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  1. K

    Tiling down onto a shower tray..

    Gents, Can you recommend the best profesional way to seal the shower tray against the wall or finish the tiles down on to the shower tray. Also if using a stainless steel channel for glass to seal against a shower tray what type of sealent do you recommend . I understand your not plumbers but...
  2. N

    let down

    should have been starting a new job last thursday, on wed trying to contact my partner to arrange pick up time, not answering phone or replying to texes 9,15 pm wed night i get a text , hi rob ive been thinking long ans hard about this and ive decided i dont want to work with you anymore, i know...
  3. P

    Down Tools and walk away....you know it makes sense

    Its been another cold and brutal week, and thats just the weather. On the work front, its been no better, you get a contract, only for someone to move the goal posts and want a few millon extras because ' we thought that was included in your quote'. I have finally learnt that you cant argue with...
  4. S

    broken down money machine

    ford transit connect 52 plate van,electronic accelerator pedal,any of u guys or girls had any same problems????
  5. B

    Can you put underfloor heating down on concrete floor once it has been screeded?

    Hi, I have had the floor screeded, and the base units are now in the kitchen (see below). The tiler who will be putting our tiles in said that we would not benefit from having underfloor heating as the heat would not reach the surface of the room, which i thought was a load of rubbish Anyway...
  6. D

    Recent down time.

    Apologies for the recent down time, we have had to do some work with the servers and that meant shutting down for a while..:thumbsup:
  7. S

    Has there been a slow down in London over the last couple of years?

    Info gratefully accepted. Out here in the sticks for 2 years. Thinking of returning to work in the smoke, not to live, probably lodge away.(Unfortunately we(that is the royal we.) have fell in love with the west country) Is there much work around at present? Looking on the job sites, the...
  8. D

    Trip down to Phil Hobson land tomorrow

    Off down to Manchester tomorrow, got a bathroom to finish sealing and then down to Manchester. Driving down with Dave from PHG.
  9. N

    sticking down insulation boards ?

    Hi all what notch of trowel do you use to stick down 10mm insulation boards to a concrete floor ?
  10. D

    Bloody vans broke down

    This is all I need, vans conked, sat in dealers now. Sent from my iPhone
  11. H

    Putting down hardiebacker board

    Hey people hope u can advise me.....I am currently installing a new shower room in my house. Im upto the stage of tiling the floor. The floor is made up of wooden floorboards on wooden joists. The floor was slightly unlevel so i decided to use everbuild self leveling compound after priming...
  12. T

    Screw hardiebacker down???

    We are putting a short term floor down in our kitchen. (don't ask - kitchen needs to move to other side of house but we just had a baby so need a floor now). I don't want a nightmare ripping up the tile in 3-5 yeas so was thinking of not screwing down the hardie backer. Any thoughts are...
  13. S

    help my house is falling down

    Channel 4 help my house is falling down tonight ,I tiled the bathroom:thumbsup:
  14. M

    recently moved down to devon

    Hello everyone. Before here I lived in northern Ireland and I grew up in surrey. That's where I learnt the trade. I'm in a job at the moment working for the donkey sanctuary until trade picks up. Can anyone here help with that?
  15. C

    best way to tile down to vinyal flooring ?

    i am tiling from top to bottom of the bathroom walls and then having lino/vinyal (some call it either but its from Carpet Right and its the flexible rubber stuff not the hard stuff, its soft under foot like a carpet). whats the best way to make a neat edge from the tiles to the vinyal...
  16. G

    Another shed goes down

    Focus DIY goes into administration, 3,920 jobs at risk - Telegraph
  17. C

    Slate tiles not sticking down

    Hi all, would really appreciate any advice you can give with a bit of a problem! I've just about finished laying a slate patio, but haven't yet grouted. The tiles are 600x600x~12mm. I've laid them on a bed of mortar (4:1 sharp sand/cement with a splash of plasticizer) on top of well...
  18. T

    help sticking matting down

    first time poster so be gentle on some of our tiling jobs we are asked to install ufh cable matting, so we always recommend levelling floor compound but the "self adhesive" matting always lifts off when the compound is poured over. on wood floors i use a staple gun on the matting (not the...
  19. C

    remove sealer by sanding down limestone

    Hi all I have a repair job to do soon.The tiles are limestone and there is a topical type sealer that looks very inconsistent and streaky.It looks like it was over applied.I would like to just sand the whole bathroom down.Is this the best way to do this?Will the sealer just sand off? Or should...
  20. widler

    turning jobs down

    i just had a phonecall off a builder who i do work for,im a bit sick,i had to turn a porca job down for next week,im off to filey ,taking little bezzlebub up to the coast for easter:smilewinkgrin:, could of used my new tx700n,which has been gathering dust for a week or so in my unit.:thumbsdown...

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