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Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or other objects such as tabletops. Alternatively, tile can sometimes refer to similar units made from lightweight materials such as perlite, wood, and mineral wool, typically used for wall and ceiling applications. In another sense, a tile is a construction tile or similar object, such as rectangular counters used in playing games (see tile-based game). The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile composed of fired clay.
Tiles are often used to form wall and floor coverings, and can range from simple square tiles to complex or mosaics. Tiles are most often made of ceramic, typically glazed for internal uses and unglazed for roofing, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, cork, concrete and other composite materials, and stone. Tiling stone is typically marble, onyx, granite or slate. Thinner tiles can be used on walls than on floors, which require more durable surfaces that will resist impacts.

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  1. jaydebruyne

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    Went to a property yesterday as was asked to change a shower valve. It's quite a high end property. I couldn't do the job as no means of isolating the water (property is in a large block of flats). In my head, I would have had to remove the tiles surrounding the valve as there was no access...
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  3. T

    Heat transfer calculations

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  4. M

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    It has now been changed to a combi so need rid of this power shower. But, it needs changing without altering the pipework by removing tiles and so on. So a quick fix
  5. R

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  6. S

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  7. M

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  8. R

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  9. R

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  10. M

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    Quality Diamond Holesaws drills for very hard porcelain tiles now in PRESTON PR1 1PR

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  12. A

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    Hi Folks, Finally bought the house and get the keys on the 12th November! My job is as follows Complete install of bathroom, I haven't bought all the gear yet in case a plumber says I've chosen the wrong stuff, I also need to buy the gear myself as I need to put it on my credit card to spare...
  13. R

    Silicone bath seal - big gaps?

    I am re-sealing a (builder installed) bath. It has some whacking gaps to the bottom of the tiles and so it will take far more silicone than is ideal (& using my referred BAL microban it will be £20 seal) so... Is there a way to pack it out (a little) first with ano cheaper sealant - acrylic...
  14. W

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  16. B

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  18. T

    Fitting a bath into a 1630mm opening

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  20. R

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