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- We had a wet room fitted by a large company. We have issues with a few large steps where the gradient isn’t smooth so you can stump your toe. They sent a wet room fitter round to report, but the first 2 were general bathroom fitters who didn’t know about wet rooms. One even attempted […]
- Hi, Can anyone please give me some advice. I have an old bathroom and I want to turn it into a part wetroom. It is the flooring that I need help with. Currently it has wooden boards with haphazard ply on top. My plan is to: 1. Remove ply. 2. cut a hole for shower […]
- Hi all New to the forum, anyone have an idea how to clean and get these white stains off a newly installed black slate shower tray (8 months ago), my wife have stupidly used a product called ViaKal and it might have damaged the surface – but im unsure if this is stain or damaged. […]
- Shower bath tiling preparation: plaster and wooden windowsill | Tilers Forums Find Shower bath tiling preparation: plaster and wooden windowsill Advice and Help. How-to Shower bath tiling preparation: plaster and wooden windowsill in the Tanking and Wetrooms advice boards on Tiling Advice | TilersForums.com. Shower bath tiling preparation: plaster and wooden windowsill on… www.tilersforums.com There […]
- hi advise is needed please I’m not a professional, we installed a wet room in December Maxxus former Bsa membrane Mapei flexible adhesive Ceramic tiles Thought we had done a good job however this week we have noticed some of the tiles are squishing water through when we lifted said tiles they don’t seem to […]
- ok…so I have at last made a start and am currently planning the frame and base for the new wet room. I could do with a little advice though. All of the info I have read say plywood for the base. I have loads of 22mm OSB in my shed so was thinking I might […]
- Ok, so they’re not BRAND new, but @Schlüter-Systems Ltd looking to expand both sizes and colours, to include the Trend line colours. 45degree fine detail profiles to protect mitred edges from 2.5mm all the way up to 12.5mm. So I thought I’d try to get them some feedback. I’d appreciate it if you’d complete the […]
- Hi I have tanked my shower with mapei waterproofing,now I need to stick pvc panels to the ceiling.can anyone recommend something I can use please.
- Ok just came across this article, @Dan hates buzzfeed but I had to share. These showers are fabulous. Which is your favourite? Mine are number 2 and 7 17 Ridiculously Stunning Showers That'll Wash Away Your Troubles 17 Ridiculously Stunning Showers That'll Wash Away Your Troubles – https://www.buzzfeed.com/terripous/shower-power?utm_term=.dbyZB0bYK6#.dbyZB0bYK6
- Hi all In a kind of 'Payment' for all the advice i have got from here i have decided to do a build thread for my wet room, it may help someone in the future it may not but here it goes! Room size is 1.8M x 2.2M, at the end of the extension i […]
- how much are you lads charging for tanking ?
- Anyone any ideas for waterproofing an Aqua dec other than Tilesafe, ive done a few with Durals Durabase which as im sure most of you will know is the 1m wide roll of fleecy waterproofing fabric. It has worked ok but is a bit of a pain to get in around the drain of the […]
- I'd appreciate your suggestions on preparation for tiling over my bath. Photo shows the old bath. The new bath will be in by the end of the week. The soil pipe will be boxed in to the width of the bath using Aquapanel, and a mixer shower and concealed bath valves will be attached to […]
- Utilising a shower former design I saw somewhere on line, a few months back I believe, I completed this wet room a few weeks ago. It's a 1200 x600 x 10mm porcelain from Mandarin Stone. The short walls I re-fabricated the 1200's down to 600's so that I could keep the bond with the floor. […]
- Hi hope someone can help. I have quite a few years of tiling experience but never had this problem before. Fortunately the job was in our own house and we have another shower so there is no irate customer but my wife. 3 weeks ago I completed a fully tiled ensuite including a shower area. […]
- I got a professional top tile my wetroom because I was scared of making a mistake. After he left it occurred to me that he never fit the frame for the drain cover. The shower tray has a linear drain with a stainless frame that should have been screwed in place and tiled up to. […]
- Hi all, My wetroom is going to be refurbished after my impey tray failed after 10 years. Wetroom is 2m x 3m. Existing Wetroom: I have decided to remove the whole floor, but leave the walls where the sink and radiator is. However, the bottom row of tiles from these 2 walls will be removed […]
- Looking for a recommendation for a liquid tanking system to be applied to fresh plaster. Was eying up aqua defence by Mapei or HydroBan by Laticrete but open to others. Just needs to be able to be painted on ready for ceramic tiles
- We are redoing our bathroom and had a long discussion on tanking with our handyman who does minor plumbing and tiling. We have asked him to tank around the bath and shower areas. He has been saying that if grouting is properly applied then there is no need for tanking as grouting is moisture resistant. […]
- Hi all, just tiled one of two sides of my shower tray but I’ve left a 7mm gap at the base. Technically and mechanically is this too big? I’d rather not try and redo the bottom row of tiles 🙄 Behind, the plasterboard primed, then Silicon sealed then tanking tape then tanking paint before tiling. […]
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