building

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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..
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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    Building out borders

    in response to recent threads about above topic, here is the method i use.
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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...
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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...
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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
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    The building register

    has anyone joined or come across it,they are pestering the life out of me:huh2:
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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???
  13. Dan

    Tags building up now - good for seaching for topics quickly!

    www.tilersforums.com/tags - will get you our tags page, all the topics since having the forum upgraded are automatically tagged. So the tags list (top 200) is getting quite big now. Feel free to take a look at that.
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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...
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    building out or repairing walls

    If building out walls or repairing them for tiling ,what do most of you use for doing this?Iknow it depends how bad the walls are and that some would need re sheeted.I have been using builders rapidset and all jobs have been fine,just want to know what you all use.....Bri
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    Building Regs

    Could do with some info on building regs as cant seem to find out the minimum rise for a set of stairs. alsothe maximum tolerances allowed for step risers and treads.:mad2: any info would much appreciated. cheers Benny
  17. Dan

    Shropshire Building Skills - Shropshire

    Shropshire Building Skills - Shropshire
  18. Dan

    DIY & Building Skills Training Centre - Berkshire

    DIY & Building Skills Training Centre - Berkshire Please leave feedback if you've been on this tiling course.
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    Coventry Building Workshop - Coventry

    Coventry Building Workshop - Coventry Please leave feedback if you've been on this course.
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    Building Skills Academy - Berkshire

    Building Skills Academy - Berkshire Please leave feedback if you've been on this course.

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