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    French electric hot water tank, in its final days

    Helping a friend at a small house in France. Please advise about this thing on the bottom of the electric hot water tank. The cold water comes in from the right, and I presume the TOP half is a pressure reducer, for the water to then go upwards into the tank. I also presume the BOTTOM half is...
    • Drippingmore
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    • electric french tank water
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    • Forum: Plumbing Advice
  2. Lou

    Electricians in France - French Electrical Contractors Electrical Advice

    Electricians in France - French Electrical Contractors Discussion ThreadElectricians in France - French Electrical Contractors Electrical Advice Just a shout out to Electricians in France - French Electrical Contractors. :) Electricians in France - French Electrical Contractors for the...
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    My 1st Job Tile pattern, French but not the exactly

    Hello! I'm buying natural stone for floor in my house. Wife would like to do a French pattern. One of the sellers has tiles sized 15x15cm 15x30cm 30x30cm 30x60cm and sells them as French pattern but it's not the right sizes for it. Can a similar pattern done with these sizes? Does it...
  4. L

    Freecycle tiles French made and a few years old?

    Hi can anybody help me confirm these 'free' tiles are floor tiles? I have had them 'in stock' for over ten years! Thank you if you can help, all the details should be on the photos.
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    Setting out French pattern

    Hi, I have been asked to tile a friends floor in a French pattern. They have a small shower room that leads through to a larger utility room by way of a door they would like the floor to flow through. How would the pattern Change the way you set out ? Would you start with the larger room ...
  6. B

    50mm thick french limestone ?

    hi all , ive been asked to quote for 21 m2 of 50 mm french limestone ,- not tiled anything that thick in my 14 years - any advice ?
  7. J

    Urgent Tiler required for 1-2 Weeks in French Alps

    Fancy getting away from the English dreary winter for a week or two? We are urgently looking for for a tiler/tilers to re-tile the kitchen at Hotel L'Aigle in the French Alps (125 m2 total area needing tiles) We are Snowcoach, an independent family-run company offering skiing holidays to St...
  8. Dan

    French and German attacks

    Bloody terrible to keep having these attacks. They're achieving nothing. RIP to those involved. Sharing a thought or two for their families.
  9. craigy

    French pattern Travertine

    Hi everyone, I am a beginner starting another room at my home here in the US and want to do the French pattern again. Have unfilled unpolished chiseled stone and the tiles are 8x8, 8x16, 16x16 and 16x24. I understand the pattern but when you add the grout line to two 8's it ends up wider than...
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    New french member

    Hello i'm toni, 30 year old i leave in north of france (Lille) to be more precise, I work in construction since my 18's i got graduation in several job (pumber, electrician, air conditionning and fixer in heating technology by gas or fuel). Now i'm tilling since 2010 and i'm trying to have a...
  11. kilty55

    french gunman

    urgh just watched the news...seems there is a gunman randomly shooting ethnic minorities in france....father and 2 kids today both at point blank hope they get him!!!!:incazzato::incazzato: what is wrong with this world
  12. J

    How some french manufacturers tumble thier limestome.

    Just come back from a very interesting trip to burgundy france to view the stone i will be fixing in few months in uk. Saw all sorts of manufacture process, from cutting stone from block in to tiles as we receive in uk plus methods to antique stone/tumbling/brushing /flaming honing / and...
  13. P

    travertine french set

    Hi guys recent new member, excellent forum full of great advice, hope you can give me a bit of help. Recently bought some travertine for kitchen floor (chipped edge rustic travertine pattern set) set cosists of :- (1) 16x24, (1) 8x16, (2) 16x16 (2) 8x8 The thing I car'nt get my head around...
  14. L

    first tile and its travertine french pattern 62m2 OMG

    hello every body. I have already used lots of the great hints and tips on your site to get me started. Bought a diamond blade wet cutter from screw fix. Have my grout chosen and the adhesive on order. So far i have laid 8 tiles, just enough to get the boiler down so the underfloor...
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    French new to this forum , having question on very large tiles

    hi everyone, I am new to the site and have a question regards about tiling with very large ceramic tiles. 33x100 porcelanosa. any particular technique or advise i should know before i start? support will be plasterboard and aquapanel . i granfix multifix adhesive, recomended by "just tiles...
    • superteo01
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    • forum french large new build this tile tiles uk tiling forum usa
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Chiselled edge travertine laid in french pattern ( grout joints )

    Hi Everyone, With this kind of travertine being laid in the french pattern, how do you accommodate the smaller square tile in the pattern? On dry laying the tiles, the smaller square seems to be the one that throws the grout joints out. Am i'm right in saying that the smaller square should be...
    • peegee tips
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    • edge french grout joints pattern tile grout travertine usa
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  17. G

    Who said the french dont have a sense of humour ?

    1999/2009 (REMI GAILLARD)
  18. S

    french limestone

    any one know of a supplier of french limestone 400mm x random lengths ,I have tried all the brand names such as stonell ,stoneage ,mandarin etc but the prices are extremely high and they dont offer very generous trade discounts
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    Expansion joint in Roma Opus or French Pattern Travertine

    I have a problem. We want to put a continuous Opus or French pattern of Travertine down in our new extension and kitchen (10m x 3.5m). However the problem is that the extension has a new concrete floor with UFH (ready to use but not connected yet) and the old kitchen is suspended timber, so...
    • gontarek
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    • expansion french joint opus pattern travertine usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    vintage french tiles - retrofit???

    hi all, i've brought back from france a car-load of tiles from an old house that my brother in law owns, i want to have them in my kitchen. they all have cement (i think) on the bottom of the tiles which i plan to knock of with an SDS drill to get as flatter base as possible for the tiles...

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