tiles

Hi All, I got a quote for having our path tiled with victorian style (black and white) tiles from a local landscape company. They said external tiles for a path must be 20mm minimum as anything less will crack. Is this true? I have looked at a fair few options and most are 8-10mm. If 20mm...

I recently bought the Marley Concrete Plain Roof tiles for my pitched roof, however since then I have been informed these are usually used for dormer faces. Does anyone of have any experience of using these on a pitched roof and if not what could be the potential issues of using them on the...

Hi all, took up the old vinyl kitchen flooring but haven’t taken up the lay on top of the floorboards yet. Is it best to leave this on as we’re getting tiles or take it all up to have the floorboards bare? https://imgur.com/a/pxHcOcK thanks

Hi folks, I have to repair a front garden wall, the top of the pillars are capped with a layer of tile then engineering bricks. One of the tiles has been damaged and i need to take the cap off and replace it. Problem is I cant find a replacment tile the same size, they dont appear to have been...

Hello I've had some trouble with black mould on my bathroom tiles in the ensuite bathroom. It's a walk in shower and its mainly the walls within this that obviously get wet daily. There are some other tiles outside of the shower that also have some mould on, I think this will be due to...

Hi All, Just finished, tanked and tiled the wet room. Would like to use epoxy grout. Does anyone have any recommendations, please? I have all the cleaning at hand because of the haze epoxy causes on surfaces, so ready for that. I just need something waterproof and resistant with a reasonable...

Morning! Happy Christmas all. I'm hoping for some advice please. In our kitchen there is tiling on the walls, around the work tops and oven. These same tiles are also fixed to plastic covered boards covering up the boiler pipes (it was like that when we moved in). A while ago, these tiles fell...

Is this something to be worried about? There is probably around 5mm or more gap between floor and wall tiles in toilet/shower room in new extension which was completed about 6 years ago now. Left side is actually a stud wall for small boiler room. Right is exterior cavity wall. Is this just...

Hello, I have an En-suite shower that was leaking from the valve, there was plenty damage to the dry wall behind. I've stop the leak, removed the valve and let it try for months. I think I have educated myself enough to fix the problem by replacing the backer board and tiles. But I'm reluctant...

Pulling up the carpet in my new home and found these brown tiles in the hallway. Looking to lay laminate flooring but worried they could be asbestos and conscious the carpet grip has been nailed into them. Anyone any ideas / advice?

Pulling up the carpet in my new home and found these brown tiles in the hallway. Looking to lay laminate flooring but worried they could be asbestos and conscious the carpet grip has been nailed into them. Anyone any ideas / advice?

Hello. We just got our kitchen renovated. Can I ask about your opinion about the following spotted issues? - gap between worktop upstand and wall (tiling was done before upstand on that side; upstand was done before on the other sides of the kitchen) - tiles not flat (same side) - visible...

How would you fix cracked grout on the floor tiles in our wet room? It was meant to be flexible grout but after a year it’s cracking.

Hi All, so started removing the cloakroom today, minus the sink (for now) - see photos I will be tiling floor and walls to half height and installing a close coupled toilet (once i’ve put in a bit of boxing because the waste is away from the wall) question really is best order to attack...

Hi guys, I have a moderately small 2m x 1m enclosed porch with a concrete base and was wondering what products tiles or laminate are DIY friendly for a neat/tidy finish for a competant DIY'er to have a go at? looked at encaustic tiles but the prep work and sealing and other steps put me off a...

Hi iv done few small tile jobs on walls 1st time tiling a floor about 33 yards,its 3 rooms same tile kitchen hallway and toilet, im going to be using 450x450 8mm thick ceramic tiles just have few questions, what size notched trowel should i use? can i use 1.5mm spacer? is a washboy worth buying...

Hi, I’m after some advice, I am tiling my kitchen splashback with some standard 50x100 porcelain tiles in a brick effect. The edges of the tiles are unfinished porcelain and so I wondered how best to finish the top edge of the splashback, the transition from the splashback to the painted wall...

Hi Guys, I am sorting my Bathroom out, have fitted my bath but now need to sort the floor. I only have one bathroom in the house and need to tile and replace the loo. So... If I tile the floor first, do I then need to wait for the tiles to cure totally before I fit the toilet? This would mean...

Hi all. I'm finishing a campervan conversion and have a 40cm2 area to separate the bed from the hob. I plan to use a piece of mdf, with some mosaic tiles stuck to it by sikaflex EBT. Used the sikaflex for the other tiles on plypanels and it has worked well. Will the sikaflex (plus fkexi grout)...

Hi! We're installing a wetroom in our house, and our tiler normally uses Hardibacker boards, however I've been told by another source that Wedi Board is better. Our floor is timber and our walls are a mixture of timber and brick, so we're concerned about the risk of tiles cracking with the...