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    give me B&Q tiles any day..

    Just finished a job with 150x150 whites by British Ceramic Tiles, I think I would rather tile with B&Q seconds, tiles from the coming out of the same box where a good 1mm out and so warped it was impossible to get them on the wall flat, couldn't tell you how many I removed and binned, had I...
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    b&Q slc

    was in b&q:oops: today and at the front door they were selling a slc:huh2: for £3.50 pretty sure it was a 15 or 20kg bag does anyone know if this stuff is any good :dizzy2:and worth buying a pallet or would i be as well taking my hard earned cash down the local:8:
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    B&Q Cafe Expresso Floor Tiles

    Hello I'm trying to find some B&Q tiles called cafe expresso floor 330x330mm.. B&Q have completely sold out and I can't find them via google? My girlfriend has run out of them in the middle of a job! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Rich.
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    • b&q floor floor tiles floor tiling tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Firget B&Q Homebase are worse

    Okay a jokes a joke. I've had my problems with Laura Ashley tiles bought from Homebase but to buy only 5 packs of Homebase 100mm tiles and find a complete mix of sizes is really taking the 'gipsys' ! A few were nearly 2mm bigger on one side than the others! Not even square! In a poxy 2 m...
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    B&Q Tileloc Floor first?

    I've been asked to tile bathroom walls for customer...they want a B&Q tileloc laminate floor installed also...does this type of floor need to be installed first or can i just leave the bottom row out and then install floor and Silicon expansion gap? or would skirting be better with this type of...
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    Local B&Q stopping 12mm WBP ply

    Hi all My local B&Q are stopping stocking 12mm WBP ply...can't believe it even the guy who cuts the boards down in size said he was shocked as its what hes asked most to cut...means i might have to pay double for smaller size boards now. madness?
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    B&Q Tiles again!

    A couple of days ago I had a conversation with a customer that went something like this: Me: How much did you save from going to B&Q, as opposed to CTD with that 15% ticket I gave you? Customer: Oh' about £300 to £400 Me: Well, it's going to take a few extra days for me to fit them. I'm having...
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    B&Q porcelain

    Hi folks, I'm not a great one for posting a lot but after reading all the posts on previous DS Tiling query I felt the urge to post. Today I visited a potential customer who wants to lay 600 x 600 dark grey B&Q porcelain tiles on top of existing cream porcelain tiles. She feels cream tiles get...
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    B&Q Muppets have no idea!!!

    Broken Link Removed Just started a job at a customers house and they have got there tiles from B&Q, oh well you can't have everything! The problem is the customer wanted to help by preping the walls of the bathroom that had been boarded for the extension, they was going to plaster, but I told...
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    B&Q 600x600 Polished porcelain black

    Hi, I have finally been asked to lay these. I have read quite a lot of previous posts about them. If I have this right they have to be cleaned first to remove the greese/wax and then sealed several times prior to laying. Can someone confirm this is still the case with the current batches...
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    • b&q black polished polished porcelain porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    B&Q unfilled travertine and 600x600 polished porcelain

    just a quick question i have a private job starting friday the client has bought b&q unfilled traverine and 6000x600 polished porcelain (the cream ones) i know tiles from b&q are ****e i would like some feedback on them ive heard the porcelain tiles from b&q are a nightmare.
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    • b&q polished polished porcelain porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles travertine usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    B&Q Travertine

    I have recently had a quote accepted for various works following water damage including tiling the kitchen floor with ceramic tiles. (25 square metres) Due to the amount of water in the concrete floor, the surveyor has specified Delta FM airgap membrane, covered with 30mm Wedi, covered with...
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    Porcelain tiles (B&Q)

    hi all, this is my first thread on this forum and am looking for an expert opinion on the B&Q 60 x 60 tiles. I have bought the milk chocolate tiles and the grumpy man in the shop told me that I need to seal them. I have searched the forums and there are so many different opinions of...
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    • b&q porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    B&Q porc (probably)

    Hi everyone, I havn't posted on here for months now, so hope everyone is OK. Basically, I might be going to look at quite a big job, I think by what the guy said to me it will be 60-70 sq mts. Thing is he said he has purchased the tiles already (from B&Q), and going by what he says I think,(no...
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    cheap 60x60 B&Q tiles

    Hi. I no alot been said about these B&Q 600x600 porcelain tiles. Just finnished 10m2 . It said on the box that the tiles had a coat of wax on them ,so i cleaned with a hp wax cleaner before going 2 seal them. But they looked a bit dull . Not sure if i should go ahead and seal them. wot do you...
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    B&Q TIles aaahhh

    Resently layed ceramic 300x300 tiles....had a nightmare with the grout lines running out... £5 a box jobbies...dont think they was best calibrated.
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    ahhhhhhhhhhhh B&Q Quarry tiles

    Just done a floor in B&Q Quarry tiles nightmare tiles might as well been from different parts of the world they were cr_p 3 to 4 mm out from one tile to the next. luckily I noticed this befor I started to lay. Also customer suppied there own adhesive (unibond tiles on floors ) goes of in about...
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    B&Q porcelain tiles problem

    Hi Guys, I have recently purchased and had installed 33 sqm of B&Q porcelain tiles, they were sealed once by the fitter prior to grouting then once after by me, I noticed after letting the sealer dry that it was very difficult buffing the tiles, it looks like the tiles have a wax coating on...
    • davydiver
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    • b&q porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles problem tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    B&Q tiles why do people buy them....

    I did a bathroom on Mon/Tues in a house local to me, the guy has just put a £300,00 extension on and got B&Q white cheap tiles...you know the ones that when you grout you can see the orange on the grout joints from the edge of the tiles...I told him before i started fixing that's what would...
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    them B&Q black porcelain

    i put 20 m2 down today no problem with the size and they grouted a treat in fact they looked great
    • pjtiler
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    • b&q black porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles usa
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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