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    Thin Cuts / Slithers

    Hi guys I was wondering what the general consensus is when setting out - do you avoid slither cuts like the plague, or are they just part and parcel of the job sometimes and you don't worry about it? As an example if you had a fairly standard bathroom, decent size ceramic tiles would you be...
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    fleece membranes

    I've booked myself in to refurb my own ensuite in November (its only taken 18 months to find some time!!) and I'm thinking about trying the kerdi or durabase wp membranes in the shower area. I haven't used these before as I usually use ardex or nicobond paint on systems, but really think its...
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    stag do in chester

    Hi guys, Off to chester on a stag do saturday, can anyone recommend any decent places for few beers, there's 12 of us going? Cheers Mart :8:
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    Would you decouple??

    Hi guys, Just after a bit of advice on a job I've just started. Upstairs bathroom, new joists to be fitted, chipboard floor over this and I've got to install electric underfloor heating with a 300 x 300 travertine tile over the top, 7sq metres. Doesn't look a great quality tile, few holes in...
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    Be glad to get off this job!

    Started a bathroom refurb this week, nice woman, 3 daughters, 4 cats, 2 dogs, birds, rabbits, ducks etc...... Put a dustsheet down on the bathroom floor for them on the 1st night after ripout, came in the next morning and one of the dogs had taken a fancy to it and taken a big old dump on it...
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    Invoicing software

    Can anyone recommend any good (easy to use) invoicing software? I've finally got round to sorting out an accountant / bookkeeper who is going to sort out all the receipts, vat returns, payroll etc on her own software, so all I should need is a fairly basic invoicing system? Thanks in advance...
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    merry xmas!

    Merry Christmas fellow forum addicts, Here's to a prosperous 2014 to you all Cheers Mart :8:
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    The sun is shining and im....

    Off to get my youngest boy christened this afternoon - happy days! :thumbsup:
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    A week or two with redback kneepads

    Thanks to some very generous competitions on this forum lately I've become the owner of a shiny new pair of redback kneepads - so I thought I'd let you know how they're treating me :thumbsup:. I've suffered with aching, creaking, stiff knees caused by a decade or so of plumbing and tiling, but...
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    Diamond / 45 degree floor pattern

    Hi guys, im tiling a kitchen / dining room floor for my sister in a couple of weeks (15sq metres - cheap b&q cirque tiles:thumbsdown:). Shes's asked today if I can do it in a diamond pattern, which is something I've not done before. My question to you guys, who may have more experience in this...
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    ats holesaws

    I've just ordered some various sized diamond holesaws from ATS - I had an email a few minutes later saying part of the delivery charges have been refunded! Good customer service I reckon :thumbsup:
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    tiling around a log burner?

    Hi guys, I'm half way through a bathroom fit out and the customer has asked me if I can tile around his log burner which is set back in an alcove. Can anyone give me any advice on what type of tiles / adhesives / grouts may be suitable for this, its already got a fire board around the 3 sides...
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    Hi guys

    Finally getting round to posting 1st thread! I've been a self employed plumber / bathroom fitter for a few years now (plumber of 12 years by trade - but love the bathroom fitouts) Looking for advise on quality tools and materials - lots of great advice on here so far!:thumbsup: All the best...

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