Recent content by marlb

Hi thanks for the replies. The dry cutter laughed at me when I attempted to cut these tiles. I even had a tiler in my local tile shop have a go at one of the off cuts and he could not cut it. Purchased a wet rubi cutter but found that the blade it came with just chipped the tiles. I bought a...

Thanks for the replies. I am going into a stack but I have put in a manifold and all of my wastes are going into separate slots in the manifold. Is this classed as a hopper?

Hi I am about to fit a new bath which will have no access once it is fitted. The bath plug hole is directly above a joist. Can I use a low profile bath waste? I have read that they can cause issues with smells etc. The bath will be on its own pipe work all the way to the soil stack, in 40mm...

Thanks for the reply. I would rather use a wet cutter. I have one but it is not up to this task. I could not find a hire shop with a wet cutter big enough to cut the tiles on 1200mm length. I will have a word with the hire company. Thanks..

Hi, I am about to hire a rubi 1200 manual tile cutter. I need to cut some 1200 x 600 porcelain tiles. They are 10mm thick. Can someone tell me if this equipment will be up to the job. I intend to but a new cutting wheel when I hire it.

Hi, I already have a Cotswold stone gravel driveway. It has a few small pot holes which I can fill and wack down. It has been a good 7 - 8 years since it was topped up and as it has access to my next door neighbors house, it is looking a bit tired. Can I just lay the new stone chipping on...

Many thanks Vinn I will ask ref the grey adhesive.

Hi, I am planning to tile the floor and walls of my bathroom. Can anyone advise on the depth of the adhesive for the floor and walls. What size notched trowel should I use for the wall and floor? The tiles are 11mm thick. I have already tanked etc and the adhesive will be BAL maxiflex...

Hi, Can anyone help? I have purchased an Impay aquadeck wet room shower tray former for my wet room. I have also purchased their decoupling membrane that I will be fitting over the tray and all around the showering area. I have schluter ditra matting for the remainder of the bathroom floor...

Hi, I am looking at 'all the way to the floor' baths on the internet. Can anyone explain how you go about fitting the waste under the bath? Do you need to buy a waste that you can secure from above, a bit like a shower waste? The only way I can see of fitting a conventional waste is to lift...

Hi, I am about to start buying material for a wet room. The room will be on the second floor. I have lifted the flooring and now have just the joists. I was going to go with 18mm Marine ply and then overlay this with 6mm tile backer board. I was then going to tank the whole area including...

Hi. I have removed the flooring in my bath room and have layed 25mm WPB ply down. I have sealed the underside and the edges of the ply and screwed the ply at 50mm centrs. I will be laying tiles directly to the ply in a wet room. Should I seal the ply before I lay the tiles or will the flexi...

Many thanks oilhead. I should have known..

I have an problem with the pressure control box on my pump. A recent visit from my usual service engr caused damage to the control switch on the black box causing damage to the plastic switch and the internal copper armateur. He has said it was not him. I can fix it if I could either replace...

Hi, I am about to tile my upstairs bathroom and have removed the original floorboards. I was going to use 25mm ply and lay on top of the ply. I have read a load of posts on this and other sites and each gives different advice. Is it okay to lay directly on top of ply. I will be using flexi...