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Adhesive application
HI everybody, hope you are all safe. I'm retired now (not a tradesman) but I help a guy out who refurbishes bathrooms and other things. He's actually an electrician but is a self taught plumber and a very clever guy. I get to do a bit of tiling and we have a lot of banter about applying the...- GrumpyGrampa
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- adhesive back butter
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- Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
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Fugi Kit for Silicon and tiles.
I have tiled down a wall to a kitchen worktop and want to Silicon the join where the cut tile meets the worktop surface. I laid a bead of Silicon and used a Fugi Kit with the "bridge" but still get indentations at the grout join between tiles. Any suggestions would be appreciated.- GrumpyGrampa
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- fugi silicon silicone tile tiles
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- Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
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Cutting tiles with beveled edge
I'm having a real problem cutting 20 x 10 tiles that have a beveled edge on all sides. If I score across the short side (10 cm) the tile cutter works as it should but every time I score along the long side (20 cm) the tile splits across the middle of the short side. Does that explanation make...- GrumpyGrampa
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- cutting edge tile tiles
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- Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
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Can I recover from this unbelievable mistake
I set my first row of tiles on a level batten measured the center of the room on a wall with a large range and metal splash back. I then tiled to the left and right of the splash back and down the sides. When I started the next day and stared tiling the second row I found the one of the tiles...- GrumpyGrampa
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- can this
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- Forum: DIY Tiling Forum