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We are tiling 200 rooms to a new hotel in the west end of London. We have started tiling the floors and in some rooms the new walls are out of square.:thumbsdown: Not just at right angles but to the opposite walls making the rooms like a squashed box shape. setting out points are from the front...

Hi all, has anyone worked in spain or any other hot countries? I am trying to find out what would be a reasonable drying time for a 100mm sand and cement screed on a roof terrace exposed to the sun with temperatures of 25 + degrees My mum has just had her roof terrace re tiled they screeded it...

anyone had much experience with dry treat products. the litertaure and tests seem very good but price seems quite dear although one could offset this against their claim of 15 years guarantee without resealing,i guess.. ive never had them specified till recently and now come up for an external...

Wonder if anyone has experience of long setting times recently or if I have a bad batch of keraquick... Fixed a layer of durabase ci with adhesive yesterday evening, to aid adhesion I placed 2 floor tiles at several places round the edges. When i removed tiles this morning adhesive still wet...

I hope someone can help me with some advice please. I am having an extension built woith about 75m2 of ceramic tiling planned for the floor. The builder is putting underfloor heating down (water based) and is going to screed over the top. I have now been told that I must wait 4 weeks until I can...

Nope not for wooly jumpers - after just having soaked off sheets and sheets of vitrified glass mosaic tiles I am faced with this problem that is starting to bug me - again. Heaps of wet glass, that needs drying, for just tiny ammounts I use a large plastic pasta strainer, and a towel at the...

Is it neccessary to tape then skim them? If so what are the reasons for it to be done? thanks

Just had a phone call from my wifes cousin, hes doing a floor in newmarket. he told me he layed the ceramic tiles on concrete with rapid set, then two dayss later he went back to grout it and tiles still moving

Topps have a cheap basic 900mm cutter £60 know them well in my local store tried it out on large format porcelain and cut clean as a whistle no prob. might be handy for one off job

am i on the right tip,marcrist 850 wet blade for glass,and is the monti with the mosiac matt the dry cutter,also what size montolit is right for mosaics.

Hi I wonder if you can advise... I have taken off all the old tiles in a cloakroom and removed as much of the old tile adhesive as possible. However during this process the top layer of paper on the plasterboard has also come away (showing the brown coating/paper) in quite a few area's...

Simply which is best for porcelain Sigma Montolit or Rubi?

RIP my little ts 40 plus i know it well in fact its not cut squarly for some time but i automatically adjust the tile to overcome the problem but its finally died today so scrap it is I need to buy a new one do i stick with Rubi ive got a tx700n for bigger stuff so i just need one to...

a mate of mine has a company laying wet ufh and screeds etc. he just rung and said a customer of his (he's just laid wet ufh and wet screed gyvlon i think) want s the floor tiled in around 4 weeks. i asked if the floor will be cured by then he said it's possible to 'force dry' the floor by...

anyone know of a slc that can be laid and 2/3 hours later, tiled on.

Hi all....... two questions if i may........may be tiling a shower room in the next couple of days (all four walls / enclosed shower cubicle walls tiled as well)....at present the substrate is moisture board (plaster board)......client is getting plasterer in to skim coat the board......my...

a site agent we did work for last year as just rang us , regarding tiling at a school, he asked us last year would we be interested in doing it (of course) any way they gave the contract to a dry lining comp who said they would be able to manage it as some of there lads can tile, well obviously...

Hey I am having my bathroom plasterd. On 3 of the walls the plasterer is skiming over the old plaster as it is firm. On the other wall he is dot and dabing some plasterboard on to skim over. How long will this plaster skim need to dry before I tile on to it. I could do to tile it as soon as...

Hi all I have some family who are about to embark on an extension to their kitchen and have asked their builders for quotes on diging out the existing screed to allow for laying and fitting of wet UFH. Any ideas on how long they would have to wait for this to dry? I know its 1mm per day but...

I just bought some ceramic wall tiles (20cm X 25 cm) from my local tile supplier. Although he could have sold me some adhesive he said to use drywall adhesive as it's much cheaper and is more adhesive for ceramic tiles . The tiles are going in a place where they will not get wet. Does this...