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    Stone tile has absorbed dark grout colour

    hello you could try use VULCASEAL DC135, it will lighten your mosaic for sure, if its small area you could get a professional and refinish mosaic surface. good luck
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    tips on fixing 1200 x 1200 floor tiles

    Hello would recommend for this kind of job bal pourable thick beg adhesive with admix ad1, you would get solid bed, it's rapid setting too, used it before with the same format tiles. good luck
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    Large format stone

    hello Rob I would recommend brick style for this kind of tile. Did a living room in same size limestone. expansion joint should be 5mm, that's a big area so you will need few expansions Good luck
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    HI to all

    hello and welcome
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    Brick Bond

    hello you can loose that 1mm if you open joints slightly, 3mm at least, also if you have wet saw you can make these tiles 300 x 600, and then lay them brick bond. good luck
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    small bathroom floor

    hello and welcome and don't forget to prime your chipboard before applying adhesive for hardibacker, you can use sbr or similar primer just not PVA good luck
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    scratched cloudy marble?

    if the area is small you can do, but you will not get as good finish as with polishing machine, if you choose to use variable speed grinder then you will also need another 180mm grinder with wool pad for paste or crystallizer application, sometimes if the scratch is not deep you can just polish...
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    Novice tiling over ply/concrete

    hello and welcome you can do expansion joint with matching color silicone gl
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    UFH Repair .. any advice welcome

    hello Yes repair kit does work, did a job few year ago, plumber drilled through heat mat, so had to lift the tile and repair it, was really simple to repair it too. So don't stress just repair it and everything will be fine ;) good luck
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    Moleanos Tiles Looking Stained afterfitting 6 weeks ago

    Hello and welcome do you know if your tiles been sealed? if so I would recommend stripping sealer of as it will help for moisture evaporate, wouldn't recommend stripping tiles off yet, you might find out that tiles will dry out and will look as they should, At the moment all moisture is trapped...
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    HELP Outdoor water feature slate tile problem

    hello and welcome make sure you back butter the tile, don't know which ady you used but try 2 part, it will give more strength and extra flexibility, try something like ardex x7 with E 90 admix good luck
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    scratched cloudy marble?

    hi you can hire marble polishing machine, cost about 50£ for one day, you will need different grades polishing pads to remove scratches, also you should buy some polishing powder, and soapy water gl
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    Travertine

    Deflection' is the measurable distance of sag that a joist will demonstrate under dead and live loading conditions. good luck ;)
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    tile debonding from adhesive - advise needed

    hello and welcome do you know which ady he used? did he back butter the tile? if you jump on the floor is the floor deflecting? where the tiles been stored before application? can you see how many mm of adhesive he used under the tiles? is it any chance you can take some photos of your floor...
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    hair line cracks on wall tiles

    It's most likely movement in substrate, take the tiles off and you will see crack in substrate, replacing tiles will not help, you might have to overboard the wall good luck
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