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    I've used BAL superflex instead of a BAL microflex in walk-in shower!....

    Hi peeps, I dunno why, but I grouted my wetroom tiled walls with BAL superflex, now checking the BAL products, should I have used one of the Microflex ranges with that mould/bacteria prevention? Can I protect the grout I've already put? :oops: I'm hoping I won't have to scrap it all out...
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    Would this be a job for Dita to be used?

    Hi Guys. I have a small bathroom floor about 5 square metre. The problem is this. The house is a chalet bungalow and the bathroom up in the roof space along with the bedrooms etc. The chip board flooring is fixed to the roof trusts. Then the floor has been over boarded with the correct size...
  3. D

    What Tiles Can Be Used Around A Fire???

    Hi there... I have been to look at a job and the customer has an inset wood burning fire but it is giving off alot of heat and cracking the plaster above the fire. They have asked me if there is anyway that i can tile around the fire but i am not sure wat tiles would be tollerant to the heat...
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    Is stone ok to be used in kitchen areas?

    Have a customer who has asked me to lay stone tiles in her kitchen area? She has not bought them yet but was wondering if it was safe against food staining/colourants and/or kitchen cleaning products like ciff or cilit bang. She was talking about expensive limestone/travetine or marble
  5. G

    Uheat Ecoboards - anyone used them???

    I have a job where the customer has supplied Uheat "Elektra" mats and they seem fine but the insulation boards "Ecoboards" are 6mm blue foam - basically like the centre of marmox/warmup boards which I'm used to but without the outer faces. They don't have any outer fibreglass/cement outer to...
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    Anyone used Aquamix grout colourant???

    I have hit a brick wall with my latest job. It's all going sour. To cut it short - I used BAL Microcolour wide joint grout on the floor - 3sqm of 25x25 white ceramic mosaics (totally awful quality but that's another story - Thanks Topps!) The "Brilliant White" microlour had a 1:1 GT1 admix as...
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    Liability Insurance - Ever used it???

    Just wondering if anyone has ever made a claim, if so why and what for? If not, do you know anyone who did? I've no need to make a claim - I'm not testing the waters! Simply wondered if they pay out as unwillingly as other types of insurance is all.
  8. R

    Are shower pan liners used in the UK?

    Hi everyone, It's interesting to read all the posts here at this forum and to learn how things are done over in the UK. I was wondering if shower pan liners are used in the UK the same way we install them here in the US. This is the product I use, although in various parts of the US lead...
  9. H

    Anyone used Nicobond Plastic Ply

    Hi all, Has anyone used the Plastic Ply as advertised in the recent TileUK magazine. Also anyone have any idea on price because it looks the business if it does what it says on the tin LOL http://www.ncdirect.co.uk/index.php?p=ht&id=80&PHPSESSID=65a584d2961596e599bffb23c64e3ce6 Highlander
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    Tile Drills used to oversize a hole can be capped off

    Tile Drills used to oversize a hole to fit service pipes How to drill a neat hole in a hard or soft tile and cap it off Whenver you drill a hole in a tile the outcome will be either one of two things for your project 1) The hole is the correct size and the service pipe is a perfect...
  11. B

    Anyone heard of or used this?

    underfloor heating Welcome to Step Warmfloor™ The worlds No. 1 radiant underfloor heating system I am thinking of doing the whole downstairs in electric ufh as there is no gas to the property so economy 7 is currently used and is rubbish! I like the look of this and it is far more efficient...

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