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Hi guys and thanks for your replies.What sort of mastic should i apply underneath between the thread and the cistern hole? Plumersmate will do or slx? Thanks again.

Hi guy. I am in the process to install a new close coupled cistern. The cistern comes with two rubber washers, a plastic washer, a metal plate and a rubber doaughnut. A rubber washer goes inside the cistern between the syphon and the bottom of the cistern. Then on outside of the cistern what...

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Hi guys I am renovating my bathroom. The waste outlet kit for my bath tub comes with one rubber seal for the overflow. Does the seal go on the inside or the outside of the bath tub? Thanks for your time.

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Hi Karis thanks again for your time. They are glass wall mosaics, mesh at the back, light green colour, and the sheet is about 250 by 250 I would say. On the Mapei Keraflex data sheet, it says that it is suitable for glass tiles.... are glass mosaics considered like glass tiles? The adhesive is...

Also, is the above adhesive suitable for glass mosaics? On the pack says that it is suitable for glass tiles. Does it include glass mosaics?

Hi guys. Since i have never tiled before, i will just mixing enough adhesive to cover 1 square meter at a time which leads to the following questions: 1) Certainly, mixing just that little amount with a paddle and electric drill is a bit impractical....i have experienced it yesterday, when a...

Hi Karis thanks very much for your time. I will use quick set render where the dips are then. Regarding plaster blown off on external solid brick wall, i am still waiting for an answer in the "Plastering and Rendering" forum. Hopefully i will be able to sort it out without having to invest too...

Hi again guys.I am doing mi bathroom and after removing the old tiles, i checked the two walls around the bathtub and at certain spots there are dips of about 1 inch. I want to try to make that surface as straight as possible before tiling and therefore my question is: 1) is it ok to use a...

Hi Karis. Yes the wall is indeed solid brick. I have posted my trail to the Plastering section> Thanks.

Hi guys. I am doing up my bathroom and got rid of old tiles and wall paper. In doing so, not only the finishing plaster was not sound and therefore i had to remove nearly most of it but also i realized that a section of bonding plaster is not properly bond to the exterior brick wall. It is not...

Hi guys. I am doing up my bathroom and got rid of old tiles and wall paper. In doing so, not only the finishing plaster was not sound and therefore i had to remove nearly most of it but also i realized that a section of bonding plaster is not properly bond to the exterior brick wall. It is not...

Thank you Karis i will give it a go.

Rather than cut the tile to a sharp edge, leave a very thin ½ mm strip down the edge next to the glaze, when grouted you end up with a thin white grout line down the corner which isn’t sharp, you will still end up with a mitered corner but it won’t have a razor sharp edge which with chips on it...

Hi Karis sorry for being so daft. By the look of the two previous pictures of yours i gathered that you did not cut the tiles 45 degrees as you risk to chip the glaze, as you said, and you end up with a sharp edge. Therefore i understood that you just join the whole tiles at right angle ( 90...

Hi Karis thank you very much for your time.....your tiling does look the business! This is my first tiling job as you can probably tell so please be patient.So, to end up with your result, i do not have to cut the tile at all? 1)Basically when the tiles meet at 90 degrees, i just stop one of the...

Hi guys and thanks for your inputs. Karis why do you say it is not the way to do it? I have seen it in other places and i think it looks great and very professional .......then, of course like everything else in life, it is just a matter of taste! A friend of mine has lent me his wet tile cutter...

Sorry i was meant to post it in the TILING....which i have now done!!

Hi guys. I will tile my bathroom next week and i do not like using trims for external corners. I have a wet saw that can be tipped 45 degrees and i would like to cut the tiles for external corner 45 degrees. Once the tiles join up, there will be very sharp external edges and therefore i would...