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by diylearner
Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:42 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Newly laid tiles are loose - help!
Replies: 8
Views: 6772

Newly laid tiles are loose - help!

I'm just over halfway through tiling my bathroom walls (my first attempt at any kind of tiling) and am a bit concerned as some tiles appear a bit loose when pressed, particaularly around the edges and corners. A couple of others have fallen off when I have applied any kind of pressure, and on inspec...
by diylearner
Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:21 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Wall to Floor Tiling with no Skirting - Help?!
Replies: 4
Views: 11923

Thanks Rosebery, I am tiling onto a wall from which I have stripped old tiles. I have scrapped/rubbed down the walls to remove old adhesive and bits of loose mortar and then sealed it, and am having plasterboard fixed to the voids behind where the skirting used to be so that I can continue the tilin...
by diylearner
Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:02 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: Wall to Floor Tiling with no Skirting - Help?!
Replies: 4
Views: 11923

Wall to Floor Tiling with no Skirting - Help?!

I'm about to start work on tiling my bathroom walls and floor and plan to remove the skirtings so that I can get the wall tiles to meet with the floor tiles. However, I'm not sure if I should lay the floor tiles first and then the wall tiles so that the bottom row of tiles "sit" on the flo...
by diylearner
Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:17 pm
Forum: Tiles and Tiling Forum
Topic: To skim or not to skim?!
Replies: 1
Views: 3704

To skim or not to skim?!

I have stripped my bathroom and intend to tile some areas and paint others. When i removed the existing wall coverings and tiles I found that the walls were quite rough and bumpy with chunks of mortar missing in some areas, especially where the old tiles were. With this in mind I've spoken to a plas...
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