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Here I am going to attempt to guide you through a the cutting of a 3 way mitre.
picture 1 is of the 3 way mitre.
trim for the top of the mitre is laid flat in the mitre box as in pic 2,
after...
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How to Tile a Floor using Ceramic Floor Tiles
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Measuring up for Floor Tiles
You will need a tape measure and a pen and paper for this, sometimes a square and other...
- DHTiling
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10 Tiling Tips for Fixing Tiles to Bathroom Walls = From UKTilingForum.co.uk
There are a few ways to fix tile to bathroom walls. First you need to prepare the walls for tiling. Note that...
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Hi.
I have just finished laying a 30mtr floor using 600 x 600 CIMIC polished porcelain tiles.(Hards as nails and a nightmare to cut. :grin:)
The customer purchased the tiles and was told that they...
- grumpygit
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Apologies mods of this needs to go elsewhere.. please feel free to move it or bin it!
Riiiight.. here goes....
We've been in our first house nearly 2 years now. We've (well ... more like I'VE!)...
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Hello,
I have just laid black indian limestone in my garden. I am halfway through grouting it all but tested the jet washer on the finished bits to see how it came out. Unfortunaley the slabs...
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i have done loads of jobs in bathrooms were the complete bathroom is painted.most of my customers supply the addhesive grout etc.to tell the truth i hardly ever even look to see what type it...
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There seems to be a few people on here talking about unrealistic wages and things are quiet, it can only be yourself at fault, dont want to come accross as arrogant and put anyone down, but when...
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Does anyone know who the manufacturer of the above tile is?
Thanks
Phil
- Phil L
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The trustpilot reviews for tilers-world are excellent, but there's not a huge number of them. Price seems good for the tiles I need, but I need a large number of porcelain tiles for an external...
- clivethegadget
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I am considering a career change and thought that Tiling may be the way to go! I know that the courses in Edinburgh are good , but what I need to know is will they provide enough training to...
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hey guys, just as the title says, is it necessary to tank every shower you do, even standard domestic showers or is priming then using waterproof addy and grout sufficient?
- quackfly
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hey fellas just trying to get a better understanding of the world of tiling, now are ready mixed adhesives and grouts recommended by the majority or should i stick to make it up yourself stuff...
- leec
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I came across a guy using this stuff today on a ply lined bath area ,it looks a simple product with a strong adhesive strip that sticks to the back of a shower,bath sink and is tiled over the...
- Corky
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Just got a call from Stuart. Stuart owns a tile shop and is currently looking for tilers (maybe 2 or 3) to finish off a job in the South of France. Immediate start for approx. 1 week...
- Sean Kelly
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Hi, im just on the finishing touches of installing my new shower room. the ceiling has been newly skimmed on boards and ready for painting. There is a very thin gap between where the wall tile and...
- Hulloo
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Hi Guys, this is my first post, hope someone can help. I am laying ceramic tiles onto a sanded asphalt floor (internal porch), the asphalt looks flat but I had to fill gaps at the edge along the...
- simonrad
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Hello,
I have bought some large (300x600x6mm) wall tiles and was wondering which adhesive would be best. I have used ready-mixed adhesive and grout all-in-one successfully before on smaller tiles...
- Stephbris
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pricing a job up at the moment, a 5m2 kitchen floor on what look like old but solid floor boards, with a trap door in the middle which the customer still wants to use, but still wants it to look...
- burncross
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Does any one know who runs the protilingtools site as I have been trying to get on it over the past couple of days and all you get is a stupid object dancing. Not much of a tool site.:(
- toots tiling
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Pro Tiling Tools is Back!
Sort of.
Now, a kind of info site. I'll add to it s and when I can but there are some good resources for the newer tilers including tool suppliers and tiling guides...
- Dan
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Hi everyone! Am really hoping someone might be able to help out with possible manufacturer/supplier of the tiles we inherited in the bathroom of our house when we moved in - house was a...
- akbmcf1
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Hi,
I've posted this on the plumbers forum but it seems that I should really have posted here first...
I'm fitting a shower in an en suite and the gap for the shower tray is about 1060mm whereas...
- monkey3
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Hi,
I know it's a long shot, I am after about half a dozen tiles - made by Toprak Seramik, with P3 TM 2 printed on the back. Is anyone able to help me locate some?
cheers
Marcus
- marcus1960
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Hi folks
can anyone recommend an easy method of removing a nasty surface scratch to a couple of tiles. I was just raking out a bit of grout with one of those grout removal tools, when I slipped...
- frogeye
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Hi there.
I'm installing a wall-hung WC - it's a Roca Giralda, and I'm using a Geberit Duofix frame for the job.
I've mounted the frame very securely to the outside wall using the supplied...
- rgroom
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just a question on removing old floor tiles and retiling in the bathroom.
the house is over 20 years old and it looks like the original adhesive used for the tiles was some sort of concrete...
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Hi there, I am looking for a couple of discontinued border tiles by Pocelonosa. They are called Listel Estoril Blanco and are part of the Venis range. Hope someone can help or at least point me in...
- Howard Kelly
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Have been tiling for a few years and have never come accross this problem before.I laid glazed tiles in a bath/shower and over the last 6-8 weeks some of them have changed to a darker colour.I...
- MIKETILER
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Hi - can anyone advise on best adhesive for machined slate tiles (600x600) on concrete floor and do I need to pva the floor before the adhesive goes on?
Thank you
- marnie
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We had been considering glass tiles for the splashback in our new kitchen, however the sales assistant in the tile showroom says that they cannot be used above the hob as they will discolour...
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what's the easiest way of removing dried primer off tiles? i do inevitably get some on the tiles and it can sometimes be a pain to remove. what do you use? i usually prime with primer g. cheers
- Mike
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Hello folks
just a bit of advice needed I'm doing a 60 m trav floor next week and the substrate will be asphalt ,I've tiled on this before but with this being a big stone floor I was wondering...
- tobins tiling
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I've never used epoxy grout before and I'm just starting on a tiled worksurface.
The grout is (Litocrom) Starlike. It comes in a bucket, as a coarse paste, with a sachet of hardener.
I didn't...
- Buzzard
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I have been reading on a few posts that it's not the best idea to tile over chipboard without some ply being layd down 1st.
What would happen if you tiled right on to the chipboard??
One of my...
- steveboy
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Hi all,
I grouted my bathroom floor tiles last night with Mapei Ultracolor plus (112 medium grey) but it's drying with dark patches everywhere. I've read plenty of posts with people saying the...
Hi guys newbie here this may seem like a strange question but you guys will no if it's possible or not?
I have a customer who's floor tiles a starting to come loose under foot the grout is coming...
- Koojo
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Hello,
I installed some saltillo tiles on my steps. Characteristically, when saltillo tiles get wet, they get slippery. Is there something like sand that could be mixed with the sealer to give...
- chrisusvi
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