tiling

How do you properly tile around a door frame when the backer board and tiles are positioned above the door frame? Should the tiles extend beneath the architrave so that it can be placed on top of the tiles, or should the tiling stop where it meets the architrave?

Are large format tiles too heavy for plastered plasterboard? I’m planning to install 600 x 1200 x 8 mm tiles in my bathroom. They weigh approx. 15kg per tile. I’ve already used tile backer board on one half of the bathroom after removing some existing tiles, which also removed the underlying...

Hi, the previous owners of our house converted the old garage into an annexe. Under what is now the bathroom door there is a Clark-drain manhole cover, which one is pretty ugly and two scrapes on the bottom of the door when you open it. I would like to replace it with a recessed cover which I...

I’m planning on laying tile backer board on chipboard flooring prior to tiling. Which adhesive is required to lay the backer on to? Would something like this work...

What is the best method for tiling a bathroom chipboard floor using tile backer board? I’m considering using 6mm backer board, but I’m unsure whether screws alone are sufficient for securing it, or if adhesive is also necessary. Any advice?

Hi, Someone posted something similar a few years ago with no response. I bought some ceramic house number tiles (very similar to image attached). I need to attach the tiles to the wall of my house. The wall has roughcasting (aka harling or pebbledash). Should I cut a rectangle out of the...

Hi all, I am doing up small front garden which currently has concrete everywhere - aiming to dig out a bunch of the concrete (as it currently goes right up to airbricks) and replace mostly with gravel. Trying to keep costs low where I can within reason and doing it myself. I had thought I...

Hello all, I’ve been tiling the new bathroom, and I’ve made a silly mistake. I’m fitting a bath with an over head shower, and I’ve tiled the area. I stupidly tiled all the way down to the height of the bath, rather than leaving a row off, and fitting the bath, then tiling down to it. Is it a...

Hi all I'm currently doing my bathroom and have taken all the tiles off (It was completely tiled). Some came off a lot easier than others and many have taken chunks of bonding plaster as well as skim (see photos). The main bath wall had what looked like two layers of bonding coat and a square...

I had a wetroom fitted three years ago as part of a full refurb that has leaked on and off ever since. It was professionally installed and tanked. The contractor has come back and siliconed the interface between the tiles and the shower tray waste multiple times but this doesn't fix the problem...

Hi all, I'm after some advice. We're having our kitchen redone at the moment and we think the tilers have done a bad job. Firstly, the tiles aren't at right angles to any of the walls in the room. The tiler said they did it via one wall, but I've shown that the entire grid is slightly off axis...

Hello all, getting round to renovating the bathroom in our 1909 solid wall red brick house (on first floor) - any advice on what should go behind tiles on an internal brick wall in a shower area (and external brick wall not in shower area)? One tradesperson has said sand and cement render and...

I had my bathroom tiled over the summer. A week before Christmas I noticed that one of the tiles by the bath is loose, and a couple of tiles have hairline cracks. Of course the tiler did not respond to my attempts to contact him so I need to fix it myself. The tiler grouted between the bath...

Hi. Quick question about bathrooms and tiling! I am currently working on the walls of a new bathroom! I will use moisture resistant plasterboard in the ceiling and tile backer boards on the stud walls! I would like to dot n dab a 40mm insulated plasterboard against a block wall. Can I use...

hi all new member in need of some advice. we had out bathroom redone a few months back and to cut a long story, he didn't do a brill job. recently noticed water was seeping through around the shower tray so decided i would do the silicon. after clearing the old silicon, i noticed under one...

Currently renovating my bathroom, and while ripping the tiles out ( 2 layers of tiles) I noticed the internal walls are not the standard stud-work and plasterboard. They are very thin like a cardboard material down the middle so I have nothing to mechanically fix new plasterboard to. My initial...

Hi all, Hoping you can help. I’ve been tiling my shower and was ready to grout before putting a massive scratch on one of the tiles. I went to remove the tile but it’s taken the tanking and some of the cement board with it. As it’s in a shower, I want to do what I can to make sure it’s not going...

I have a walk in shower with this drain, which is not sealed at all along the back edge and the left end. There is a void visible, which water is potentially going into. The drain flexes downwards if I press it on the left side. The shower is on the ground floor, and I haven’t found any damp in...

Hi, Will be taking up my floorboards in an upstairs bathroom and fitting caberflooring of which needs to be screeded to be made level as it's about 11mm out. I've bought Mapei Ultraplan 3240 Self-Levelling Compound 25kg...

So what started as a small job resealing the bath, I noticed some of the tiles above the bath was loose. I have removed all the loose tiles and the wall was slightly damp and the plaster probably around 20-30year old is just falling away and brittle. Can I just dry out the wall fill and replace...