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I had Amtico Spacia fitted in my kitchen/dinning room about 3 years ago, the room is two rooms knocked into 1, half the room has a concrete floor, the other half 6mm WBP ply screwed to wooden floor boards. The installier layed it over two days, the first day he layed either a latex or a thin...

I would be very grateful if anyone can help.I have an open vented system. I drained down my central heating system to fit a new radiator in my utility room, the new radiator is the first one coming off the boiler, i teed off the 22mm flow and return about 1 metre from the boiler. i fitted the...

Hi, can anyone tell me if SBR can be used as a primer on a concrete floor before a start tiling it ? Many Thanks

i am going to tile a large utility room floor, the floor is contrete, do i need to prime the floor first ? and if so can i use a watered down PVA. Many Thanks..... :shock:

i got to take up a vinyl floor which has been glued on to a concrete floor, before tiling it. I have taken up a section finding it very hard to remove the glue before i start tiling, or is it ok to tile over the top, any ideals ??? many thanks

does any one know a easy way of removing old tiles what have been layed on 15mm ply and well screwed :?: down to the floor boards ?

can any one tell me an easy way of cutting the edge tiles on a diagonal floor , was shown a way of doing this at college , where you place one tile over the top of another , and place a third tile next to the wall and and drawn a line over the 2nd tile . I can get it to work on striaght cuts but...

i have been working with 600*300, 10mm thick porcelain tiles ,i have been using a Rubi TR600S and i am getting chips by where the breakerhas touches the tile , has any one else come across this problem , and how did you over come this , many thanks

i want to tile around a bath , as im having a shower fitted , is it best to come off the bath with a full tile , or half a tile to allow some if the bath is not completely level

there a load of different makes of plastic pipe on the market , FloPlast , JG Speedfit , Polypipe , Hep20 , polybutylene ,but which is the best ??? i believe Hep20 give a 50 year guarantee ?

can someone tell me what is best for bedding in the wastes on baths , showers, sinks etc , in the past i've used both silcone and plumbers mate ? both seem to work fine , but recently changed a waste and was a little worried how easy it came out with the plumbers mate . cheers for any answers ?

can someone tell me what is best for bedding in the wastes on baths , showers, sinks etc , in the past i've used both silcone and plumbers mate ? both seem to work fine , but recently changed a waste and was a little worried how easy it came out with the plumbers mate . cheers for any answers ?

can someone tell what is the best adhesive to use to attach a plastic shower tray to a ply wood base ? was going to use Grip Fill , but was told it needs to be flexible to allow for exspansion ?

I'm doing a two year part time tiling course at college , and want to buy a tile cutter but don't know which rubi to go for ? i'm will to spend up to £250 , so which one is best ? TS , TS Plus , TI-S or TR-S :?: :?:

can anyone help me , i want to buy a tile cutter around £150 to £180 mark , i was looking at the Rubi TS50 plus , also Husqvarna have started doing them , " TC670 and TC470" . been looking at them on the internet and the reviews say they are as good as the Rubi but alot cheap . Ant thoughts ...

recently ripped out my shower cubic as was constantly having leaks , from tray and tile area ( plumbing side of things is fine ) just had the area replastered , i'm going to now fit a Mira flight shower tray with up stands to cure any leaks from there , and also want to tank the walls before...

i need to sink some pipe work into some plastered walls , what is the best way to protect them from corrosion ? can i tape them and if some , what tape is best to use , duck or denso ? thanks for any help :idea:

i've knocked through the wall which divied my kitchen and dinnig room to create one large room , i'm going to put a new kitchen where the dinning room was and want to tile the whole area , the two problems what are worrying me are 1- the dinning roon has floor boards and the old kitchen...

i've started doing a few tiling job after college cousre , i want to buy a tile cutter up to £100 , which is the best ??? :idea:

on a visit to my local plumbers merchant i was told about a brilliant new sealant/adesive !! he reckon it much better than any slicone or adhesive on the market ? even works underwater ? wet sufures you name it he said it works ? but cost £12 a time :-( has anyone tried it ? and what do you...