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Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help. I've just returned from holiday and our house was freezing, when I checked the boiler I noticed it was flashing red "reset" button and another flashing blue button. Tried to reset it but it keeps going back to flashing red and blue buttons after a...

Used a tool I got from B&Q for around 2 pounds and it worked pretty good. Going to wait until tonight to grout so that it can dry over night without anyone walking on it. The grout we have is the bal superflex wide joint grout.

Hello all, Layed the tiles yesterday and everything seems to be ok, for a first time tile job anyway. My only problem now is mortar has seeped up in between the tiles where the grout needs to go. Probably should have cleaned that up before the mortar set but you live and learn. I'm assuming...

We put plywood down over the chipboard just up to the plinths to save us the headache of removing the cabinets. The floor seems a lot more stable now so I feel more confident about tiling over the ply. I really appreciate everyone's input. Next time I'll be a pro. Yeah right!

Thanks, Good to know. Like you, I've heard bad things about tiling over plywood, it seems like you get so many conflicting opinions of how to do the same job so it becomes very confusing for an amateur. I'm glad I stumbled accross this site and have been able to get advice. Wish me luck!

Thanks Thermo, I thought gcol would be the one to listen to after reading a lot of his advice on these forums. I've had a lot of laughs reading the rants between him and joe-90. Who'd of thought a DIY forum could be so entertaining! :D

I'm so confused because I get different information the more I research this topic. I read somewhere that you shouldn't use PVA before tiling because it doesn't completely soak into the wood and when it gets wet it becomes sticky again. Bowness 72, how long ago did you tile your bathroom...

OK, convinced fiance to screw down 12mm plywood but I'm still nervous about tiling directly over plywood and wanted to make sure it was safe to do so. Everywhere I've read says never to tile directly onto plywood that it won't stay put. Should I use Hardibacker or something like that? We...

OK, thanks. I'll let you know how it goes if I can get my way. :x

Thanks for your help. The whole arguement started because we cannot spare any height on the floor due to the appliances. This is why I suggested to remove the chipboard and replace with plywood. Our neighbor came over and said that you can just put PVC over the chipboard and tile over that...

Hi all, I'd like your help. Me and my other half have been arguing for days over our kitchen floor that we are tiling. I say we should remove the chipboard that is down now and replace it with 18mm wbp plywood with aquapanel on top but he says that removing the chipboard and replacing it...

What I think we've decided to do is take out the cabinets, remove the chipboard that is under the lino and replace it with plywood then put aquapanel or some kind of equivalent over the plywood. What we'll probably have to do is remove the tiles on the backsplash so that we can raise the...

Cheers. I see what you're saying but we're still left with the problem of not having enough of a gap for the fridge/freezer. Guess there's not much we can do about that other than get a new fridge. Thanks for all the advice.

thanks for your help. I was afraid I'd have to remove the cabinets but was hoping for an easier solution. Seems like a lot of work just to replace a floor. UGH!

Hi, I'm new to this forum so excuse me if I ask a question that's already been answered loads of times. I am about to tile a kitchen floor that has new cabinets. The current floor is linoleum over chipboard and I am going to be putting cermamic tiles down. What do I do about the tiles...