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The technical meaning of maintenance involves functional checks, servicing, repairing or replacing of necessary devices, equipment, machinery, building infrastructure, and supporting utilities in industrial, business, and residential installations. Over time, this has come to include multiple wordings that describe various cost-effective practices to keep equipment operational; these activities occur either before or after a failure.

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  1. M

    Discontinued tiles required for bathroom shower repair

    I require a pack of discontinued Pavigres Genciana Branco tiles for a shower repair (size 200mm * 250mm). Any help would be appreciated as currently at a dead end. Thank you.
  2. Small bathroom floor tiling with lash clips

    Small bathroom floor tiling with lash clips

    I partnered with RIDGID to show how to tile a bathroom floor. This is part of my small bathroom remodel project and floor tiling. This video is showing use of lash clips for tiling. In this scenario with really small tiles for lash clips to be fair. Usually used on bigger tiles I think.
  3. How to Replace a Cracked Tile

    How to Replace a Cracked Tile

    Learning how to replace a cracked tile can save you a TON of money.
  4. J

    Repair bleach mark on porcelain tile

    My wife was trying to clean some marks of our charcoal polished porcelain tiles and put bleach on them. Part of the time is dull now. Is there anyway of fixing this or I'll I need to replace the tile.
  5. F

    Repair fibre glass bath chip

    Hi all, Recently finished a bathroom renovation only to find that underneath the cardboard I laid in the bottom of the brand new bath there was a small chip. It was a multi trade job so who knows how it got there Has anyone had any experience with this spot repair kits? Which is easiest to...
  6. Andy Allen

    Bath / shower tray repair kits....

    Dropped a tile in a bath yesterday, I'm sure we've all been there. Decided to try one of these repair kits from tool station before spending a small fortune on a bath repair man. The results were much better than expected, well worth getting one to keep in the van..
  7. G

    PLASTER REPAIR BEFORE TILING ADVICE

    What would you suggest to repair this prior tiling.
  8. S

    River stone tile repair

    The bathroom shower has river stone tiles with the grout deteriorating and the stones coming out. I live on a remote island and it's almost impossible to get a contractor in to help. Looking for advice on DIY options. Do I remove everything or repair the damaged area? I've uploaded a video of...
  9. W

    Picobello Tile repair. Not bad

    I’ve used the kit a few times now. Not bad at all.
  10. S

    Hairline crack repair advice

    Hi All, We have just discovered a hairline crack in one of our 6mm italian porcelain tiles. Its in quite a high traffic area and i would like to try and repair it. Im more concerned with reducing the chances that the tile gets worst and starts to move. Im less concerned with the appearance...
  11. P

    Floor repair Alderly Edge

    This floor as been ok for 18yrs, and then this happed The affected area is appx 3mx1m. The house is up for sale so needs to be sorted very soon. If anyone can repair this please pm your tel No and I will pass it on. Thanks
  12. L

    Using RIW Tilesafe to repair Homelux floor matting - repair patch

    I've lifted two cracked tiles from our wetroom floor and damaged the waterproof membrane in the process roughly - an area of 30 x 20cm. Looks like it's a Homelux product and the damaged part is right next to the waste on the former tray. Any advice on how best to repair this making watertight...
  13. N

    Fair price for wet room repair?

    Hi all. Our wet room grout is coming out due to movement. Floor shifts 2-3mm when pressure applied. We got a quote for £*** to repair. Do you think this is a reasonable amount? We're in the North West (near Chester). The £*** covers: Remove old tiles (90cm x 120cm area) Fix the movement...
  14. C

    Cracks in screed, how to repair?

    Hi I’ve just removed a stone floor for a client. I didn’t tile it originally. The stone tiles had 3 sizeable cracks in it and the floor has a wet ufh system. We couldn’t work out why the tiles had cracked apart from guessing that it was due to cracks in the screed below and not using a...
  15. Dilalio

    Advice required about Hole repair kits for porcelain

    hi all, Looking for some advice please. Do any of you pro’s carry/use repair kits? If so, which ones do you recommend? Drilled a hole in the wrong place in a concrete effect porcelain tiles and want to try and disguise it. I do have a MagicMan that I’ve used before but would like to have a...
  16. P

    Porcelain tile - big scratch repair advice?

    Can anyone advise on this please? I have off-white matt porcelain floor tiles and one has a long scratch in it. What is the best way to fill/remove/repair it so that its (as close as I can get) invisible? If any products could be recommended that would be appreciated. Lastly is has clearly...
  17. P

    Bathroom Shower Tile Repair Job - Advice needed

    Looking for help with repairing a tile in shower. Here is image of tile problem. I have decided to regrout floor and have the other piece of tile to fit. Plan at moment is to fill space with tile glue, glue and replace tile and regrout. My questions are - Will tile glue be ok to fill the gap...
  18. Andy Allen

    Porcelain tile chip repair...

    Anyone recommend anything for repairing a tiny chip on a porcelain tile..
  19. Rosco100

    Quartz and UFH repair

    what's your thoughts? Went to do a repair on a quartz floor with UFH to help someone out and found this Look at the pics,showed the customer that the tiles were all buckled like bananas but still had to lay them as he had no more,Now he's complaining that they are not very flush ? Had told him...
  20. GAZ5518

    Repair Work In he Pool..Philippine Style!

    :cool:Just watching these fellas repairing the tiles in the pool... Interesting way they deal with it..Just used white cement mixed with white grout, knocked up with pool water..but it seems as small repair has turned into a major..Now they have released a few tiles .. more are coming up... know...
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