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Why are my new tiles bowing out and cracking? Please help!
My newly tiled bathroom wall has presented a few issues in the last few days. Some of the tiles appear to be popping off with cracked grout lines and where this has occurred there is some bowing of the wall. I also have a tile in the bottom left corner that has cracked down the surface. This is... -
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Surface prep for new tiles
Just removed a load of tiles off a bathroom wall and have the adhesive left to remove before prepping for new tiles. The lower area is where ive started to scrape off the old adhesive. My question is will this surface be suitable for retiling assuming its relatively flat. Should i use any sort... -
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Preparing for tiles
Hi, I'm getting a lot of mixed advice and was wondering what the right thing for long lasting tiles. The old tiles have all been removed and trying to arrange the walls for the new tiles. The tiler has said he will tile straight onto the wall, the builder is saying plaster and the electrician... -
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tile spacers for my new tiles
Hello everyone, I am thinking of re-doing the tiles my living room. I've got 600x300 tiles and I'd like to know if it's acceptable to use 4mm tile spacers. I read some of the previous threads and noticed that most people prefer to use 3mm spacers for floor tiles, so I am starting to think that I...- GandalfFTW
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- floor new tiles old spacer spacers spacing tile spacer tiles
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- Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
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New tiles lifting up
Hi all. I've recently just tiled bathroom floor using porcelain wood effect plank tiles down on aquapanel using mapei rapid adhesive from Screwfix. I'll admit I didn't backbutter and used self levelling wedges. Now my issue is I've noticed some of the tiles 24hr later I can lift up that...- Shaun_h26
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- debonding lifting new tiles tiles
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- Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
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New tiles.... Wax coating???
Just unpacked some new tiles and every one seems to have some kinda wax on it in places. What should I do to clean this off before laying -
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New Tiles Search-Cevisama Tile Show
Off to Spain for the annual Cevisama show next week, so just asking whats new out there that youve been fixing? Are the large format floors 45x90 and upwards still being requested? wood? how about mix format tiles in a box? What bathroom tiles do you seem to be fitting?- Lee@emctiles
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- canada new tiles show tile tiles
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Should I carpet over new tiles to keep the height the same, or just do something else?
Hello folks, Basically I am looking for some professional advice. In October last year I bought my first house - a massive do-er upper, and one that we knew when I bought it would need some significant work doing to it due to the presence of red ash in the property. Some thirty odd tonnes of...- Cleo
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- canada carpet floor just new tiles over should tile tiled tiles
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Preparing the wall for new tiles
Wondering if someone can help me I've removed some old tiles, however a lot of the plaster came off, so I took what was left of the plaster off the walls now look like this oi60.tinypic.com/qn33h5.jpg will it be ok to put the tiles on to the walls like it is? the new tiles are 250x400mm 8mm...- tellytv
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- aus new tiles preparing tile tiles usa wall
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- Forum: Australia
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new tiles in so on with the tiling head and away
had some new tiles in intelligent 3D shallow carving so today i put them up so i could get the full affect heres a few pics- Rizzle from the Portizzle
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- aus new tiles tile tiles tiling usa
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- Forum: Australia
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new tiles with white grout, have yellow staining in random places
Hi there Have been tiling for 4- 5 years now Always used bal bucket adheshive (green or white star) for walls and Ardex grout A while ago i had a job where there was white tiles with white ardex grout and yellow staining apeared (the next day after grouting) in a few areas, (this wasnt major as...- tile89
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- aus grout have new tiles staining tile tile grout tiles usa white
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- Forum: Canada
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Drilling new tiles
Hey there, Just a quick question, when can I drill into new tiles so I can attach my cistern to the wall? Thank you in advance :thumbsup: -
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New tiles due to be laid by Topps Tiles - issues with adhesive depth pls help!
We are lucky enough (or unlucky depends how you see it) to have Topps Tile admit the black gloss porcelain tiles laid have a fault & they are covering the cost to replace. I am a little concerned that they are trying to cut corners as the old tiles have been removed & they are leaving the...- Agility
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- adhesive depth help new tiles tile tile adhesive tiles topps topps tiles usa
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- Forum: America
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Protecting new tiles.
This is a strange question that has been preying on my mind for a few hours. I’ve just completed 30sqm of tumbled travertine. I sealed it today. I told the customer to try not to use the room for 24 hours. However, the other trades want to get access to the room to put up the skirting, coving...- Sean Kelly
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- new tiles tile tiles usa
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Removing tile adhesive - New tiles on old adhesive layer?
The previous owner of my house, when re-tiling the laundry, removed the existing tiles and laid the new tiles on top of the existing adhesive. The floor is concrete so I think that the only alternative I have is to remove both layers of adhesive with a hammer and chisel. Question: are...- spelga
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- adhesive new tiles old removing tile tile adhesive tiles usa
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- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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Fixing toilet bowl to new tiles
Hi, My first post, hope I'm doing it right.... I am planning to tile my bathroom floor and then fix a new toilet to it. The toilet is a back-to-the-wall one with enclosed cystern. Question is: Do I need to fit anything between toilet base and tiles? - i.e. gasket or putty / silicon sealant etc...- Petrol22
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- fixing new tiles tile tiles toilet usa
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- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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New tiles loose and some fallen off....help!
I had a go at putting up some tiles in my bathroom (first tiling attempt!) and have done about half of the room but am unsure whether to continue as some of the tiles are a little loose if I press them, especially around the edges and corners. A couple have fallen off when I applied a bit of...- domdom
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- loose new tiles tile tiles usa
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- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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