Anyone have any experience/views on fixing 4/6mm plywoood overlay prior to tiling where levels have needed to be built up. I have been screwing down to original timber floors but have a couple of big jobs coming up and have thought about possibly stapling as an option. Just wondering if anyone...
Hi all,
Just tried to pm hardi rep on here but it said his mailbox is full (popular guy!!) so thought I would ask the rest of the knowledgable bunch.
I have a job next week (weather permitting!) laying 20mm thick marble tiles. They're to be lay onto chipboard flooring so I wanted to lay...
I am reluctant to use screws and caps to fix my mirror (~1m wide x 2m tall) in my bathroom as I think they detract from the 'look'. The mirror will be spaced about 25mm away from floor and ceiling and any adjacent walls, to avoid any expansion/contraction issues.
I've been told special mirror...
I have a few bags of Mapeker to use up and was wondering if it would be suitable to use for fixing down warmup insulation boards, and then again on top of the warmup ufh (loose wire) for fixing down ceramic floor tiles.
Also, what size trowel is best for the boards???
Substrate is concrete...
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YouTube - Ceramic Tile Hollywood Florida 561-756-4910
A question to our over the pond fixers....Is this a common fixing method used in the US..?
This guy has loads of vids on Utube...
like this one as well......
This dry pack is far from solid bed...
YouTube - Travertine...
Hi all and thanks for looking and your help.
We have just had an extension built, most walls are solid and have been boarded and skimmed. Couple of small area stud walls again boarded and skimmed. Approx area to be covered in total 95 sq mts
We have bought sealed Spanish porcelain tiles...
Everytime I seem to come accross tiles from BnQ there are massive inconsistencies, the last job I done was 30 x 30 floor tiles and most of them were a different size, some were 3 to 5mm out, I know it says 30 x 30 (approx) on the box but that takes the micheal a bit. It took me an age sorting...
Hi guys,
I'm fixing a sink to a tiled stud wall. Wall is 12mm plasterboard. Just wondered what best practice was. Tiles are white ceramics.
I was going to use plaster board wall plugs but know its best not to put any stress on the tiles. Any advice would be greatfully received.
Cheers Smithy
im after some advice lads.on short notice ive been asked by a builder to fix some large natural stone tiles on a wall. this is my first stone job.the tiles are 12mm thick and 400x200. they are quite heavy, some will be upside down under a shelf. 1; do you recommend a 6mm or 10mm trowel. 2; they...
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I had planned to buy a small mirror to fit above the wash basin in my bathroom. I was going to fix this mirror to the wall using adhesive (aparently there is a specific mirror adhesive). Anyway, the missus purchased the mirror yesterday and it has four fixing holes, one in each corner. Now, I am...
Hi Guys,
I have been asked to quote for quite a large area of riven slate to be fixed outdoors. It seems that the "middleman" on this particular job reckons it should all be fixed using sand and cement.
Please can you help me out with good reasons why it shouldn't be done his way?
(The...
Right - here goes...:thinking2:
I have a 75mm lafarge gyvron calcium sulphate flow screed floor that was put down over 100 sq m on the ground floor of my self build in December 2008. The kitchen/diner has a flat roof which only became watertight Feb 14th 2009.
When the screed was laid the...
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Last job i did...i removed bath panels to tile under and shower facia for same.
Then found myself at the end of the job spending ages cutting bath panels down so they would fit back and the shower facia had to scrap all Silicon off set at new height...
what u guys do leave for...