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Doing a floor at the moment and I have to tile up to an old large random stone fireplace...no bother until the customer has asked for black grout, surely the dye in it will stain his nice stone fireplace, no matter how careful I am with the float and sponge, masking it is out of the question as...

Hi I have just purchased 8sqm of 600x600 starlight quartz tiles from Tile HQ and now that they have been delivered they seem very big for my kitchen floor. I now have 2 options, fitstly I can return these for a refund or exchange at my own cost or the second option is to cut them into 600x300...

Hi all, I'm fitting kitchen and customer asked me to lay tiles on the floor just in the middle (less then 5 m2). I removed old pvc tiles and now I've got concrete covered with black rubber/glue (not sure what it is exactly). How should I prepare this concrete before laying new tiles ? Thanks...

Current job is a bathroom , with a Feature wall tiled in black bevelled 150 x 75 gloss tiles , in a random pattern ! This wall also features the bath and a rather large window , rest of the walls are white ! My conundrum is black grout or white grout between the tiles, just can't make my mind...

Just about to lay 70m2 black limestone indoors, read a lot of horror stories so just looking for an insight. The customer / stone supplier is supplying all sealers. I intend to seal prior to laying, fronts sides and backs. I intend to seal again prior grouting and after grouting. The horror...

We had black limestone laid in May this year. At first it looked great... It had 2 coats of Universeal Ultimate Stone enhancer/sealer but within a couple of weeks looked patchy. The contractor came back and added a 3rd coat. It is supposed to repel most things but everything that touches it...

I hired a contractor to lay me a new patio using black limestone (that I provided from his preferred supplier). The work was completed approx 2 weeks ago and payment was made. At the time he finished I made reference to the fact that the patio was dirty and needed a clean, but was told to leave...

Hi, I wonder if anybody can help, I have just had my garden laid with black kota limestone slabs, these were then covered by our landscaper with lithofin colour intensifier. for a few days it looked brilliant, however since then I have been left with patches of water marks on approx. 10-20% of...

just finished in glostershire in Pacelite :thumbsup:. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsSO-JfmfFA

As above, i'm sure like me everybody hates the stuff, i was just wondering what opinions people have and which is the best/easiest to use both application and clean up. Personally i use bal micromax 2 and mapei ultra colour. I find the mapei the easiest to clean up but the bal the easiest to apply.

Hello All first post on here Would like some advice if possible Ive been quoted £79.99 m2 30x30cm black quartz tiles by a local discount tile shop in Newcastle (Jamies tiles) Ive been looking online and have discovered a couple of websites selling the exact same tiles for £35-£45 m2 This is...

Hi, One of my customers has a small chip on one of there black polished porcelain tiles. The tile is in a very awkward place so I'm reluctant to remove this if it can be repaired? Is there any products on the market that will give a decent repair? Thanks Ross

OK guys as you know i tend to tile swimming pools with mosaics , So one of my clients want us to lay a floor 5om2 in black slate, on to a sand and cement screed, i think we will have to cut lights-out floor lights, but i was hoping you guys would give me a pointer, and tell me a Square meter...

I recently tiled my en-suite with 60x30 black qrock porcelain tiles. We are now a few months down the line and the immediate wet area within the shower cubicle has become very stained, bordering on turning white. I always rinse the walls after use so that no soap/shampoo residue is left on face...

Hi Gents, In need of much advice as possible. I've recently just finished tiling 4 walls and a floor using 600mmx300mm black unpolished porcelain tiles. Grouted with Bal Microban which dries very slowly and Im finding it difficult to completely clean off all residue. The tiles are slightly...

Hi there, I need a black wall & tile grout for 600sq wall & floor high polished bathroom tiles & 330sq matt black kitchen floor tiles. The grout needs to be as black as possible. I don't mind paying for quality stuff, to help keep my tiler happy (considering it sounds like a tricky job...

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Hi, i'm very new to this and have a few questions. I'm planning on having a bash at recreating the artist Banksy's flower thrower. It's predominantly a black and white image that i'm doing. i've managed to sketch a good copy onto a piece of 8mm plywood that's about 600mm sq. I'm thinking of...

Hi, im in process of tiling a warm room for a client in black absolute marble but where the top tile meets the downward tile on the seating area ive been asked to bevel the raw corners and polish to make as shiney as the face surface.... ive done similar with travertine but never marble.... how...