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Hi don’t ask me if I have tiled yet because I haven’t although I am ready to start now but I am not there every day and my mother-in-law was not well a few times so it did not suit, she is over 80, so sometimes have to wait for my moment to get in and work for her. I am looking at the tray she...

Hey Richard you are always the man for this, its just I am interested and like to learn as I go rather than just do it parrot fashion, so if someone says different to you, I am interested in what you think about what they said. In any case I have always been one to keep asking questions from...

Hi Richard Asked in Tile Giant for this trowel and they only had square ones but they seemed pretty certain it was much too big. so I went to Topps Tiles as they were nearby and they had all sorts but agin did not have the one you suggest, but they also thought it was far too big...

Hi Jasonb, I think what you say makes sense and yes I did have to push down a bit to get the thread started. Using them this way they ride high over the guard so I suppose you leave the guard on but just ignore it, ie you are not using the guard to catch sparks as you would with a normal...

Hi I have a 4 1/2" grinder and I had some sanding disks with it that I bought seperately a long time ago. The other day I wanted to rough up or key some paint work in the bathroom and thought the grinder with the sanding disk would be great for that. That is when I realised you should have some...

Two things that I have come up against and thought it best to ask, firstly when the double glazing was fitted in the past they fixed trim in the window reveals onto the tiles so that removing these tiles means removing the trim as well, no problem you would think but I used some silicon...

I don't have any of it yet as they had to order the tiles in, so we should be getting them mid week next week, but I will see tomorrow if it states the adhesive details on the receipt, otherwise I will wait and see when we collect and make sure it does not have Buildfix or BNQ on it. What...

Ok they have selected the tiles, they went to TileGiant in the end for them. The tiles are 25cm x 33cm and are ceramic. They weigh 16kg/m2, what size trowel do you think I should use? Also I tested the paint like you advised, I cleaned the dust off the wall first and then really pressed the...

With the paint you say "at the very least" so would I assume you would use something like paint stripper to remove the paint to do it properly, anything special if so, or just normal paint stripper? Also sorry but added a fourth question above probably while you were sopromptly answering me...

Ok got the Rapidset and have got off all the loose plaster so that I am left with only firmly fixed stuff. I now have some questions, probably some a bit silly but hopefully you can help me out with the answers. 1. With the rapidset am I aiming for a smooth finish since I am just using it...

Hi I am helping my mother in law by doing up her bathroom and have removed all the tiles to find a really rough piece of wood about 1inch thick. When I say rough I mean it has no edges, it is like someone snapped a piece of wood in half and used that, it does have a flat top but they have just...

Ok just one question at this point, why the rapid set floor adhesive, is it going to be easier or stronger or both compared with maybe using some finishing plaster? OR is it even ok to use bonding plaster if the surface is only for tiling on? The rapid set bit slightly concerns me, how...

Really grateful tpt, thats some great advice for me to go on, so I will find out more ie what tiles they want and get back on here. You are right about the dot and dab, I saw it but it did not register with me at the time. They are tempted with big tiles as they seem popular for the...

Hi I am helping my mother in law out as she cant afford much but wants to do her bathroom up. Its a 1930's ex council house. The council tiled it last, years ago and I have found that most of the tiles are coming off really easy and unbroken, in fact sometimes i knock 1 off and 3 fall off...

Ok thanks guys for so many replies I know I can thank you on your posts but you have been so good that I want to thank you properly here. Oh and after speaking to my daughter with reference to your replies, yes she does often dry washing in the flat (although often by the back door with it...

Hi common problem here but I was just wondering if someone can give me a little info on a black mould problem my daughter has on her wall. She lives in a modern purpose built 1 bed flat and had a free standing pine wardrobe in front of the wall that backs onto the communal hallway, when she...

Hi thanks for the reply but is the facing side of the bath not supposed to be supported on a frame, which these blocks are in the way of?

Hi My friend wants me to help them replace their bath and he has already bought the new acrylic bath but I notice it seems to have little plywood type blocks fitted under the rim all round about an inch thick or more and they seem really strong, ie it felt like I may damage the bath if I tried...

I was just trying to seal the kingspan a little further from letting any drafts through, ie you can cut it fairly well but not 100% so there may be some small gaps here and there. I did originally think of getting 100mm foil tape to bridge the joists and stick the Kingspan together, they...