- Martin_Tiler
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Hi, I have to tile an area abovr the bath which will be a shower enclosure.
Some of the plaster I've had to knock off and replace as it was blown.
I was just going to tank over this before...
- Rozza2022
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Hi,
I recently had my floor self levelled by a tiler, unfortunately it's cracked twice but this time the floor is sound with no hollow spots, so hopefully I am ok to tile over. It's an L shape...
- kevinsmbuk
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