tiling

  1. M

    Tiling letting water through even with Membrane

    Bear with me, this is a long story: This the 5th time I've had this work done, and no body seems to know the cause. I have a bath mounted shower, which comes off a bath mixer tap which come from the floor. (THERES NO PIPES IN THE WALL). This was all originally fitted with new tiles after I...
  2. J

    How to prepare walls for tiling around shower over bath?

    So my new bath is in, and I've given myself the job of tiling the bathroom. It's an acrylic L-shaped shower bath, one wall is newly plastered and the other (where the shower will be mounted) is a stud wall with Hardiebacker board: New bath by jwilf posted 13 Jan 2019 at 6:14 PM I'm using flat...
  3. P

    Cement render vs plasterboard for tiling?

    Hi, I've removed old tiles from my bathroom walls and parts of the wall came off with it so I've ended up back to brick and concrete blocks. I'm about to get a couple bathroom fitters come to give quotations but I wanted to educate myself beforehand so I'm better prepared to instruct the fitter...
  4. StephenStephen

    How to fix into cob? - Prep this wall for tiling

    So I want to tile this wall which will be part of a wetroom. The sequence I've got here is, I think: -cob -lime render -cement render cement render with pebbles -external paint -cement render -plaster It's a little hollow, a couple of small cracks, but I think is stable enough not to justify...
  5. D

    Aquapanel in shower enclosures

    Im building a three sided timber stud wall to create a shower enclosure and using aquapanel cement board over the studs. Theres a lot of conflicting advice online re whether to install a vapour control barrier behind the aquapanel or tank the surface before tiling (or both!) to ensure its...
  6. U

    How to tile this fireplace....

    Hi all, The wife wants the bottom of the fireplace tiling up to the wooden beam (see pictures). I've got a couple of questions that I thought you might be able to help me with... Firstly... which way would you put the tiles on this... would you put them longways or up/down as per these photos...
  7. B

    It's not aqua board

    So I have a room that will be my bathroom. Half stud wall. Half external wall. I have plasterboarded my stud walls with normal 12.5mm plasterboard and then skimmed the lot with the intention of having shower and tiles on external section. Unfortunately we have to have the shower and tiles on...
  8. M

    How do I slope this tiled shower floor ?

    Hi guys, 8 years ago had an inexperienced friend of a friend who tiles my bathroom flooring in an attempt to fix the shower floor, the water sadly would slope outwards into the stair landing area, it is a wet room. Problem is I would like to remove these tiles, but re-concrete the floor with...
  9. S

    Laying porcelain tiles outdoors on a concrete subbase

    I have laid a concrete subbase 100mm deep and in one side there will be a shed the other part I am laying porcelain tiles using a tiles adeshive. My question is do I need to prime the the concrete slab ? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated !
  10. J

    Tiling uneven wall

    Hi, looking for some advice for a bathroom wall that needs tiling. Top half of the wall is wallpaper on flat decent plaster, the bottom half was tiled. When I’ve taken the tile off there’s a lot of cement like material (possibly old adhesive). This is around 1/2” tick, more in places and...
  11. M

    Please help, need advise

    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 sealer works at...
  12. M

    Please Help, Need your guys expertise please.

    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 sealer works at...
  13. M

    Sealing on top of sealed tile ? Help.

    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...
  14. M

    Sealing Travertine kitchen flooring

    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...
  15. B

    Is Ply a viable option?

    Hi, Probably this is a common question but i couldn't easily find the answer. Shower being built in corner of two stud walls. Studding doesn't line up with chosen shower size for a secure fixing for the glass support track. I "was" going to put green plasterboard for the walls and tile over...
  16. bettz1

    Tiling bathroom would it need boarding?

    Hi we're looking at getting our bathrooms tiled and we've had 3 quotes so far,and they all seem to disagree with if the upstairs bathrooms need boarding down. Lifted up the vinyl and this is what it looks like underneath The first plumber said adhesive glue would be fine, whereas the other...
  17. M

    REPAIR Hole in concrete floor first before using leveling compound to smooth level the floor

    Hi Guys, looking to tile my new kitchen floor, however, have come across a hickup, There is a very large hole in the concrete floor from wall to wall which has collapsed slightly. I don't know why this has happened though my suspicion is that the builder who did my extension years ago knew...
  18. M

    Bathroom Refurb

    hi all, So, I’m looking to do a bathroom refurb, new bath sink etc. Already in there is a 700 x 700 shower with a door frame, one side is the main bathroom wall and the other is a tiled stud wall. My plan is to take the stud wall and shower tray out, and the door & frame. The current bath is...
  19. M

    Wall preparation in new bathroom

    Hi there, I'm renovating a room in my house (Victorian terrace in London) that I'd like to turn into a bathroom. I'm going top-down and I've pretty much finished building the roof - which wasn't in good shape, I'm now ready to start preparing the walls. At some point in the past, the interior...
  20. B

    Mouldy battens

    Some of the new battens have got black mould on them. I thought they should be treated to prevent that. Will they be ok behind the tiles once dry or should I remove them or spray with 5star fungicide? I don't want to cover over if going to be a problem in future. Thanks
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