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    Help!! Has the underfloor heating been installed wrong!!!

    Hello I am new to the forum and am looking for some help in a moment of need!!! We are having a new loft bathroom tiled and the tiler has done an excellent job so far and we asked him to install a devimat UFH matt 0.5 x 1m and left him to get on with it. the elctrician has provided power...
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    recommended primer for green gyproc that has been emulsioned?

    Hello chaps, just visited a job i am starting on monday, only to find the customer has emulsioned the shower room new moistureboard!!, I will be using mapei green top addy, and am wondering if i should risk going straight over it?, but for peace of mind, what primers would you boys recommend?
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    have been a good year for all tilers

    i had good year 2011 very good for me . how about for all tilers out there
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    how's the last year been for you?

    last year was my first 12 months part time tiling- full time house hubby,,,,,what a bloody juggling act :mad2:, getting the lads up, dressed, breakfast, faces washed teeth cleaned, on the bus, me flask in hand ushering them onto the bus as I go to my yoot. Having to get home from work at (the...
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    Can you put underfloor heating down on concrete floor once it has been screeded?

    Hi, I have had the floor screeded, and the base units are now in the kitchen (see below). The tiler who will be putting our tiles in said that we would not benefit from having underfloor heating as the heat would not reach the surface of the room, which i thought was a load of rubbish Anyway...
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    What a diverse week it has been

    What a diverse week it has been, but its great. Monday started with laying an under floor heating cable then tiling with Marble in a bathroom. Tuesday was pretty standard bathroom which turned out nicer than expected. Wednesday back to Marble floor job and tile walls in 6" white with a Metro...
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    Has there been a slow down in London over the last couple of years?

    Info gratefully accepted. Out here in the sticks for 2 years. Thinking of returning to work in the smoke, not to live, probably lodge away.(Unfortunately we(that is the royal we.) have fell in love with the west country) Is there much work around at present? Looking on the job sites, the...
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    Help! - 2 Shades of Porcelain tiles been laid by my fitter.

    I wonder if anyone has any experience of the following situation I find myself in (thank you in advance) My neighbour had his kitchen tiled in large format (60 x 60) porcelain tiles from Topps last year and used one of their approved fitters. I really liked the way they looked and have been...
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    Has your computer been suffering lots of error messages?

    Got a phone call from an Indian man claiming to be "From Windows Tech Team." My computer has been sending out numerous error messages - he said I should go to my computer and he would tell me how to fix the problem because my computer will suffer a "terminal crash." :yikes: Yeah, right...
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    For those that have already been on holiday this year.

    Have you noticed any drop in rices at the local bars/shops etc etc.. The pound and euro are about equal... and with Spain etc really having tough times have they dropped certain prices to try and get more peeps in..? Or is it still the same ..?
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    What have you been doing today.

    I was meant to be working today but im waiting on some glass mosaic border tiles that were meant to be delivered on thursday and are not coming to wed next week :mad2: from Topps tiles. And the customer is not sure if she wants 2 or 3 or 4 as a border so i can not continue tiling...So i took my...
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    I've just been mugged...!

    Well at least I feel like it.......lol. I have Just been shopping with my daughter Freya for some mothers day gifts and flowers. Now normally I wouldn't partake in such nonsense, but with two daughters, I kinda have no choice. Flowers, 2 Hummingbird cook books and two cards cost a small...
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    Been a while...

    Hello Just a quick post to say hello :wave2: as I haven't been on too much over the past few months Hope business is good for everyone Gonna try and get on here a bit more regular again Speak to you all soon United (Mark) :thumbsup:
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    Victorian tiled floors that had been written off.

    Hi these are floors from contracts over the years most had been written off by either the client or the architect. not going to say anything much about them as the pics do it all. again my apologies if they are out of sequence but i'm sure that everyone can figure them out. Cheers Steve. the...
  15. macten

    Not been on for a while...

    Don't think I've really been on here since October. Loads has happened, the most major is that I'm gonna be a dad!! Got keys to my new home in October and it needed to be totally gutted and modernised and took up my entire life for 3 months 24/7. It's finally pretty much done and I've been...
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    hi all i have been a tiler for 11 years always something new to learn!

    hi i am a tiler in the north east i have been tiling for 11 years there is always something new to learn hope my experiance can be of help to anyone
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    If you have ever been a biker then this must be your dream !

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Gqmfa7qog
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    ive been told to make some friends .... new member saying hello

    Good afternoon fellow tilers . how is everyone ? :welcome:
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    Santa has been..

    Just got back from the pub and santa had delivered my present...a new makita tile saw :hurray:
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    Never been so quiet

    I fit complete bathrooms, had a really busy year up until 6 weeks ago. now I keep checking my phone to make sure it's working, not even getting small plumbing jobs I usually get, never been this quiet this early before Christmas all the years I v'e been self employed.

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