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Hi has anyone got oscano grey tiles 298 x 498. If you could help that would be great. Thanks
- Marko
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Hello there.
I am writing to you, because I am looking for an advise with stone care.
Will try to explain everything step by step (sorry for my english in advance)
at the beginning the lime stone...
- Daniel
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Hi all and happy New year
I'm looking for a second opinion on what to do.
I have book matched marble to lay on floors 20mm thick and up to 2.4m long and 900 wide although the lengths can be...
- chas
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I was impressed with some of the technical understanding in this forum so wanted to put my question here. The plan is to put limestone tiles into my kitchen. The project is a large renovation and...
- Graham Horne
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Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help with sourcing some replacement tiles for a Victorian path.... or even what search terms I should be using as I can’t seem to find the right ones anywhere!
They are...
- Verity
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Hi, I have recently had Jerusalem Light Limestone tiles installed over a brand new wet underfloor heating system laid on the original floor (concrete over 10 years old). A decoupling mat was put...
- Jagweb
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Hi everyone, I was just hoping someone could help with an issue I have.
I have a male flat mate with an obsession with using excessive amounts extremely strong hold hairspray. I estimate he goes...
- Goatz
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self build completed 10 years ago, large kitchen diner on 65mm hand mixed screed, with no stress relief joints & wet UFH!
Tiled with limestone, found that the tilers switched to cheaper adhesive...
- Kenco
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Just finished this limestone job for a customer of mine . It's a wet-room, concrete shower pan, vertical Schluter kerdi drain, Schluter kerdi coll, waterproof membrane etc. See pictures
- Tile Marble Granite
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Hi UK tilers! I'm an ex-pat Brit builder looking for some advice on the best high gloss coating for a (real) slate floor?
I live in Spain now and the gear I can buy here isn't doing it for me...
- Dal
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Marked tile - appears to be watermarked. Is there a product I can use to remove this?
- bjp1979
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I have laid s limestone floor and have ended up with residue from the grout. The floor was sealed before grouting but obviously didn’t do it’s job! What should I use to strip it right back and...
- Bridge
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Looking for this material or very similar.
Apparently this co. have discontinued it and my customer is adamant that’s what she wants - random opus pattern required.Big area.
Long shot but fingers...
- Time's Ran Out
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Hi All,
I’m a newbie both to this site and tiling.
I’ve recently moved to Zambia, the materials here are inferior and the availability is poor.
I’m doing a bathroom using mosaic, marble and...
- H573
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I'm just wondering how you can seal natural stone mosaic tiles after the have been grouted can some advice the best action to take.. thanks in advance
- Mark Blakeman
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Builder on the job I'm on has blobbed these limestone on two window cills, not sure what adhesive was used but he was using grey rapidest on a bathroom so presume it would be that.. They were...
- Spare Tool
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So I was recently asked to fit some 3m x 1.5m 6mm thin porcelain in a new tile showroom. Mapei & Sigma were present to supply tools, materials and their expertise with it.
Well we were naturally...
- Qwerty
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Hi all i have my floor tiled now for the second time.. this is is the pictures of what is left from the removal of the tiles for the 2nd time.
What's your honest views
- David Archer
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Hi, got a job coming up next week of tiling on a rapid set concrete floor with a pipe based under floor heating system fitted. Large format 600 x 900 x 20 natural stone tiles are being laid on...
- wayfoward
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.........When it’s a shower!!!
One of the smallest ex-large format projects I’ve undertaken, in more ways than one.
I was asked what the feasibility was of installing a 4 tile string of 2.4 x...
- Old Mod
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Hello all,
This is the first time I have used this forum, and after some advice... bare with me....
I am about to lay 40m2 of natural unfilled travertine tiles 12mm thick on top of electric...
- Ash
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My kitchen/family room has a honed and filled Travertine floor 40sqm with 40 x 60 tiles and wet ufh
I have 4 tiles which have had small holes appear, max 10mm dia. The hole are just in the...
- Bopster
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Hi,
I have a porch roughly 1m x 1.5m. The porch was formed by enclosing an external slab. As you can see from the image the slab is part quartz? tile with some new concrete patching, the step...
- DanHRH
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Started today, 900x600 limestone job.
Customer wants 8mm ish joints so that makes it a bit easier on the eye with the chiseled/tumbled edges.
They are undecided on which grout colour, I was...
- Bill
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im looking for recommendations Ona blade for cutting 12mm thick marble 305x605 using 115mm grinder or 200mm wet saw
- GoneGuy
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Hi,
I am unsure what size trowel to use for the flagstone I have to lay in the hallway. They are 'calibrated' to around 22mm, going to be laid on benfer leaderflex, The substrate is the old...
- M1d1
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Hi need to tile a chimney breast with stone tiles which are quite heavy I've had the breast skimmed but have read up about a 20kg weight limit per square metre since. Would it be ok to put cement...
- BenDavies
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I recently posted a question concerning some 600 x 600 x 10 limestone tiles I have fixed to my chimney breast. These are coming away for the 3rd time. They were fixed using a Vitcas heat resistant...
- Stuart L
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I have just had these fitted, good job ? bad job ?
I phoned him and said its not the best job I had seen and he said I was a cheeky b**tard, would you let him put a piece in the gap below ?
- petemundy
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