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Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or other objects such as tabletops. Alternatively, tile can sometimes refer to similar units made from lightweight materials such as perlite, wood, and mineral wool, typically used for wall and ceiling applications. In another sense, a tile is a construction tile or similar object, such as rectangular counters used in playing games (see tile-based game). The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile composed of fired clay.
Tiles are often used to form wall and floor coverings, and can range from simple square tiles to complex or mosaics. Tiles are most often made of ceramic, typically glazed for internal uses and unglazed for roofing, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, cork, concrete and other composite materials, and stone. Tiling stone is typically marble, onyx, granite or slate. Thinner tiles can be used on walls than on floors, which require more durable surfaces that will resist impacts.

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    10mm U Notch Trowel OK for for wall tiles?

    Hi, I have a 10mm Rubi u notch trowel I was planning on using for floor tiles - could I also use these for the wall tiles - the wall tiles are 25 cm x 38 cm ceramic tiles - walls arent too bad, not 100% level but perhaps 5mm out at worse point? Thanks
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    Light travertine floor what ceramic wall tiles would go nice with it?

    Hi Guys 1st post so be gentle, We are looking to strip and re fit our downstairs shower room. The room is 2.7m by 2.0m there is a shower, sink and wc in it. Floor is concrete walls and mix of stud and blockall plaster boarded. We have ordered the sanitary which white and showerframe chrome and...
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    WANTED B&Q Marbella Grey 20x25cm wall tiles

    Hi, Does anyone have any Discontinued B&Q Marbella Grey Wall tiles please? They are 20x25cm and I need 2 boxes. Will arrange collection from anywhere! If you have some spare, please get in touch! Thanks!
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    10cm x 10cm square wall tiles in a brick layout? Yes or no?

    Hi all, Bit stuck on getting the right pattern for tiling my kitchen walls. I've chosen the tiles finally and they are a slatey effect in 4 colours. I loved the mosaics but were too expensive! Anyway so the tiles don't look boring I thought about getting the tiler to set them in a brick layout...
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    Cappucino marble 450x300 wall tiles adhesive help

    Hi all, this is my 1st post on here, been searching for an answer for 2 weeks to this, so thanks in advance. I am about to begin tiling my bathroom with 450x300 marble. Walls are stud partition, lined with 10mm.ply, plasterboarded, with 6mm marmox boards stuck with tile addy and screwed to the...
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    Do I need a waterproof adhesive for wall tiles in a bathroom?

    Hi everyone, A novice question! Do I need a waterproof adhesive for tiling the walls in a bathroom? And another thing - I am looking at wickes.co.uk and they don't seem to have unmixed/powdered adhesives. Only the ready mixed tubs. I'll be using ceramic wall tiles, 248mmx331mmx7.8mm. Hope...
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    discontinued wickes ceramic palma matt wall tiles

    Hi hope someone can help or point me in the right direction i need two box's of 10 of now discontinued wicks ceramic palma wall tiles in matt. PALMA 206962 Hope someone can help, hope to hear from you soon, Dave
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    Best grout to use for glazed ceramic wall tiles

    Could anyone suggest a good quality grout for use on ceramic glazed gloss wall tiles fitted with a 2mm gap. Kitchen splashbacks will be the area of use. Looking for a light grey colour and a nice smooth, even colour finish thats pretty easy to work with. The choice is vast and every supplier...
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    Wall Tiles Are Coming Loose

    I've recently drilled a couple of holes in my Mother's bathroom wall tiles to enable me to install a new striplight. Within a couple of days numerous tiles have become loose and a few have even cracked. Would my drilling have caused this? I presume it must have done as it seems too much of a...
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    Azu-vi bathroom wall tiles

    I am seeking some Azu-vi tiles, blue 316X200- codeMonococcion 12345, originals purchased in 2001. Does anybody have any or can anyone suggest a likely stockist?
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    6mm wall tiles?

    Hi guys As anyone used these onto marmox wall boards? My wife has seen a 10mm 600x600 floor tile And wanted to match it with this 6mm 600x300 wall tile but not sure if it was suitable especially for a wet room area or something tilers like to work with? Any advice greatly appreciated Cheers Keith
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    Porcelanosa Afrodita Sienna Wall Tiles

    If you can help please get in touch. Thank You.
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    help with stubbon stains on wall tiles after grouting

    Big hello from St.Hello to all on the forum,after grouting wall tiles and wiping them down several times they still have some stains on that won't come off !!! HELP please:mad2:
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    Problems with glass mosaic wall tiles

    Hi all, I am a newbie and diyer. We are retiling the bathroom in our new house but are having some problems with the glass mosaic wall tiles we have. Basically, the mosaics are going to create a vertical stripe approx 20cm wide and also a splashback. My brother in law is doing the tiling, he...
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    Are Wall Tiles Needed In A Bathroom

    I've moved into a house (as you will all know) and the bathroom is a problem area and needs a fair few DIY projects done. The main one I'm not sure about if I need to tackle straight away is the shower tiling. The shower is over the bath, and the bath tiles only come up half way on the wall...
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    Gala Grey Porcelain Floor Wall Tiles

    Hi! I'm looking for a box of these tiles (or even 3 will do if you have less). They use to sell them at wicks, but they're discontinued now :( Wickes code was 166-301 if that helps! Thanks
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    Remove old wall tiles on 45mm adhesive

    Hi my shower area has 15 years old tiles laid on 45mm thick cement based adhesive. These are 200mm x 250mm ceramic tiles. I am looking to remove these tiles; Can someone please adivice me how to remove these or which tools to hire/use. In the past I have used tile chisel/hammer to remove my...
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    What Addy for porcelain wall tiles

    Hi, I will be fixing 60x30x0.5 porcelain wall tiles to a very lightly skimmed wall. I will use sbr,apd or primer g for the primer but was wandering what Addy you guys would recommend. The tiles will weigh under the 20kgm2 guide but want a good cost effective product for the addy please. Any...
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    Cracked wall tiles

    Evening people, had a call from customer saying her wall tiles had cracked from job i did just before xmas. I have just viewed it, 4 tiles have cracked, all on bathroom exterior wall, 600x300 ceramic from Topps, 2 of them are left hand side of one window and the crack is diagonal across the...
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    hair line cracks on wall tiles

    I have just tiled a shower using rapid set Mapei cement and 150mm * 70mm white bonded tiles onto a soid ashlar wall. Having grouted with grey grout I can see that about 10 tiles have hairline cracks. Two of these cracks continue across two tiles so would dictate that cracks were not on the tiles...
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