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  Tiling tips menu, DIY Tiling tips from helpwithdiy.com

Welcome to the tiling section, in our tiling tutorials we have included wall preparation, setting out the tiles, applying tile adhesive, cutting the tiles, replacing broken tiles and more.
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Tiling is one of the most effective ways of improving the look of your bathroom, kitchen or other room suited to a tiled surface.

The job of tiling requires a lot of preparation, failing to prepare adequately will make the rest of the project more difficult and time consuming.

Using diagrams and plain English text we aim to make the task easier and quicker.

Tiling tips, topics in this section:


Wall Tile Installation - Laying Ceramic Tiles
  1. Preparing the surface and making guide rods (gauge sticks)
  2. Finding the surface centres and setting out the wall tiles
  3. Fixing the battens, applying tile adhesive and installing the first tile
  4. Laying the remaining rows of the ceramic tiles
  5. Measuring and marking the top, bottom and edge tiles
  6. Cutting ceramic tiles with different tools
  7. How to cut around pipes in the kitchen or bathroom
  8. more coming soon..........
Miscellaneous Tile Tips
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