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  1. Mark W Smith

    Contract work

    What's your tiling question? Pictures can be added. hi all, I may be doing some work for a tiling contractor by the name of Richmond Ceramics based in Kettering......has anybody worked for them and if so how did you find the experience, decent or not so? regards Mark
  3. Mark W Smith

    Tiling Rates Per Square Meter - How much does tiling cost?

    Hello there Dan , It’s a very competitive market out there now as there are just so many tilers ( or so called tilers ) advertising the professional tilers services for at very cheap rates. I have been tiling for 21 years now and I can’t earn what I used to 10 years ago as it doesn’t seem to...
  4. Mark W Smith

    Tiling Jobs

    Hi I can’t seem to find the tiling jobs page from tiling contractors since the forum update or has that finished now
  6. Mark W Smith

    Tilemaster Tilemaster grout 3000 new formula

    Yes it is not the old paper bags
  7. Mark W Smith

    Tilemaster Tilemaster grout 3000 new formula

    I’ve just recently used the new formula recommended to me by pro tiler tools, i used the sandstone colour....very impressed at how easy it is to apply and wash off and open time was good too......dried out completely uniformed....lovely stuff......I used it years ago when it used to take forever...
  8. Mark W Smith

    Advice needed re tiling job

    that tiling work was definately rushed.....take a closer look John .......
  10. Mark W Smith

    Advice needed re tiling job

    They are out there but I think they are few & far between from what I have seen over the years ......if this was carried out by someone that just does tiling for a living then sumthin is a miss......
  11. Mark W Smith

    Advice needed re tiling job

    Was the tiling carried out by a Tiler or jack of all trades, I’m guessing the latter looking at it.......
  12. Mark W Smith

    Advice needed re tiling job

    That looks horrendous, maybe there is a slight bow in the tile but still, looking at that I’d say they didn’t even bother checking the walls with a straight edge and just followed the walls with a 6mm serration ......lips everywhere, grouting is so rough, i would condemn that and not pay....(...
  14. Mark W Smith

    Is this a silly question?

    As wilder says, nothing wrong with doing it either way as long as your tiles are level...I do use laths...not on commercial work as I mark a datum line after using a laser level.....but in bathrooms or wet rooms most of the time I do as I find it works fine in smaller areas.....then drop the...
  15. Mark W Smith

    Builders Tiling job - is this acceptable?

    Tiling onto ply on walls doesn’t follow british standards......all shower enclosure walls should firstly be made watertight using a water resistant backer board, I use wedi board, if that’s not possible then it should be tanked.......wedi board or Hardi backer board glued & screwed to the floor...
  16. Mark W Smith

    diamond blades, again

    PREMTOOL Turbo Fastline 115mm x 22.2mm Diamond Blade TUR115 - https://www.protilertools.co.uk/product/premtool-turbo-fastline-115mm-x-22-2mm-diamond-blade-tur115 I’ve just used this bade on a 70 metre extremely hard porcelain floor I’ve just completed, all dry cut and no chips...
  18. Mark W Smith

    Large format popped around edges

    i agree with others that a 10mm seration only is insufficient for bonding a 12mm large format tile, I never tile directly to the ribs, always back butter the back of the tile but with large format always aerate the back of the tile, this will also help with the concern of levelling clips...
  19. Mark W Smith

    Which tile adhesive did you use most during 2018

    Haha!.....good point!......the ultra SPES is probably the best adhesive I’ve used......tilemaster setaflex is good which I was using for many years but ultra SPES is just so easy to work with and now my 1st choice ....good prices too
  20. Mark W Smith

    Which tile adhesive did you use most during 2018

    Been using ultra SPES for the last 2 years......cracking adhesive

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