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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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Hi all,
I’ve got an old Victoria house with 20mm first floor floorboards. They’re in quite good shape but 1-3mm gaps between some.
They’ve been pulled up for the plumber in the 1st floor...
- lukenn77
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Hi, DIY home owner here in need of advice. Following a waste pipe leak that's now been fixed, I'm renovating my kitchenette. To start with I wanted to remove the old laminate flooring and put...
- john738
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Hi all.
This isn’t a sob story, just an unfortunate truth I have stretched myself to in inch of my life after my divorce to get my own place for me and the kids so truth is I’m absolutely skint...
- Chris303
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Looking for a small number of Living Blanco wall tiles to cover an area that has been left untiled following a bathroom revamp.
- Stelermaster
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I had some work done leaving an approximately 130mm diameter hole in the floor & tile where pipes previously came through. Wondering if it would be best to replace the entire tile or just patch it...
- Stygma
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Hi, I'm new to the forum and fairly new to tiling, my only previous "proper" job was my recent bathroom (600x600 porcelain, about 25m walls and floors) which went pretty well.
I'm now having a go...
- cdbe11
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Hi Guys and Girls I’m new to this forum, just installed new cabinets in kitchen and now starting tile splashback there is a difference in height between the two widows of around 15mm. I’m looking...
- Chrisdespo
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Old gas fireplace insert getting tiled. Hoping to get an electric stove in there, but tight on space. Plasterer knew this, so didn’t go out the extra cm(ish) and said we can tile over it with a...
- Girlyreno
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Hi Guy's,
I am about to start work on my first big tiling project in my ensuite. We have chosen some 250 x 500 tiles however for the end wall inside the shower we decided to go for a 'decor' tile...
- elementour
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I am a DIYer that is doing a subway tile backsplash in my kitchen for the first time. Since I work long weeks, I’m wondering if it’s okay to tile and grout one wall before moving onto the next...
- jk7039
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Hi there question re knee pads and rubi wheelie sit down thing( hopefully pic uploads ) I've been wearing redback inside pockets for 6 to 8 years still original god knows how many meters of...
- Jedstiles
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I'm laying Ditra in my bedroom on concrete & using porcelain tiles. I just realized I used Modified under my Ditra. I was 40% done when I realized. What are my options?
- muldertx
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I’m trying to do square (straight) herringbone with a 4x12 tile. I’m not getting the math on how you can do it if you add grout lines to horizontally laid tiles. If I add 1/8 line the width...
- Demand
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I'm refitting our bathroom which is about 3m sq and am putting in a wetroom shower in the corner with the hidden tray under the tiles. The floor slopes slightly and not in the right direction for...
- twinter
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Hi, I had a small kitchen extension built a couple of years ago. The new sand and cement screed has been taken right up to the old one over where the old external wall used to be. Obviously after...
- MattMo
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Hi...looking for some advice. This is my first tiling job. I replaced my kitchen counter and the layer of tiles meeting the kitchen counter were removed and now need to be replaced. I am reusing...
- Satoga
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I'm tiling over tiles and I want to extend them a little way beyond where the old ones stop. Can I apply the adhesive an extra 6mm deep to fill the space?
- Martin1975
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Hi I am tiling my roof and got to a point where 2 parts of my roof join. Any advice on how to tile this area
- Gabriel
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Hi,
I hope someone can explain where I am going wrong (also the grief I'm getting from my wife is amazing.), I seem to be having massive problems getting tiles (20cm by 50cm)to stick to a...
- GrahamG
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I'm off level 1/8'' over 2' and 1/4'' over 4', from left to right in picture.
Building recessed shower for schluter pan.
What can I use to shim between joists and plywood to level out? Roofing...
- grubburg
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I've bought what I thought were floor tiles for my bathroom. They are 600 x 300 x 8.5mm ceramic tiles. Turns out i bought wall tiles...
Question is can I use these on my bathroom floor. It's a...
- blurryone
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I have a slurry mix I bought for my porcelain tile job. I am a novice but see the slurry mix is workable for around 3 hours. I have about 44 60x60cm tiles to lay on mortar bed. I would guess it...
- The Famous Forry
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Hi, I would like to know an acceptable moisture level of a floor prior to tiling. I have a newly laid floor (2 to 2.5 months) which is showing a relative moisture level of between 12 to 16%. The...
- Bando01
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Hello guys,
I'm doing a wetroom and will be using Ditra Heat Duo membrane for the UFH. I looked at Kerdi Boards for walls and Kerdi LTS for the shower tray but these are double the price of for...
- djkprojects
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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...
- The Famous Forry
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I have a laminate flooring that is 12 mm to a down stairs toilet having to put new tiles down the tiles are 6mm. .
so i need to tile up to the laminate flooring ,what size trowel would you...
- stick it down
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Hi all, I am in the middle of renovating my bathroom. First of its kind for me! The walls were are all Plasterboard with tiles around the room up to shoulder height when standing in the bath tub...
- glass256
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When laying 1st row of porcelain tiles following line of house wall, Is it best I leave a gap for grout or but up direct against house wall? Thanks regards The Famous Forry.
- The Famous Forry
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What is best way to lay outside 20mm Porcelain patio,
Would I compact soil, add hardcore and compact (How deep for hardcore) then add slurry mix of 4 parts sharp sand and 1 part concrete and lay...
- The Famous Forry
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Hi, first time here so hopefully not a silly question. I am tiling a bathroom for the first time with 1200mm x 600mm porcelain tiles horizontally and a room height of 2445mm, 5x 2mm grout lines...
- Trevor101
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