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    Plywood replacement can I mix with backer board?

    I've got a bathroom that was originally boarded out with ply and tiled over around the shower area. Had to remove some tiles to replace a concealed shower valve and noticed the tiles in the wet area came off easily. Showing some badly water damaged ply. I've cut these areas out and need to...
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    Internal shower and niche corners..Grout or sealant?

    What would you guys recommend to finish the internal corners on this niche? Grout or sealant? The niche is inside of a shower cubicle Already grouted the corner of the cubicle then thought maybe it should have been sealant instead. That can be corrected if need be but wanted to double before...
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    • former grout internal niche sealant shower shower tray wetroom
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    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    Shower tray install on tile adhesive

    ive got a plastic (i think its acrylic) shower tray. Its not one of the heavy stone resin type. Anyway im going to lay it on a bed of flexible tile adhesive and wanted to check, when laying the adhesive out on the floor do you guys comb it out using the notched side of the trowel or just lay a...
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    • adhesive former install shower shower tray tile tile adhesive tray wetroom
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    • Forum: Tanking and Wetrooms
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    Loose tiles and trim need fixing

    So, my elderly/disabled neighbour mentioned to me the other day that one of the seals had come off in her bathroom come off. Not problem i said id take a look as it should only be a quick clean up and re seal. (im a diy tiler by the way) Turns out its actually the grout and a few tiles that...
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    Levelling clips how many per tile

    How many leveling clips and wedges would you recommend per tile and what sort of gap would you leave between clips if you have 1200x600 12mm think porcelain tiles?
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    Premtool leveling system pliers

    was looking at getting the premtool leveling system to do my bathroom. I noticed their system has a separate set of pliers for the wall and floor: https://www.protilertools.co.uk/product/premtool-tile-levelling-system-wall-pliers-tls-wlpl...
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    • leveling leveling system system
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Tiling Tools
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    corner and perimeter gap

    what is the recommended gap that should be left between the tiles that meet at internal corners on the walls? Also what gap should be left around the floor perimeter. Perimeter gap would be covered by the bottom wall tile. tiles are 12mm thick porcelain. 1200X600
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    Jackoboard sealing tape which way round?

    Might seem like a silly question but i cant find anything in the instructions or online to suggest anything so here goes. When applying jacko joint sealing tape with the tanking solution does the tape need to be fitted in a certain direction? On one side of the tape, the rubber strip that...
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    Floor prep - hardi vs jacko

    Im soon to start overboarding my floor. (22mm chipboard tng) in prep for tiling. The floor is solid with no bounce. Having just used jackoboard on the walls and found it so quick and easy to work with im wondering can it be used asan alternative to hardibacker when it comes to overboarding the...
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    Odd sized drill bit needed

    Anyone know where i might be able to get hold of a good13mm diamond drill bit or hole saw for porcelain tiles? Need that size to fit a set of small led niche lights that im.planning to fit. No idea how ill feed the cables through when Its all boarded out and tiled!
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    1200X600X12 porcelain cutting and general advice

    Im going to be tiling my shower room walls and floor with some large format tiles as per the title. Having only used 600X300 on mt Kitchen an downstairs bathroom I dont think my 40 quid plasplugs wet saw will be up to this job! (In actual fact I have cut porcelain tiles with it before, but...
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    Shower wall niche suggestions

    Im in the process of building out this wall that will form one wall of a shower cubicle once tiled. Id like to build a wall niche into this wall as a feature but im stuck on the best way to set everything out so the niche is centred in the shower tray. The shower tray is 700mm deep and id be...
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    What screws for Jackoboard

    Ive got a box of jackoboard galvanized washers ready to start fitting the boards but not sure what screws to use.... all i can find on their pages are 'used suitable screws' will something like galvanized turbogolds/goldscrews be good enough. I was thinking od stainless screws but since the...
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    What actually is thinset??

    I see/hear the term 'thinset' used in many videos and articles i read but can anyone clarify what it actually is? It seems to be an American term from what i can see so in wondering what the actual UK equivalent is. Is it a generic term used to cover a range of things ( tile addy, mortar etc)...
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    Backer board joint sealing

    Looking at using a backer board like jacko, wedi, kerdi, etc and im not sure on whats the most suitable way to seal the banding tape for the joints, washers etc. Some posts ive read people just use a SPF addy to bed the tape onto. Then theres full on sealing kits like this...
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    Forum display issue

    ive been having a display issue recently where the forum threads and the posts are all shifted over to the rich hand side of the screen making it not possible to read a post easily. heres an example getting this on my laptop running windows 10 when my browser window is maximised and zoom...
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    Light weight backer board

    I need to overboard an 1800 wide paramount plasterboard wall that only has studs at 900 centres. (one at each and and one in the middle running vertically) part of the wall will be in a shower cubicle so needs good waterproofing i think hardi or even aquapanel might be a bit too heavy and...
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    • backer board board light tile backerboard weight
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    • Forum: Tiling Standards
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    Door frame and threshold detailing

    When you guys overboard the subfloor with a backer board, do you undercut the door frame in order to fit the backer board and tile/adhesive under? also what do you use to hide the height difference between the tiled floor and whatever is in the adjacent room ( wood floor in my case) Im...
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    Tile backer on to plasterboard

    The walls behind my old shower cubicle revealed a fair amount of water damage after i removed the wall tiles and the damaged wall. It turns out that the wall is three boards sandwiched together with screws and some sort of foam adhesive I want to overboard the remaining good boards wall with a...
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    Shower room floor prep

    Currently removed the wall and floor tiles and shower tray from the shower room im renovating. The floor boards look okay but have quite a few holes... Plus one more out of view. Someone on another thread mentioned overboarding with a tile backer but im wondering if I should replace the lot...
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    • floor floor prep former prep room shower shower tray wetroom
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Best Bathroom Tiles

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