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  1. K

    Shoddy builders!!

    I ripped up all the tiles in my bathroon today to find out the shoddy builders grip filled all the floor tiles and the splash back!!!! I can't beleive it, it was something like off of rouge traders. Last year all my oak flooring popped up because the didn't leave any spacers!! I found out...
  2. B

    builders tiling insurance job pics

    hi all , asked to retile this bathroom which a `professional `tiler had done (builder for insurance job as shower had leaked ).fist of all he couldn`t get matching tiles so did what you see,dot and dabbed the tiles - they came off nice and easy and left what he thought was a good job .so i...
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    • builders find a tiler insurance job jobs tiling tiling job tiling jobs tiling work usa work
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  3. J

    Lets hear it for GOOD builders!

    just started 100m of polished porcelain 600 x 600 floor today for a builder I often work for..once again the prep was fantastic..screed like a millpond with no snots and kick ups in the corners...new walls completely square!...no other trades in my work areas..labourer had brought the tiles off...
  5. F

    Another Builders bathroom disaster

    Todays job, Bathroom to make good after builder Supposed to have had a wet floor but due to water coming up in the opp corner to the waste they turned it into a cubicle! Water still doesn't drain away though, slates a bit rough and not cut into the envelope, builder tried to overcome this by a...
  6. E

    I love working for builders!!!

    Grouting a floor in a large kitchen today with help from two sparkies drilling ceiling lights and fitting 30 of them...2 chippys fitting skirting and architrave, painters doing windows....:mad2:
    • enduro
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    • builders job jobs love tiling jobs tiling work usa work
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  7. F

    Builders

    I've work, for the past 3 months, for a bathroom fitter. He got me via the tile shop I also use. I said I'd do ceramic for $20 per m2. The thing is, he mainly uses top quality porcelian, so we came to an agreement of $25 per m2 as it was regular work. Any way, a few times he has had me finish...
  9. E

    What is it with builders!!!!

    I did a job for a local builder a few months ago it was 30sqm of uncalibrated slate and i charged him £1100 inc adhesive, grout, sealer etc and he told me that it was to much money as we hadn't agreed a price, anyway he paid me but he said the customer was a bit shocked at the price.....Anyway i...
  10. R

    Seeking builders

    I'm just starting up and was looking for some advice,I'm in the middle of distributing some flyers do you think sending the flyers out too the local builders or to speak with them let them no about your intentions too?
  11. T

    Cowboy Builders

    Who's watched this tonight? Notice the tiler doing the bathroom? Large format tiles.......Dot and Dabbed..............Tubbed Addy....:mad2::mad2: Sums the program up.........a builder always complaining.........a presenter always pleading poverty...........and local firms taking a hit in the...
  13. C

    Builders TV

    Sorry Dave, I’m not sure this is the right place for this post, so if it’s not could you move it for me? I’m just wondering how you guys feel about prime time building programmes? Do you feel it enhances our trade or does it more damage? I only ask because yet another programme has started...
  14. W

    builders

    people always bang on about bad builders on here so i thought i would tell you about the one i just worked for. left me on my own to get on with it listened to my advice and didnt grumble over price.gave hi my invoice yesterday and money was paid direct to my account this morning. he is booked...
  15. G

    2 Aussie builders in a bar

    Two Aussie builders (Phil and Eric) are seated either side of a table in a rough pub when a well-dressed man enters, orders a beer and sits on a stool at the bar. The two builders start to speculate about the occupation of the suit. Phil: - I reckon he's an accountant. Eric: - No way -...
  17. T

    Does anybody buy there grouts and adhesives through Builders Merchants.

    one of the builders that I do jobs for usually gets the mats from travis perkins, they do ardex stuff in there London based wall and floor tiling contractor http://www.cmdceramics.com Does anybody buy there grouts and adhesives through Builders Merchants. for more...
    • TilersTilingTiles
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    • adhesive adhesives builders grout there tile adhesive tile grout usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  18. C

    Builders who think they know about tiling.

    I would be among the first to admit that I have only scratched the surface regards tiling. Now, I've got a couple of chrome pipes coming out of a bathroom floor to serve a towel rail But today, on the client's request, I removed the towel rail valves, replaced them with stop ends so that I...
  19. E

    Greedy builders.

    I do quite a lot of work for a builder, and the way it works is he gets me to liaise with the customer about there tiling, the customer always supplies tiles and i supply addy and grout etc and i bill the builder when i finish. The last job i did came too £2100.00 anyway i bumped into the...
  21. J

    Urgent - Builders sealed Brazilian slate but didn't clean properly before

    Hi Black brazilian riven slate floor, washed down but not properly cleaned after laying. (I asked 3 times for them to do it but they was still a lot of dust etc). They've put one coat of LTP Mattstone on it and it came up very light grey/white because there was still so much dust on the...
  22. L

    builders moaning about my prices

    as most of you know i was doing a large commercial job on a carehome in warrington which i have just finished i tried for 20 m2 but they werent havin it ( gotta try) so i agreed at 18 i finished the site on friday and i was havin a talk with the site agent and he gave me some advice to drop my...
  23. D

    yoga for fella's..( builders)

    Given that the pub is the place where you spend most of your waking hours, its logical that it’s also the place where you’ll get most of your yoga done. There are loads of poses in the Yoga down the Pub routine – like The Stella Salutation, Fleecing your Mates and Dealing with a Whitey..but for...
  25. D

    cowboy builders.......

    Cowboy builders: government crackdown planned The government is planning to get to tough on cowboy builders by giving councils greater powers to deal with poor construction work. At present, contractors can only be prosecuted for breaches of building regulations within a six-month...
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