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    Preparation of bathroom wall for tiling

    What do I need to do to this bathroom wall before I can start tiling? Thanks.
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    Uneven concrete/bitumen floor

    Problem: Tiling a kitchen floor. Half is covered in bitumen (from parquet floor). Half is a new concrete slab. There is a 35mm level difference across the floor and is fairly lumpy. Possible solution No.1?: Use latex self-levelling compound such as arditex na. BUT: I am slightly worried...
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    Advice for tiling backing board

    Hi I'm doing the prep work for a shower room at the moment. The room was fully tiled before and on removal of the tiles I found they had all pulled away from the wall and hardly attached at all. The wall behind is block work with plaster skim on top. So I'm left with a patchy and dusty skim...
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    Tiling onto fresh plaster: disaster or not?

    Am about to start painting our new bathroom, which has been freshly plastered all over (now dry). I'm starting with a mist coat, and am just wondering whether I should put the mist coat all over, even in a corner where we will be installing a shower, with tiles in that area. I've been trying...
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    Damaged Plaster from Removing Tiles

    Hello, I'm in the process of decorating my kitchen and I've been removing the old (fairly uneven) tiles and also chasing out some bit of plaster to add new sockets and wiring. Removing the old tiles from the splash backs so far has left the old plaster in quite a bad state. Moving forward I...
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