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gcol Why do you say im somebody you know full well im not. You know my ip address and email, but it suits you to try and make yourself look clever. People have asked for advice and ive given them the correct advice where as you have not. Mountford made some good points and appears to be...

Roughcaster I wish more people were like you and took pride in their work. You are quite right, it should be done correctly the first time of asking. The product i was refering to is called Aquamix Eff ex which removes the effloresence as described. Seeing is believing. gcol Its fine...

roughcaster I dont know if you tile but 90 per cent of my work is via reccomendation. Your ignorance will be your downfall

Fellas Dont take my word as gospel (you obviously dont which is not a problem). I have nothing to prove. I was introduced to this site by a customer who praised my work and the technical advice and installation proceedures he was given. The end result was a professionally installed and...

gcol Sorry mate but thats bad advice. With todays current trends especially with large format tiles etc you are begging for trouble with a tile on tile philosphy. With your experience you should realise that you are taking a calculated gamble by "knocking" the tiles, as do i, to check the...

Good point Gcol I believe they make a superior polished porcelain tile now that is not absorbant, nor porous but you are paying silly money to buy them. The porcelain tile available to the general masses is still porous and is suseptible to the usual contaminents / staining. Popular...

Roughcaster Try the aquamix products.You will be amazed as was i !. The epoxy based colourants for example have a 15 year life on them. Ive done several floors with them now including a busy restaurant kitchen floor i did six months ago. I went back about a fortnight ago and the you would...

Llama Dry line the whole room with new plasterboard / cement backerboard and tank it accordingly (even the backerboard as cement is porous).Seal the tiles prior to fixing. fix the tiles, grout, and seal again.No need for skim coat with with appropiate BAL adhesives and grouts these...

John D No problem John. Dont take my word for it contact BAL in stoke on trent 01782 591120.The technical support team will gladly assist you. Alternativley you could contact Microban in the USA who invented the product. P.S My shower at home has been tanked by me, tiled by me, grouted by...

penelopepitstop Dont worry, there are products available to clean and restore the grout to its original colour, which will need sealing afterwards. Speak to the team at trades direct in stoke, explain the problem and a wonderful range of aquamix products will restore the floor. Cant do a...

More nonsense Black mould is a combination of three things .Salmonella / listeria / and ecoli. These nasty things grow in humid and damp conditions (especially grout and silicone) and thrive on our dead skin cells and oils every time we shower. BAL microflex grout and microseal silicone will...

Customer wins Porcelain is porous and needs sealing. Aquamix products by far and away the best on the market.

Deco Is the shower over a bath or a seperate cubicle??

Mikey Which one of the two floors is higher than the other??

Tile on tile Floors- if sound and dependant on tile / porisity a flexible adhesive with flexible additive for good measure / extra bond. Walls- Pick up a box of tiles generally one m2 per box which is reasonably heavy. Combine that weight with the existing tiles on the wall held on by...

Shakermaker Please discard the useless advice you have recieved so far. Firstly apply a piece of sellotape to the paint and leave for 15 minutes.When removing it if paint comes away with sellotape you will have to sand the lot off until its virtually gone. You will then need to "score" the...

Jerrym. Its not so much the tile letting water pass through its always the grout (appart from the obvious natural stone tiles). The problem is that a continual steady flow over the months and years lets the water pass through the grout which slowly creates the damage to the substrate. All grouts...

You will defininately need to put a tanking system around the shower area the BAL WP 1 is the fella. A large format BAL bagged adhesive is now available and a darn lot cheaper than a single part flex. About 3 bags poss 4 will be needed. Use BAL microflex wall grout and BAL microseal silicone...

Hmm fair comment John. But surely if a pipe has been chased into the wall and leaks it will involve tile removal, replastering, and retiling.If its the trap surely the tray will need removing and trap repairing which will damage the tiles? and again need replacing?. I would safely estimate that...

Have you got a shower over the bath?