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  1. D

    That will teach me to keep my mouth shut when I've been drinking

    Saturday night I went to a friends birthday BBQ. My bestest friend Lisa was also there. As I hadn't seen Lisa for a few months, we proceeded to drink and chatter on like women do. Anyway to cut a long story short, she drank almost a bottle of vodka and I drank 1.5 bottles of wine. I remember...
  2. P

    anyone been to marmaris????

    im off too marmaris soon has anyone been there? can you give some good advise on places to go and see any good boat trips island hopping etc? staying at club julia hotel any good? any info at all gretly recieved....:thumbsup:
  3. chris.tiling

    Lesson been learned

    Evening all...and Hello again - I have been hiding (or rather too blooming busy to log on much) I have been flat out all year, which is great - BUT - it has caused me problems. The background is I am a tiler of almost three years experience, with great feedback from past and present...
  4. F

    Been away

    I've not been on recently. I only found out a while ago a very good mate of mine from my Met Police days took his own life. I'm sort of numb at the moment, but will be back when I've got my head together, Regards, Fred, AKA SImon.
  5. A

    Polands president has been killed

    terrible news for our polish members tonight. their president, priminister and main government officials have all been killed in a plane crash....the country is in huge shock more on the main news headlines... sincere condolences ed
  6. M

    Been a while - giving up!

    I have not been on here for a long while down to a few reasons but mainly this one. I have had very little work in due to being undercut mainly by a fireman who tiles on his days off but also by a few new tilers who are doing prices so cheap I cannot compete. I have tried a thousand different...
  7. D

    What ive been up to

    Hi all, I've been busy for a while and neglected this site a bit, sorry, so just popping by and posting some photos of what ive been up to. Started an extension on the house & a double garage. Cleared the site, dug the founds and poured the concrete all myself (so proud). See photos. Builder...
  8. D

    have you ever been asked to tile a steam room

    if so, please tell us what materials that you would propose to use, given a free rain!! starting with what you would build the walls, ceiling, floor from, no catch here!! just an interesting exercise :8:
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    i have been to the ardex demo day???

    well it was a fantastic day at a golf club in Bristol. They showed and demo'd their ranges of addys, coloured grouts, fast track renders/ screeds, epoxies, self levellers, tanking systems. They supplied coffee, great dinner/pudd and yes beer!!! Result! Plus at the end freebees. There was...
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  10. D

    has anyone else been invited??

    to the waxmans/ardex demonstration/play with day, or is it just me!!!:lol::lol::lol:
  11. U

    What's been your funniest dream?

    My husband is mildly amused and calling me a trollop for this - I thought it was hilarious :lol: but last night I dreamt that I had a walk and a chat with Prince Charles, who told me to turn vegetarian, and the next thing I knew he was on top of me making love to me in a rowing boat on the...
  12. P

    Any one been stuck in the snow then???

    Well today i spent 4 hrs stuck with the back end of me van well and truly berried in the hedge, left for work at 8am decided to leave later as we had snow all day yesterday, the roads diddnt look too bad any ways had to turn onto an a road snow not too bad then the road looked clearer came...
  13. D

    whats the strangest place you have been asked to tile??

    iv' tiled flower pots , tables, and was ones asked and tiled the inside of a manhole :yikes: how about you foilks then?
  14. F

    Think I've been bumped

    A company owes me ove 1400 notes and now their not returning my calls. Does any one know the small claims procedure, sending a 1st registered letter etc............cheers Fred
  15. P

    gooner59 has been busy

    Hi gooner, did you get a new computer for xmas???? You have been very buisy on here with all your posts over the festive period! keep it up, it makes for great reading and the replies are great too!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
  16. S

    who's been to work today!!!

    What would be the worst job you would want to do today, i fitted 12m2 of 670x330mm porcelain yesterday and went back today to grout them and guess what!!!! yes you guessed it BLACK FLEXIBLE GROUT !!!!!!!! nice little job for xmas eve. i also went back and fitted a new bathroom door and new...
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  17. C

    Anyone been contacted by RCB Management?

    I was contacted today by a cold caller claiming to be from RCB Management. They are apparently a management company who have approved building traders, i.e. joiners tilers etc., that cover designated areas/postcodes, doing domestic and commercial work. They charge a one off fee of £199.00 and...
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    TI 66 s any good?, been out a while now

    Hello all, I've been reading these forums with great interest but have not posted much as yet, can anyone who owns a rubi TI 66 s, (as they have been out a while now), tell me how they find it for ceramics as I've read they crush a lot of tiles? as I will be cutting ceramic as well as...
  19. S

    Simons been to CHASE TILING ACADEMY

    Having recently set myself up in Tiling I felt I wanted to learn some tips and get qualified and so I searched for 'city and guilds' registered courses. The nearest to me was CHASE TILING ACADEMY. From the outset the staff, Phil, Dave and Rus were really enthusiastic, helpful and friendly with...
  20. marbleman

    whats the worst advice been given to you in the tiling world

    is it techincal , site agents, customers that think they know better, other trades, other tilers, just tell the horror story , lets have a laugh it made me think today after listening to a sales person , telling a customer that he could use palace adhesive for porcelain tile 600x300 on the...

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