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Tiling bathrooms and kitchen walls
Tiling bathrooms and kitchen walls Tiles are an ideal decorating material for they make a room look good for years and require virtually no maintenance. But covering several walls with tiles is a...
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Tile planning for kitchens and bathroom
Tile planning for kitchens and bathroom Planning on paper The best possible way to start planning for a large expanse of tiling is not on the wall, but on paper. Graph paper is ideal, particularly if...
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Mirrors in bathrooms and toilets
The bathroom, or a tiny cloakroom without a window, are perfect arenas for more adventurous experiments with mirrors. Try lining all the walls of the bathroom with them (forget what was said earlier...
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Ceramic tiles
The best surface for areas which must stand up to regular cleaning with detergents is ceramic tiles.Cheap and effective, they provide an excellent finishing material for bathroom, shower and kitchen...
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First, remove any cupboards that you intend to tile behind. Remove any unwanted screws, hooks, brackets, old pipes or other ‘rubbish’ and, if you have unsightly wiring on the wall surface, cut it back...
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Tiling
Tiling walls and floors Setting out the work If you are tiling the walls, remember that most floors are slightly out of level. So use a lath or batten as a base line because if you start from the floor...
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One of the quickest ways to give a face lift to sound old tiling is to replace the grout filling material round each tile. Rake out the old grout. Take care not to scratch surface of tiles while raking...
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Preparing the surface for tiling
Preparing the surface As with nearly all decorative covering jobs it is the preparation that makes or breaks the finish. And this applies particularly with ceramic tiles as, like wallpaper or paint,...
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