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Is my bathroom tiling acceptable? Some advice needed please.
plasterers use pva to hold back the suction. Older houses usually have thirsty lathe and plaster backgrounds lurking somewhere. -
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long thread with pictures
Hello Dan and Lou. Appreciate you're both busy. I've been searching the forum for a thread posted a couple of years ago, don't recall his name, he asked for and got great advice as the project progressed. Seem to remember it was bathroom based. It went on for some pages . It was great for... -
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Tiling under existing skirting and dbl glaze profile
hello Stevev, skirting off would mean some easyfill here and there, not a problem. I have taken off those upvc D profiles off in the past and where they're glued to the window frame ( in your case the conservatory door ) some shards of plastic remain stubbornly glued to the door /window . The... -
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Easy Job, Gone Wrong?
think you misunderstood.We both liked the sill. I couldn't see myself trying to get rid of the band round the top of the wall. Dean. -
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Easy Job, Gone Wrong?
I know my limitations when a regular tiler suggested eliminating the gap at the top by widening the grout line. Spaced out on a floor to ceiling batten may work but boxes of metros nominally 100mm ? It looked good enough for me at the sill . -
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Easy Job, Gone Wrong?
that's ruined his weekend. Lovely tiling though. -
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Damp Bathroom Walls
don't put bonding/hardwall/ or anything else apart from sand and cement on the inside of an outer solid non-cavity brick wall. The others draw in damp. -
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BAL Bal Waterproof Plus - First Usage......
thanks p4ulo, top review.- dean.diy
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- Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms Forum
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Re-grouting
@Diggy , awarded " best answer to unwanted job request ". Grout usually belongs to bathroom with jammed shut window and extractor fan stuffed with talcum powder.- dean.diy
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- Forum: Adhesive and Grout
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How To Remove Gloss Paint???
heat gun AND limbide scraper. Last one I did unfortunately took 1 & 1/4 days or thereabouts. -
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Hole in middle of tile for socket
@whitebeam. Lovely example of cutting. The O.P 's socket job from last Christmas could have had three cables if it was a ring main serving a spur. -
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Enamel/Ceramic Repair Kits
@MikeW . I faded out the white paint from the aerosol to help lose the repair, old bath/ many shades of white. I sprayed cars once for a living but if you can practise first with an old aerosol you can make a difference. -
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Enamel/Ceramic Repair Kits
@MikeW I've used the Cramer enamel repair kit . Customer was pleased but it was her who chipped the bath
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