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BTW do you mitre them with a hack saw or can i do that also with a wet saw. Sorry for the silly question but i am a plumber new to tiling. Ta

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Hi guys. I want to redo my bathroom and tile it. Where i get to tile the external corners and the two tiles meet is it possible not to use trims and have a nice finish? When i did a bathroom for a friend a couple of months ago i noticed that the tiler had not used trims and the corners did look...

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Hi guys i want to tile my bathroom. I have read somewhere that once the bathroom has been tiled and grouted, i can not use it right away, i mean especially round the bathtub, but i should wait 7 days. Is there any reason behind it? I thought that once the grout has gone off i could have a...

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Hi Richard thanks for your answer. Is it also a good practice to apply some silicone in the corner before i tile or there is no need for it? Ta

Hi guys. I intend to tile the walls above the bathtub. What do you use in the corner where the two walls join at 90 degree (i mean where the the tiled walls join at 90 degree)grout or silicon. I can't remember whether somebody told me to use silicon in the corner where the walls join before i...

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Hi guys i just wondered if 1/4 turn taps are suitable to fit in hard water areas, i live in the Croydon area. Screwfix are doing an offer on bathtaps and basin taps for #67.00 instead of 130.00 and as i have to renew my bathroom i wanted to buy them. The make is SWIRL, how easy would it be to...

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Hi and thanks for answering. The ceiling is secure. The walls and ceilings were replastered about 5 years ago and noticed two long hair crack about a couple of years ago. As i want to repaint both rooms i want to fix the two cracks at the same time. I have been told that if i fill them in with...

Hi guys. I need to repaint my sitting room and diner and want to fill in a couple of long hair cracks in the ceiling. This is what i have been told how to do it: open the ceiling cracks, fill the crack with caulk up to 2mm below the surface, let it dry, fill up to the surface with already mixed...

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Hi guys and thank you very much for your inputs. The ground floor window opening in my sitting room where the bay window is has as i said a slight sprung arch and the bedrooms upstairs have vertical bricks lined in a straight line right on the top of the window frame. Also my house has been...

Hi Stevethejoiner and thanks for answering. The top of the window cutting on the ground floor, has indeed an arched brick course, which as you clearly explained will not need any support... I am not sure about the first floor. Assuming the first floor has a straight horizontal brick course...

Hi guys. I want to replace my old wooden windows with pvc ones. I live in a terraced house dated 1910 and it is been built with solid bricks i think. Before removing the old windows, do i need to support the window opening with metal props to avoid the the brick work to sag in? If so, do i need...

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Hi guys. My old acrylic bathtub has got two little cracks that i would like to repair before i redo my bathroom next year. Toolstation do a bathroom repair kit @ 20.00 which sound a bit excessive. Could i use some clear silicon instead? The fix is just temporary.....i just want to stop the water...

Thanks for answering so quickly Dan.