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Im currently ripping out my GF bathroom in her rented flat in Brighton. The flats are all concrete jungles. The floors are raised up by 2x2 nailed into the concrete and chipboard. This is essentially downstairs ceiling !
Low and behold I finally get to look at the sub base on this mornings new...
Hi All,
Hoping for for some help on this one, builder rang me today with a job of 50 sqm of 60x60 porcelain in a retail unit in a shopping centre.
He explained that they lifted the existing flooring which was some sort of wooden floor but underneath was, what he described as an industrial...
Ok need some help on this one please if you can.
I have built a oversize 3 car garage 9 meters wide by around 6.5 deep. The floor is a 150mm concrete slab with re-bar built on compacted hardcore, there is a 1200 gauge damp proof membrane all standard stuff.
Now the finish was a "floated"...
Hi all,
New to the forum and looking for some advice/ opinions for floor preparation.
Got a hall floor to tile with 300mm x 300mm slate. The substrate is 18mm tongue and groove flooring.
Was thinking about the following:
(1) Lifting tongue and groove floorboards, adding noggins between...
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Afternoon All.
Thanks for everybody who have put input in up to know.
Time to put a quote together and interested what figures folk would be putting in.
Take up 90m2 of stone and 12mm ply and dispose of.
Overboard with hardiebacker with Ditra on top.
Fit natural stone running through 3...
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Morning
Pictures of a job that is to be retiled.
The floor has been down 10 years,90m2 on 12mm/15mm ply on floorboards.
Option 1 lift all stone, ply, and made good any floorboard issues.(Massive labour and possibly opening up other issues,ply under skirts architrave)
Option2 lift stone, remove...
I went and priced a bathroom for this guy to which I measure up and tell him what is needed for the marble floor he requires.
The floor is 10m2 chipboard with dips and highs due to the joists being out to say the least.
The plumber has told the customer that he will prep the wet area for me...
Hi guys, Planning a job i have on in a few weeks.
Its an oldish house, and the bathroom floor is roughly 4.7 m x 2.25 m. I have discussed with the customer that the floor boards need to come up. I recommended straightening out the joists leveling the floor etc. So I plan to :
Remove existing...
Hi.
I need to put the quote together by tuesday evening.I was 99% confident what I was going to suggest to the customer but just to get my thoughts strait will do this post :smilewinkgrin:.
I`ve got 11m2 of 100x100 porc.tiles to do in a hallway(floor).The existing subflor is 18mm chipboard with...
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Hi all I am at last stage of my bathroom refurb (the floor) and would like advice please,floor size is 1.7mx1.8m,existing is floorboards which are not to bad but the floor has a fall of roughly 15-20mm,don't seem to be much movement not a very big area.
The mrs (the boss) has chosen 600x600...
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Hi fella's
Looked at a job today, around 25m2 of floor tiling, 400mm square 12mm thick polished granite tiles. The floor as it stands is carp in the extreme, some butcher has been in with a couple of bags of latex and spread it aroundarbitrarily.
I ran an 1800mm level around and there are two...
Ive got an 18mm chipboard floor over layed with 18mm ply screwed at 150mm centres. The ply was coated on the back and edges with sbr before installation.
Running a level over the floor some joists are up to 7mm lower than others.
I intend laying 600x300 porcelain tiles over this using...
Hi folks, I found tiles I want in my kitchen- they are 600x600x10mm porcelain 'morandi mocha' from tile source. Kitchen is 18sqm, utility is 4sqm and w.c. is 2sqm.
I would like to get someone in, & may advertise on here, but firstly, I want to save some money & get the floor prepared if I can...
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Hi all
Looking for a wee bit of advice on how to go about preping a concrete floor for a new tiles. Its a bathroom floor and I imagine it wil be in some state by the time the old tiles are up.!
Would I be best to use a SLC (which brand is best/easiest to work with?) and then SBR? any ideas...
I have a floor to do soon, and it have a layer of Asphalt on it about 12mm thick. Would this be a DPM, and what is the correct way of preping this for tiling, it is very sound, and solid. Any advice is appreciated.
Refurbishing the bathroom and had a nasty surprise when I lifted the floorboards.
Bathroom
The joists are 7x2 with a couple 7x3 , at 16 inch centres with a 10 feet span.
The pic is the worst notch, 3.5 inches wide and 2.5inches deep smack in the middle of the span, the rest of the notches...
Hi guys, looking for some answers to help me with the prep of a bathroom floor, been looking at posts and talking to the local tile shop and have now got very confused, we plan to have 10mm porcelain tiles with UFH , so far I have removed the old 18mm chipboard , replaced it with 18mm WBP pl...
I am about to lay marble floor tiles in my bathroom and would appreciate some advice. Currently chipboard panels over joists.
Current thinking:
- either replace chipboard with 25mm WBP ply (and suitable noggin support) or overlay 18mm WBP ply
Any advice on better option? 18mm seems easier...
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Hi all, just about to start tiling my kitchen floor with 60 x 30 procelin tiles and also lay UFH. Just wanted confirmation that I am on the right lines and any advice if I have missed anything.
Concrete floor is old but looks in good nick, previously covered with thin slate tiles and lino on...
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Hi all I have a bathroom to do and a small floor area less than 2m2 the floor is joist with 18 mm ply on top, I cannot feel any deflection, my question is would you tile straight onto this small area with a flexible adhesive or overboard it ? Thanks in advance fir any advice
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