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    what is the best way to cut plastic trim

    hi there. i have been cutting mine with a hack saw and a home made miter block. the accuracy isnt 100% but its fairly close and it wont cut shower trim.iv seen cutters that are like a handheld guilitine. how do these cutters work. will they squash the trim or leave a gap in the miter. i...
    • Alan M
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    • best best way cut plastic trim usa what
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    best way to find work

    i'm 39 and am thinking of training to become a tiler. after looking through job vacancies for tilers, they just about all insist on previous experience. Can anyone advise the best way to get work considering i won't have experience??
    • kesla
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    • best best way find a tiler job jobs tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  3. M

    Best way to clean 50s tiles of grout / levelling compound

    Hello, We've discovered I think terracotta tiles underneath a vinyl floor in our kitchen. I'm able to remove the vinyl tiles using a chisel, but there is a residue of grout and/or levelling compound left on the tiles. The stuff will come off eventually with loads of hard scrubbing, but I was...
    • marijnkapmf
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    • best best way clean compound grout levelling levelling compound tile tile grout tiles usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    best way to tile down to vinyal flooring ?

    i am tiling from top to bottom of the bathroom walls and then having lino/vinyal (some call it either but its from Carpet Right and its the flexible rubber stuff not the hard stuff, its soft under foot like a carpet). whats the best way to make a neat edge from the tiles to the vinyal...
    • cjscos
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    • best best way down floor flooring tile usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Best way to apply MPG impregnator to Polished Porcelain?

    Will my mini roller suffice- I can't help thinking it will be too generous on a not very porous surface . Thanks
    • Davesax
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    • best best way polished polished porcelain porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  6. M

    Best way to fix backer board on to blockwork

    I'm doing out my main bathroom now, and the wall that runs the length of the bath has rendered plasterboard stuck to the blockwork. I was planning on using aquapanel for all of my tile backing boards. , The 2 other walls around the bath are studded, so I was just going to beef up the noggins...
    • monkeyhanger
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    • backer board best best way board fix job jobs tile backerboard tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Help, best way to get grout off slate...?

    I have laid my 18m sq natural slate patio, cleaned it and sealed it once, using Fila products. I started grouting using BAL grout and a motar cartridge gun (which makes the job so easy and less messy) I have had real problems cleaning the grout off the slate, its was very hot so the grout...
    • mmmadman
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    • best best way grout help off slate tile grout usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Best way to Glue cracked Toilet base

    Whats the recommended product to use for minimal aesthetic impact ?:oops:
    • Davesax
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    • best best way crack cracked cracking debonding glue toilet usa
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Best way to use Tile Trim??

    I've done about 10 tiling jobs, sometimes I get the Tile Trim spot on, other times it just bothers me. My biggest issue is that I am a major perfectionist bordering on OCD!! So, where I am using tile trim on a corner, do I lay a bed of adhesive first, then sit the trim on, then measure up, cut...
    • p4ulo
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    • best best way tile tile trim trim usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Best way to do it?

    I have a chippie floor to do(28m2). There are tiles down just now but i think they are on top of vinyl tiles. There pretty solid, no cracks or any movement on them. The substate is concrete. So whats the best way forward? Only have 2 1/2 days to get job done. 1. I was gonna tile on tile but...
    • Saltire69
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    • best best way usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    help wetroom drain best way to tile round it?

    hi can anyone give advice about tiling round a floor drain in a wetroom? basicly the drain is like this. 1. a white drain body " 10 inch " in diameter with a bottle trap underneath which connects to the waste. 2. there is a sqaure metal grid which sits in a plastic cap. underneath the cap is a...
    • Russw77
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    • best best way drain help tanking tile usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Best way to tile around a toilet, cant remove it though

    Hi any ideas would be welcome, I can remove the toilet to tiles under do how best tile around it, template maybe ? Thanks Tony
    • Unregistered
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    • best best way tile toilet usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  13. macten

    What's the best way of finishing this?...

    12mm height difference - width of the door. Had to use 18mm ply in bathroom and 6mm cement board in hallway - different tiles but same thickness. Could I pack out most of the depth with cement board then use grout to profile the slope? Any other ideas?
  14. M

    What's the best way to do this?

    Hi all, I'm almost finished my second job, but I've hit an issue with the window frame. The bathroom I'm tiling has been all over the place. It's a single room converted from a separate bathroom and W.C. When the partition wall was taken down the render was about 1/2 an inch shallower in the...
    • MelonStrings
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    • best best way this usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Best way into the industry with best results

    Hi all, hopefully i've dropped this in the right section as couldn't really find anything for newbies - anyway.... If anyone saw my introduction post then you would know that i've decided to have a complete career change into trying my hand at tiling. I'm 28, soon to be 29 so want to get a...
    • Moosic
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    • best best way usa
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    wetroom floor with ufh, best way?

    Having just read 5 pages of threads i've become more confused due to varying best practices!,heres what i want,i have a 5m2 floor area upstairs to put in a level access shower using a showertray using homelux floor membrane acting as a decoupling agent(already purchaced on the cheap) and 100w/m2...
    • 59peejay
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    • best best way floor tanking ufh usa waterproofing wetroom wetroom tiling
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  17. U

    best way to prepare plastered and painted walls

    Got some walls to tile that have been plastered and painted previously, what is the best way to prepare? On the new plasterboard i have used some of the Bal acrylic primer and it does say to dilute on old walls , why is this surely it would be better undiluted?
    • ukracer
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    • best best way painted usa wall walls
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  18. A

    best way of marketing your company??

    Hi well been tiling on my own for 3 years now, ive tried numerous ways of marketing myself. from yellow pages to carding just wondering what your favoured way of marketing is?
    • Abstract tiling
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    • best best way company usa your
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  19. S

    Best way to get name out?

    Hi. ive been full time tiling for about 10 months now and all my customers have been really happy with the jobs ive done but im still finding it hard to get work. Ive sent letters and e-mails out to local companies but nothing seems to be working. Any tips would be very apreciated:thumbsup:
    • stusgsx
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    • best best way out usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  20. L

    Chipboard floor in bathroom - best way forward?

    Hi All Im a newbie to DIY tiling and need some advice please. :) We've recently re-fitted our bathroom and Im not onto the tiling stage. Ive done most of the walls and am now onto the floor. The issue I have is that the floor is 20mm tongue & groove chipboard, which in my ignorance looked...
    • Locoblade
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    • bathroom best best way chipboard chipboard floor floor usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice

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