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    Water UFH Uncoupling necessary?

    Hi, sorry for the delayed reply. Shorty after my original post I spoke with the architect. He went away to research some of the stuff I was talking about and has come back and agreed with everything I recommended. Thanks very much for help with this. As daft as it sounds but sometimes it's...
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    Water UFH Uncoupling necessary?

    Thanks for the quick reply Impish. It's the moisture that worries me most. I've read too many horror stories on here! I should be speaking to the architect and customer this week so I'll let them know my concerns and if they take my advice I'll give ditra a try! Thanks again.
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    Water UFH Uncoupling necessary?

    Hi everyone, I'm just looking for some advice regarding preparing a floor with piped ufh. It's a full ground floor. Approximately 100m2 split between seven rooms including the hallway. 1000x215 porcelain throughout. Piped ufh system. I've been advised it'll be screeded with Mapei Topchem...
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    Encaustic cement tiles - general help.

    Whitebeam thanks for your reply. I had already done a search but I couldn't find anything too concise. cheers.
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    Encaustic cement tiles - general help.

    Hi timeless John, Thanks very much you've covered everything I was unsure of. I was a bit unsure about this job but quite looking forward to it now, something different. Thanks, again.
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    Encaustic cement tiles - general help.

    Hi again, If nothing else could anyone even advise if these tiles can go down on ply? Thanks, Ryan.
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    Encaustic cement tiles - general help.

    Hi everyone, Ive got a small w/c floor job starting soon. The customer has ordered encaustic cement tiles such as the type found on this web site Encaustic cement tiles manufacturer, traditional European floor tiles from the XX century. Mosaic Tiles Ive never laid this type of tile before and...
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    Porcelanosa Duo Gris 200 x 316 mm

    Hi bubblecraft thanks for your reply. I went with 2mm and it worked out well. The 1mm was just a bit too tight. Thanks again, Ryan.
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    Porcelanosa Duo Gris 200 x 316 mm

    Hi everyone, It's just a quick question regarding these tiles. They are a mosaic effect solid tile but it was just to see anyone has worked with them and what grout space they left. I've line some up with 1mm spacers and some with 2mm but not sure what to go with. I just wanted to quickly ask...
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    New Big Clinker cracking tiles

    Thank you Dave. I'll give that a go if it happens again. I think thats about the only thing I didnt try today. Cheers again.
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    New Big Clinker cracking tiles

    Yeah I tried scoring a couple of times, I also stuck bigger blade on and went over alot heavier than i normally would. I ended up just trying different ways on the broken/cracked tiles and nothing seemed to work consisently.
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    New Big Clinker cracking tiles

    Hi everyone. Ive been having similar bother with tiles breaking. I use a TX700. Today I was laying 600x400 porcelain and found that when i pressed the breaker down the tile would split as normal till maybe about halfway down it would crack. This happened a couple of times until i ended up just...
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    Pot Life.

    Oli, thanks. Exactly what i was looking for. Cheers.
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    Pot Life.

    Thanks for that Whitebeam. Im not too worried about using long life addy on floors as i can dry lay which will save me time. Was just gonna be using it for wall tiling. Thanks again.
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    Pot Life.

    Hi everyone. Hope this isnt gonna sound stupid but iv got a question regarding pot life of powder addys. I always use BAL products. So far iv only ever used powder addy on floors, mainly rapidset flexable. Got a few jobs comming up with large format wall tiles but im a bit worried about the 45...
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