Grout sealer suggestions
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The light grey grout on my 6 month old kitchen tiles have already darkened. I bought a steam mop to clean better, but what grout seal do you suggest to stop the grout from staining & staying light. I'm pretty sure the porcelain tiles don't need sealing, unless it'll help …
Tiles breaking when cut: Reasonable excuse?
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My tiler says that in two places around my bath that he wasn't able to tile because when they tried to cut the tiles for the thinner space, they kept breaking. So they just used grout instead. I don't think this looks good as it is probably something like two …
Hot tub area
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I am installing a hot tub in a covered area. There is a concrete floor and over this I have bought porcelain tiles to fit. My question is 'can I just place the tiles over the concrete or do I need a levelling layer between the tiles and the concrete? …
different sized tiles
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Around the bath, is a part tiled wall. The tiles are width 25cm x length 40cm and they have a border thin tile at the top, width 5cm. I want to tile above them but fallen in love with a tile 60cm length. Do I have to use the same …
Am I in the wrong
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After 6 hours work out tiler only manage 1.5 square metre of tiling? It was around a window so perhaps a little tricky, but just standard metro tiles in brick formation. Seems like not very much, but I do want it done properly. In total we have about 5 square …
Do I need to retile the whole wall(s) in a shower enclosure?
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I had my bathroom done a few years ago (2015) in North London. It’s fairly new and in the first year I started getting deep cracks in a few tiles within the shower enclosure, I had it redone by the same plumber out of goodwill but it’s happened again. Wondering …
Placing tiles over existing ceramic tiles
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My kitchen has floor tiles. They are stuck to the concrete floor and are impossible to remove without either damage to the concrete or the pipes that run through them. I intend to roughen the existing tiles and place new ones on top. What primer should I use and also …
Is it possible to install concrete board alongside plywood?
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I am repairing one square meter of bathroom floor which has gone rotten because of a bath leak. I intend to extract that section and replace with concrete board then retile. However the rest of the floor is a chipboard or some sort of weak plywood. Can this be done …
Cracking mortar
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I tiled my bathroom 3 years ago. The mortar cracked soon after I applied it. Since it’s been 3 years, I’m worried about moisture getting through to the wall. Will I have to retile or can I just apply more mortar?
Tiling a rooftop patio
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Good day. I have a rooftop patio off of my kitchen on my third floor apartment. I recently removed the old decking to find the roof (normal flat, black, felt? roofing) is in fine shape--thankfully. Now, I'd like to install exterior ceramic/porcelain tiles. Can I put adhesive right on the …