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    Building Trades Database. Good Or Bad ?

    Hi All Just been contacted by the above company or BTD ltd. They are one of these companies that charge a commission for any work you get from them. Apparently how it works is you become a member at a cost of £200+vat ( admin fee ) they then inform you of work within your area. It's then up to...
    • toshtiles11771
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    • bad building usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    need help building a parts list..

    I've been reading through for a few days now, and understand the concepts of wetroom construction - but not being a hands-on kinda guy then i'm still finding it a bit hard going. I've got two bathrooms that i want to change to wet areas. 1. A wet area of approx 1950 x 1320 - this area of...
    • ca-uk
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    • building help usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    The worlds largest manufactuer of adhesives/grouts/sealants for the building industry

    Here is a video from Mapei on the company and how they serve the whole world with quality building products including adhesive and grout and silicones.. Watch video HERE.
    • DHTiling
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    • adhesive building grout tile adhesive tile grout usa
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    working for a large house building company

    What sort of money would you expect to be paid for working as a tiler for a large house builder like Persimmon Homes?? Per week or a Month
    • Hawkofeagles
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    • building company house job jobs large tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Building site 'Put Down' of the day

    Todays gem overheard from two groundworkers talking about the site agent... "He couldn't pour p*ss out of a shoe if the instructions were on the heel"... cheered me up for the afternoon!:lol::lol:
    • jamie B
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    • building day down site usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Leeds College of Building

    I am looking into doing a more extensive tiling course. I was passed of details of Leeds College of building, and they do a part time Wall & Floor course spread over 12 weeks. Has anyone come across this or even been on it? I would love to hear your opinions? cheers
    • wilgold
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    • building college usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  7. Dan

    Fine for building firms

    BBC NEWS | Business | Building companies fined £129.5m Cover Pricing Some of the UK's leading building companies have been handed big fines by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for rigging bids for contracts. The OFT has fined a total of 103 firms £129.5m for colluding with competitors on...
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    any1 know of any building sites????

    hi all, just finished a rather large job in oldham which invoved tiling 14 apartments and now find myself rather quiet just wondering if any one out there knows of any sites up north or is every1 in the same boat, any help will be grateful. p.m. my inbox. regards iain..
    • Abstract tiling
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    • building usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Building a bathroom in Peru !! HELP !!

    Hi Guys, I'm opening a hostel in Lima Peru very shortly and I am having a bathroom fitted with 4 shower cubicles and 4 toilets. Now i know nothing about plumbing or tiling, and it would seem none of the "plumbers" and "tilers" I've called so far either do. The room at the moment is wooden...
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    I'm glad we're not building them this way anymore

    THis is what we demo'd for the last two days. A bathroom, 80 years old, 4' X 7', shower to about 7', wainscotting around the walls to about 4', tile and mud about 2 1/2" thick on the walls and up to 6-7" thick in places on the floor.:yikes: I'll know once it goes across the scales at the dump...
    • Rob Z
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    • building not this usa
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Coventry Building Workshop

    Hi, Completed the CBW tiling course last week. It seemed a little rushed at first going through the measuring out process quite quickerly. How ever there were only two of us on the course, with one instructor. So we benefitted from almost one to one instruction which off set the rush. On the...
    • alfpenney
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    • building job jobs shop tiling jobs tiling work usa work
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    building up adhesive bed on wedi Fundo base

    Hello, I am a first-time do-it-yourself tiler in the US, though long ago I lived for half a year outside of Bath, in beautiful Somerset. There's lots of good info and many knowledgeable folk on this site, and I need your advice on a particular problem. I'm using wedi, and I think wedi is more...
    • diy888
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    • adhesive backerboard building tile adhesive usa wedi
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Building Skills Academy

    Hi everybody, I'm new to the forum and was looking at doing a tiling course with Building Skills Academy in Newbury. Has anyone used them and have any feedback? Thanks.
    • moellet
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    • building skills usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Building out borders

    in response to recent threads about above topic, here is the method i use.
    • murf
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    • building out usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Want to help get Britain back building again? Interested in the contruction industry?

    I've been made aware that there are some current sites / groups set up to support the construction industry "get back" to building including some facebook groups and a couple of petitions. If you believe in the cause the links are below: Facebook Group - Get Britain Building Main Website...
    • Deleted member 1779
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    • back building help usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Building a small partition wall - nail or screw?

    Just a quick one :) 2 very small partition walls are going up this weekend, after finding out the old one's were fixed badly with 2x2 timber that was splitting badly. I am replacing with 2x3 timber, with a view to fixing 12mm Hardibacker, then 300x300mm travertine tiles are going on top. The...
    • Dean A
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    • building small usa wall
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Building Trades Database??

    Hi gang, Has anyone any experience of this outfit? If so how does it work for you in practice? They refer customers to you. I'd be really interested to hear from anyone who has dealings with them at all. They're based in Brighton. Cheers Bob
    • Brindle
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    • building usa
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    The building register

    has anyone joined or come across it,they are pestering the life out of me:huh2:
    • andersontiling
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    • building usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    building a swimming pool

    I have been building a swimming pool for a friend and have just finished rendering it to take the tiles, the question is being the 1st swimming pool do i have to do any thing else before the tileing i have stoko finished the walls [plain & flat]and wat addy's do recomend???
    • floydyboy
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    • building pool swimming swimming pool tanking usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    A general building site question.

    If you were working for a small builder ( maybe a sole person) who was buiding one or two houses on a plot of land. Would you expect the basic items such as runing water, electric point and a Loo to be readily available on site?. I do, but in this country it seems it isnt always the case. Last...
    • Gazzer
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    • building general site usa
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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