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by PST
Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:58 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: TILES ON MDF-THE ULTIMATE SIN????
Replies: 4
Views: 44681

Best bet is Bal Mosaicfix , used and stuck like nobodys business
by PST
Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:54 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: porcelain floor tiles plywood ?
Replies: 5
Views: 6463

Hi Cement boards are made up of cement and fibregalss which gives it its strength , if you are overlaying with this you will need a minimun of 10mm thickness , using a flexible adhesive and grout. The other 2 ways are to use an 18mm marine plywood overlay , screwed down all over at 300mm centres and...
by PST
Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:51 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: tiles
Replies: 1
Views: 3018

best kind of disc for porcalain tiles would be a diamond tipped blade
by PST
Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:49 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: tiles
Replies: 6
Views: 4290

HI i'm afraid your friend is incorrect any PVA is water based and will soften with water contact. you should only be sealing porcelain tiles if 1. its a polished porcelain and 2. you are using a dark coloured grout . Companies like FILA , SILA , HAGEASON , LIONHEART , LITHOFIN all do a porcelain sea...
by PST
Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:44 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Can I use floor grout on my meshed mosiac wall tiles?
Replies: 1
Views: 5779

Hi There

Yes you can use floor grout on wall tiles but remember floor grouts use a course sand as filler so try in small area first to see if it may scratch the mosaic tiles
by PST
Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:15 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Travertine wall tiles 610 x 406
Replies: 1
Views: 4101

There is no problem using this size tiles on walls except the weight factor , plastered walls will only take 20 kilos per sq mt and plasterboard 32 kilo per sq mt , best substrate to tile to would be render which does not have a weight limit. Also remember to use a cement based flexible adhesive lik...
by PST
Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:08 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Ho do I tile ceramic tiles on a wooden floor
Replies: 6
Views: 6818

Re: Ho do I tile ceramic tiles on a wooden floor

[quote="bossozw"]May you please help me. I bought ceramic tiles for my living room floor. the floor is wooden and someone tells me they will crack or wont hold because the wooden floor vibrates and is flexible. they say i should have bought laminate. please help![/quote] There are 2 ways t...
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