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General Purpose Tile Cutter
Morning Gents I have been given a load of work for a landlord, mainly doing splash backs in small (and I mean small) kitchens. Can anyone give me some advice as to which make/model is best for bog standard wall tiles in a confined space? RUBI seems to be the make most go for on the forum...- leeroberts636
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General Advice: Looks like VAT is going to hit 20%
General advise is that the VAT rate may go up to 20% If there are any equipment purchases that you are thinking about AND YOU ARE NOT VAT REGISTERED it could be better to do them now *** news *** news *** news Economists have warned that VAT may have to rise to 20% if the UK is going to...- Deleted member 1779
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Travertine mosaic, general questions...
Hi All, I'm your average DIY guy who has been doing various easy/medium difficulty jobs around the house for the last 20 odd years. I've tiled a few bathrooms in my time, usually with the everyday ceramic tile but nothing too complicated. The wife has chosen a travertine mosaic from Topps for...- averagejoe
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Hi from a general builder
Hi Guys, here to get upto speed on all the best techniques in tiling- thenose
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General newbie advice needed?
I have to tile a bathroom with 300*600*9 Porcelain tiles. They are the Zafira tiles from B&Q. They are not polished but are smooth and have a sheen to them and there is a cloudy effect printed on them. They do not seem to absorb water drops but the packaging says they are unsuitable for...- bureaucrazy
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General advice please
Hi, complete novice here, please bear with me. I want to put in a new bathroom and have floor and walls tiles. Just been into Topps Tiles and came out very confused as there was just sooo many different sorts of tiles. The bathroom will mainly be used by my young children and cost of tiles not a...- Pringle
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General Rant - upgraded mobile phone is rubbish
I've just upgraded my mobile phone and I am very disappointed with my choice. For 2 years, I've had a cheap Sony Ericsson K800i and the 3.2 megapixel camera on it has been excellent. I've now upgraded to an LG KC550 with a 5 megapixel camera and although the phone itself looks sleek, modern...- Deleted member 9966
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General grout/adhesive for the odd small slate tile?
I'm tiling a backsplash all the way round my kitchen with small (~5cm) natural slate tiles. The bulk of it is done and I'm left with all the bits that require cut tiles. I've used a specific, powdered adhesive for the tiles so far but I'm going to be doing the cut tiles a few at a time...is it...- dunamis
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Weyroc - Ply - Priming - general help for 1st job tiler
I would very much appreciate any advice on a few questions reference flooring in 2 bathrooms (6sqm in total) and a kitchen (11sqm):- 1) Do I use 18mm or 12mm WBP floorgrade ply when over laying weyroc? All of the big companies tend to suggest 15mm but I am struggling to find it. Most...- sparkypenguin
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general question about logging on!
It may seem quite strange, but has anybody ever logged on to Tilers Forums and found they're all alone? I've tried and the least I've ever found online was 26 people, granted not all members, but just wondering if anyone has ever been forumed alone?- doug boardley
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setting out adjoining room and general help!
Hi Guys great forum. I got a few questions for you experts, I'm have never tiled but want to tackle this as my first project into a career tiling and paying 2k for a course. I am going to tile my kitchen and adjoining room (l-shape with doorway between), kitchen is 7ft by 4ft tile area and...- bobski
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Does grout stick to Universal general purpose Polyfilla?
I have finished a mosaic on a round piece of jigsaw cut and sanded ply/weatherboard (35 cm dia), which I had sealed all over with waterproof PVA - (now don't shout at me Dave, that was before I read your stern words of wisdom :o) Now I would like to give the cut edge a nicely rounded smooth...- user123
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general question
hi, i have a question if anyone is willing to answer, i have 25cmx33cm tiles which are going to be 33 vertical, im beginning to tile my bathroom, My main issue is should i leave the cuts by the ceiling which would be around 14cm or should i try and cut in around wash basin and bath. I know its a...- Unregistered
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Tiling and general repairs in Bradford
Hi Guys and Gals, I've had a call from a customer for a some tiling round a bathroom sink area, resealing a bath, fitting a bathroom cabinet and blind, laying some vinyl flooring and hanging a bathroom door, The job is in the Eccleshill area of Bradford and the cutomer is hoping to have it...- Olz
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General pointers.
Hi guys. Ive done a couple of tiling jobs now, mostly indoors but also at some friends places. The jobs ive done have turnt out ok butr in my heart of hearts I know they are not perfect and could all be better. This is probably something that comes with experience.However tiling is something...- ern
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General advice to new tilers
Hi all newbies. Just thought i would post some helpfull advice for all the new guy's and gals wanting to break in to the tiling world. There are 3 main things you will have to get in place if your business is to become a success.. 1. Quality tiling .First and foremost ,you will have to do...- charlie1
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2010 general election.
Just out of intrest how many people will be voting labour at the next election? I know the goverment can't be blamed for everything but the cost of fuel tax,road tax etc. and things like the lisbon treaty that they changed their minds on giving us a vote on and knife crime etc. Do many people...- Rad2474
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Floors - general advice
I have only been tiling 3 months and whilst I find walls quite easy, its quite the opposite with floors! For example, getting all the tiles level so they dont lip, do I level every corner with a boat level or do i follow the fall of the floor, or can I put extra adhesive underneath to build...- lee n
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General Information Relating to the Tiling industry water jet cutting
Hi There I was wondering, has anyone got information relating to the tile industry - new developments etc. I recently thought about pattern imprinted concrete and hit a good website which gave a lot of useful information about the process and the industry. Would like the same for the tiling...- pendleh
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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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