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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
Also posted on uktilingforum
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...
- Dan
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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...
- smokey1234x
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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...
- UKTT Darren
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Anybody been on a decent locksmith course? My old man wants to go on one but wants to go on one that somebody has said was good.
- Dan
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hi all
im preping a bathroom today.
iv removed a lot of loose skim from the walls (all of it really ) one wall has areas of well stuck skim and areas without skim. also there is a fair bit of the...
- Alan M
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Hi,
Please can any kind soul help me find a 20 x 20 cm white ceramic Octagonal tile and black taco. I need about 18 m2. I've looked almost everywhere.
Thank you
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Any advice really...
- chuffy
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Some muppets went and used a bright white grout restorer pen on some beigey porcelain tiles with a mid toned ivory grout. However instead of trying it in an inconspicuous location they have trid...
- Muse2k8
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Ok let’s have a little clearing of the decks as regards Durabase CI mat and Schluter Ditra mat.
Durabase CI and Ditra are membranes manufactured to lie between tiles and floor to absorb lateral...
- wetdec
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I've been grouting our kitchen floor with Ultracolour Plus.
First of all, I found it difficult to spread the grount and every time I went over it with my spreader, I just gragged more out. If I...
- AndrewPC123
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Guys, question... when tiling brick bond on large format tiles.... When you cut tiles in to the corner.. should you use the other peice of cut tile to continue on the next wall?
I always assumed...
- davemul
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As the title says really. I'm just trying to match up a tile that I have. It doesn't need to be an exact match but something similar will do.
Need about 10 square metres. If anyone can beat £10...
- cornish_crofter
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Hi everybody,
so I have finally started with destroying my old bathroom and now I have found this straw wall. I was thinking to tear this down and build new stud wall or to "glue" Tile mate...
- vrytir
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I was wondering what terrazzo tiles are grouted with?
Is it normal floor grout
or
is it a resin epoxy grout..
Can anyone tell me?
If its resin where can i get some?
- tilelover
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I've just laid a reclaimed brick floor in my kitchen (full bricks, 2.75 inches thick). I haven't pointed them yet, as I need to seal them first. Problem is, I need help to choose what type to get...
- confusedyouwill
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Hi All
I`m about to tile my bathroom floor, the floorboards are in pretty good nick and flat apart from a couple of small 1inch gaps near the edge. I was originally going to put down some 6mm...
- pr1970
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can someone tell me what there rate would be if they were to take on large tiling areas.
200sqm+
I need a rate for
ceramic
Porcelain
Stone
large format tiles
Based on the area is one big...
- tilelover
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On what occassions should grout be used in the corners (where 2 walls meet, from floor to ceiling) in stead of silicon?
Cheers - Brendan
- brendanbreeze
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my local tile shop had a dispute with there adhesive supplier and is thinking of changing to a company the brand is arc anyone used there product before any info appreciated before i commit to...
- garretridge
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hi all.........
i know the correct procedure is ufh under ditra matting, but there are tilers out there who prefer installing the other way round, ufh over ditra. Would there not be a risk of the...
- Brad
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Hi all, just a real quickie.
I have boarded a stud wall over a proposed bath area and have used hardibacker around the bath up to a height of 1.2m from floor and plasterboard the rest of the way...
- Gazebo
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Am desperate to find a source of tiles for a repair job. The tiles have markings on the reverse as follows:
Porcellanato Naturale, which I think is the colour
Monocottura Ingeliva 1200 c, which...
- conneljj
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Last year I tiled a bathroom with marble tiles. The client wanted a marble bath top. The suppliers took my template and returned with 4 strips. I siliconed them to the top of the bath and then...
- hungover
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I am planning to tile over tile in a half-tiled cloakroom to cut down on mess and effort. This means I will have to disguise the double thickness top edge. Is there a professional way of doing...
- ChrisM
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I use BAL APD to prime plaster before using bagged adhesive, but was wondering what is BAL SDR used for? Is it a similar product?
Cheers
- infidel
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Howdy all.
Wonder if you can help with a question about sealing a DIY SLC job before tiling it.
A professional recommended using a self levelling compound on an old concrete kitchen floor but...
- Hexagon
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:furious3: In the middle of doing a 14m2 bathroom, the customer has supplied the plain white 225x300 tiles, what a fu*&in nightmare...tiles vary in size big time, even out of the same box...if...
- devonmark
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Hi I have read loads on here about the pva issue for priming/sealing plaster before tiling and I would like to open the debate once again.
Back in 1993 i tiled my bathroom with ceramic tiles on...
- Unregistered
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My bought in april Dewalt Wet saw today became a serious flippin hazard. I was about to cut a peice of Marble when i felt a shock go up my arm. At first i thought it was just static so i turned it...
- simmy08
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Hi,
I'm interested in the problem of ettringite formation on Calcium Sulphate floor screeds when in contact with cement based tile adhesives. I work for a GGBS, Ground Granulate Blastfurnace...
- Johnerr
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hi- new member here-
We are dealing with a vast expanse of installed kiln-dried terracotta tiles, which are not laid evenly enough, and we wish to take off the high points and smooth the surface...
- Lauri Marder
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Has anybody out there had an issue with Mapei Ultrcolour Plus Grout scratching the surface of ceramic tiles?
Just fixed a small area of high gloss black ceramics and grouted as usual using Mapei...
- spooner68
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