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    Tile Adhesive on Shower Tray

    A bit of bathroom cleaner and a scouring pad . Touch of elbow grease aswell. If it's only a small amount, no point getting tiler back.
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    new tiles stain easily

    The only one time sealer i know of that gaurentees for 30 yrs is Drytreat from Australia. it's for natural stone, not sure if it would work on porcelain. I don't use HG, but i do use lithfin - and with their products they do deteriorate over time. That said, it should last a few years...
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    new tiles stain easily

    You can get a pocelain cleaner made by Lithofin from a good tile shop. Matt tiles can be a bit of a problem , especiallly in kithcen areas. After you've cleaned them(bleach/Ajax is also good) and the floor has dried for a few days you can seal with porcelain sealer, or seal the grout with a...
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    Tiles on Tiles

    Clean them well - u can get a tile cleaner from a tile shop. For ceramic tiles, use cement based ceramic floor tile adhesive. Shouldn't be any need to key it up , especially if the tiles differ in size - grout joints work as a key. If you 're worried , paint on a slurry coat of cement and Bal...
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    laying ceramic tiling

    Start with a full tile either side of joint where concret meets ply - this will become your expansion joint. Grout entire floor (except for this joint) with flexi grout. Fill this with grey silicon sealant. If you use flexi grout just on timber side and regular on other ther is usually a slight...
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    mitred edges on tiles?....

    Maybe it's late and i'm tired - but i haven't got a clue what you mean. i think i get the 1st part about the wetsaw table being 'dirty' - just wipe it down with a sponge before each cut. the rest.. well , you lost me!
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    mitred edges on tiles?....

    The tiles can be mitred on external corners but to have a good finish the best way to do them iis to mitre the full tiles, then cut them to fit(unless starting with a full tile at corner). But, the walls need to be plum - if you've not done it before/don't have much experience in tiling, it may...
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    laying ceramic tiling

    you probably won't need an expansion joint at all - but if you wanted to put one in, it would be along the joint wher concrete meets ply. you can more than likely just not bother and tile over this joint using the fastfex and grout over whole floor using flexi grout. On the rest of concrete...
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    Tile floor

    Silicon sealant - 'Dow Corning 748' is a good one
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    What to replace floor boards with to tile to?

    Straight on joists , I use 25mm tongue and groove ply; stagger the sheets(brick bond pattern) screwed every 4-6 inches
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    laying ceramic tiling

    Use Bal fastflex adhesive - expensive stuff though. You can slope it down gradually by building it up with adhesive at point where levels change. . or you could make an expansion joint along the edge of the ply - you should fill this joint with silicon. If boards are nice and stiff , I'd go with...
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    Is a grout float worth it?

    Worth every penny
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