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Hi, We are getting the ground floor tiled - apx 80sqm in a bunch of rooms - and need to check a few things: Where do i need to put expansion joints? We have screed on the floor with the fibres, and in some places this has cracked over the past few months - should i put the expansion joint...

Hi all. We recently moved into this house and noticed a strange raised patch in the bathroom floor. The tiles seem well sealed and stable and there is no obvious leak. We rarely use the bath. I am wondering if this is harmess, like a poorly evened floor, or something more sinister. The previous...

Hi I wonder if someone could offer their experience. This pictured tile is what is currently on the existing house. It is 410mm x 310mm in size. It is evidently a Marley tile but is it a modern or something else? I guess these are the original tiles from 1975 when the house built. What tile...

I have a brick wall that I intend to install a bath against with a fixed shower head: I'll use either tile backer board (insulation + cement layer) or hardibacker with a tanking kit; attaching via dot and dab (plasterboard adhesive) and screws + washers to hold it in. However, what's the...

Hi guys, My Tiler has laid some newly chipped edge travertine tiling in my kitchen very beautiful with an ivory grout. before grout, we sealed the tile with a solvent impregnated sealer using "DRY TREAT " Stain-proof. Solvent-based sealer, before grout and again after the grout. This...

Hi guys, Tiler has laid some newly chipped edge travertine tiling in my kitchen very beautiful with an ivory grout. before grout, we sealed the tile with a solvent impregnated sealer using "DRY TREAT " Stain-proof. Solvent-based sealer, before grout and again after the grout. This sealer...

Hi I have to tile a kitchen wall; behind cooker up to extractor and between base and wall units with half bonded metro tiles. The wall contains a breast which is 30mm larger than a whole tile run. This leave 15mm cuts on each end of the breast. Obviously I could slide the tiles along to give me...

Sorry to ask, but can anybody identify this tile? I want to extend it along the worktop as a splashback but as the kitchen was put in before we moved in, I don't know what tiles they are. It was installed by Wickes so I'm presuming they're fairly standard porcelain tiles used in their kitchen...

We decided today to decorate our landing and, on removing the wallpaper from one wall we were met with these tiles: Walltiles1 by martindp84 posted 7 Jan 2018 at 8:13 PM We decided to remove them to replace with modern plasterboard and only half way through did it occur to us that they might...

I had a new bathroom about three years ago, but over the past year I’ve noticed the tiles on one wall seem to be pulling away from it (see image). What the image doesn’t show very clearly is that the metal end strip now has a very clear bend in it. From what I can tell it is only the tiles at...

Hi. I am planning on tiling my living room wall with reclaimed brick slips that I have already purchased along with the adhesive and mortar. I have just stripped the paper from the wall and a lot of plaster crumbled away. I believe that the house had warm air heating and I am now concerned about...

Hi Guys, I am in the process of fully refurbishing my upstairs bathroom, with a new suite. All of which shall be put into the same place due to the space restriction. Below is my current bathroom & floor plan which you can tell is a small bathroom. I would like the new bath, basin cabinet &...

Hi guys I am in need of an urgent help :( We've got a new built house and due to all the costs to get it we've ended up a bit toooo tight with cash hence I'm doing any extra work needs doing by myself. I am usually open to all basic diy jobs but never tiled before. I've installed the plywood on...

Hi I'm tiling a largish floor and was wondering if the level spacers are worth using. The tile are flat and i want a perfect finish.

Hello there, can I please have some advice. I have a tiled bathroom to the ceiling all around. The ceiling is plasterboard, skimmed and painted. I have siliconed all around where the tiles and the ceiling meets. I have painted the ceiling before the tiles went up (might have been where it went...

Hi Guys, We were wondering if anybody could give us some advice on kitchen tiles. We moved into our a home and there is paint around the plug sockets and behind the microwave which we want to have tiled instead. It just makes things easier to clean. Can anybody please give us advice on what...

Hi Everyone. This is my first post so apologies if its in the wrong section. Just looking for some advice... I have a leak from the hot or cold water pipe servicing the bathroom on 1st floor. The affected section of the ceiling is rendered with plaster in between beams. Above the plaster...

Not sure it this is the best place to post this. I have moved into a 10 year old and the bath seal is failing and leaking. I've tried a temporary fix of applying a thin bead of silicone not ideal but it's still leaking. I don't like these bath seals but I don't want to removed any tiles as the...

Hi, We are looking to tart up our dated swimming pool but not sure what to do. Grateful of any help. We have a pool which is semi submerged and patio slabs surround it. We've pressure washed the slaps this weekend and it's blown away all the old cement/grout. It's left about an inch gap...

Hello, I am building a frame for "wet room / shower enclosure" kind thing, made of construction C16 timber frame. At the bottom, my shower tray has to be raised, therefore i will have a step, which will have to be tiled, possibly using long splash wall as the rest of the bathroom rather than...