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Evening all;
I have levelled up a floor on joists, removed chipboard and fixed 25mm ply. I need to fix 6mm hardi over the top.
I understand the need to use adhesive underneath to take up voids in the floor. However, in my scenario it is flat, do I really need to do this or can I just fix it...
Hi, I hope you can give your advice on the following:
I have to prepare a floor ready for tiling. I have taken the 22mm chipboard up which was never screwed down. I am going to add noggins as there are not any at the moment and fix new 25mm plywood.
This is the ground floor of an extension...
Hi guys, this is my first post so please be gentle on me!! I'm a self employed tiler although sadly I wasnt on the job trained I went to a college in the UK to qualify in 8 weeks. Seemed at the time that it was a reasonable thing to do but reading through the posts desperately craving technical...
I've just started a new bathroom today (floor to be tiled), ripped everything out and when I pulled back the lino my eyes were furnished with a dodgy looking chipboard floor.
The basin had been dripping so a 20 inch patch was rotten. Under the shower tray (no bath) the floor is a loose squeeky...
Hi Guys, not posted for a while as when I've needed help i've found it using a search.
Anyhow, I have a job to quote for which is approx 20 sq m of 45cm x 45cm porcelain floor tiles in a village hall kitchen area. The main area of 16 sq m is wooden floor boards, reasonably solid (no noticable...
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Hi Everyone, I went to look at a job on Friday, and it was yet another first for me.
Looks like I'm dealing with an ashphalt kitchen floor on top of a concrete screed.
It currently is fitted with cork tiles, and level/very strong. I managed to lift a tile and small piece of carpet in the...
Hi.
I've got 7m2 of bathroom tile to lay (ceramic 305x305mm).
I am looking at how to cover my floorboards, and was looking at Durabase CI.
It does not need tanking, as their is an isolated fitted shower cubicle already installed. But I was going to screw the floorboards down, and use the...
Evening all
Wondering for your thoughts on the best way to prep a 50sm2 that i may have coming up.
It's an exstension and the floor will be running through the new and old part of the house.The old floor is to be taken up back to the joists
There is going to be a wet ufh system and the buider...
I've got a bathroom floor to tile, the area is appx 6 msq , will be fitting a wedi shower base former on raised section at one end of the room with a glass screen . Subfloor is t&g and will be fitting ufh , tiles are sheet mosaic on wedi and600x300 porcelain over remaining floor area.
If using...
What would you guys do with this before you tiled it? Joists are 5x2, boards are just over 1/2".
18mm ply pver the lot? Have to be carefull that I dont pierce pipework with screws!! :yikes: Unfortunatly theres a lot of it under there, including gas.......
Or would you lift the boards and screw...
Hi, Im pricing up a 28m2 floor for prep and tiling. I checked the floor for flatness with straight edge and the areas of crests and hollows is generalised throught the whole floor.I then checked with laser to see what tolerance was through the area and it is ranging from +5mm to -20mm.The -20mm...
Hello all,
I will shortly be starting a DIY kitchen refit but have a question regarding sorting out a split level floor in our current kitchen/diner. The current kitchen floor is 4 and a 1/2 inches lower than the dining room and both floors have been tiled previoulsy (very poorly!). The plan...
Hi guys, I'm Planning my kitchen floor and just wanted to know what prep to do b4 tiling it. It's a solid concrete floor do I need to put down ply? Or can I just prime it and thn tile? What would u pros do? Cheers
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hi, im about to embark on my first concrete floor job and could be doin with some info please.
the floor is a bit rough so have decided to use SLC to flatten out the irregularities before actually tiling it.
firstly does the actual conrete need anything doing to it other than a good clean...
Hi. Have 1840s property where I have knocked two rooms into one to form large kitchen/diner. Want to tile the kitchen floor area and apply wooden floor to the diner area. Existing kitchen area used to have some form of bonded vinyl tiles which now removed have left a bitumen type surface...
RobM
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Hi folks I am hoping to get some expert advice here on how to ensure my floor is properly prepped for the soon to be installed Impey Aqua Dec. Here's a spec I've drawn up from instructions / videos / this forum :) Sorry its so long but I'd very much appreciate any pointers people have on this...
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Hi Guys
Ive recently completed my bathroom and en-suite and unfortunatley after laying down a very expensive high gloss laminate floor into both rooms the wife has decided she doesnt like it?? :oops:
Therefore she has now decided she wants it tiled. Both rooms have 22mm tongue and groove...
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hi guys, would love some advice on a kitchen floor.said floor is 30msq and half of it has floor boards down the other half is concrete! ceramic tiles are going down probably 300mmx300mmx10mm. devimat going down too. customer wants it done right but with minimum floor raise as possible.existing...
negsy26
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18 months ago, fairly new acquaintance of mine had builder/plumber fit £8k bathroom. He got 'pro tiler' in to do floor, £120sqm Gulf Stone. Within a week tiles were lifting, client agreed to hold £500 back. Several months later he got quoted £1200 to fix it. He told me this not long after I met...
Hi Guys! I'm one of those annoying people who can't do the job myself but insist on it being done perfectly when i pay some poor guy to do it for me. Anyways here are my questions:
Current situation: 1st floor bathroom. Floor tiles removed to reveal 18mm floorboard with 6mm ply. Believe it...
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