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    Setting out brick bond from natural centre point causes thin cuts

    Hi, I was looking for a bit of advice i have read various posts on here regarding brick bond layouts and several say to avoid having slithers everywhere. I was wondering what constitutes a slither!! I have mocked a layout up on my PC (See below) and using a desirable starting point centred to...
  2. Dan

    Sustainable tiles used in new Medical Centre

    Rosebery Medical Centre is now ready to serve their clients in a brand new refurbishment of the former Rosebery School thanks to tiles from Bedrock Tiles. The building is draped with history in the town of Loughborough and the new design will really add to the local community. Click here for...
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    Town centre or Shopping Mall.?

    Ok so you may not enjoy shopping but where is it you would prefer to have to spend a day shopping with the family. A shopping Mall , where everything is in one place or a nice town where you would probably find items that you wouldnt in the shopping malls. The reason I ask is because near by...
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    training centre closed

    is alpine tiling centre closed down ???? tried to call them today and all it kept saying was number not in use ????? anyone got any news on this please :prrr:
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    best centre drain for installing in screed

    hi need to install centre drain in new wetroom shower area . floor will be screeded with falls .any makes or models you might suggest better or worse than others? regards Alf
  6. Dan

    Health Centre given the Mapei treatment

    The City of Coventry Health Centre has been given the full Mapei treatment in preparation for the laying of over 1500 square metres of ceramic tile. Click here for the full article.. RSS feed from For tiles, tilers, tiling and the tiles industry: The Tile Association.
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    wolverhampton construction skills centre

    i am interested in doing a 10 day tiling course nvq level 1 does that mean i will be nvq qualified as anyone been on these courses and will i be able to tile with confidence and get paid work thanks
  8. Dan

    Cliftonville Tile Centre to be Sold

    The Cliftonville Tile Centre, a small tile showroom on a busy high street in Cliftonville on the South East Coast of Kent, is up for sale. Click here for more information on this article. For other news, checkout Tile News Blog.
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    2 Setting Out Questions = move centre line and off set brick bond

    Hi All, Been absorbing all you advice and tips on here.... top work guys! I am currently tiling my bathroom in 600 x 300 porcelain floor to ceiling and have two questions which affect two different walls Question 1 - I have sink which is 600 wide and I have already stuck the tile behind it...
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    Leaving the forces, Able Skills training centre

    Hello all, Firstly can i just say that a lot of the posts on here have been very encouraging and informative to read. Secondly. I am leaving the Air Force in May next year and I want to go out on my own as a tiler/bathroom fitter. It's what i did before I joined up some 10 years ago however...
  11. finlay

    working at westfield shopping centre olympic village stratford

    Just finished a floor in a shop unit on the above contract the induction to site and the delivery of materials were a nightmare anyone else worked there and had the same problems ? Also parking was hardwork
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    grout line in centre of hall or full tile ???

    Hi decided to tile 35sqy2 hall kitchen toilet and utility with 30 x 60 length ways brick pattern Inside the front door its 2.1 meters then down the hall between side of stairs and wall is 1.13 Is it ok to have the grout line dead centre of hall and a full tile 30 and 26.5 either side or should a...
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    From The Fred Dibnah Heritage Centre

    Hi guys, having managed at last to get planning consent :hurray:to open up the famous home and yard of the celebrity steeplejack FRED DIBNAH, we are now up and running:welcome:, in the garden we have the top of Swan Mill Chimney, and I want to turn this into a lovely little wishing well/pool...
  14. M

    Hey, I'm new.. looking for a training centre near Blackpool? Advise needed. :)

    Hey guys, I've just registered.. I'm seeking some information, really hope you guys can help me out. I'm only nineteen, I've been working as a fitness trainer for the last year or so. But I have always had a desire to work in the construction trade partly because my dad was a joiner - recently...
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    just went to the job centre!!

    with Tom my lad to see if there was any funding for young peeps to go on training courses :yikes: i was shocked the government has taken away 90% of funding!! ,no hope for lads/lasses wanting to be in any of the building trades, he said there are no jobs for them to go in-to!! the government say...
  16. Dan

    Tiling Training Centre Opening Day

    This has been a bit hush hush as we have sponsors that providing training for the forum members so I asked Dom not to mention it on the forum. And he hasn't. Though Dom (diamondtiling) is opening a new training centre based in Crewe. With Dom being a fellow long-standing forum member I...
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    Training centre ~ launch training dates

    Hey Everyone!!:welcome: Mapei UK Ltd has opened the newly specified Training Centre at its UK headquarters in Halesowen, offering an extensive training facility. This purpose built facility, which includes individual practical areas, demonstration zone as well as the theory suite with a...
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    Re: PTS Tiling Courses - Essex Centre

    Am I right to believe this centre in Harlow is now called STC (Specialist Trade Courses)? I've booked in for a taster next week prior to booking on the 4wk course, so am a little confused but as their other ones in Warrington, guess it must be. Suppose that leads to the question of why did...
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    Stanley mobile project centre

    Hi all, Bought myself one of these Stanley Mobile Project centres and I think it's the bee's knees. A bit too wide but that's not really a problem as a table ( like the Black and Decker Work Mate ) it's a tad too wide when it turns into a trolly to cart your gear about. Look them up, I found a...
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    setting out,which feature to centre?

    The wall facing the doorway to my bathroom has two windows a small one over the pan and a larger one 1.2m wide separated by 750mm wide peice of wall,should i start from the centre of this wall or the centre of the larger window?. Doing either only moves the other off centre by a couple of inches...

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