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    how to look after a tile cutter?

    Hi, After chewing it over for a while, i just bought a dewalt D24000. It a beauty, and looks the nuts. i'm young and stupid and need some advive on how to look after it?????? obviously cleaning it, but what else can i do to make sure its going to last??? thanks, ross
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    How to build a grand piano

    Well, not a complete view of it! But this video is a great look behind the scenes at the Steinway facility in NYC. If you have ever done any work with woodworking tools, you'll enjoy watching this video.:thumbsup: I got it through NetFlix. Note By Note | PBS
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    not sure how to work this one

    hey all, just wondering how everyone else would price this, its caught me out a little bit, its picking up where someone left off a few years ago. what needs doing is: Tile window reveal 4 cuts around the cistern...
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    How to calculate your grout requirements

    Hi guys, I know many of you may know this already with your preffered grouts but I have seen many posts over the years on the forum when people are asking how to calculate how much grout they need. For the guys that dont know, this is how we do it; (Tile width 300MM + tile length 300MM) x...
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    How to build a curve or cove in a shower

    I was just cleaning out a few pictures and found these. This might help someone here to do something new on one of their jobs. I don't have a complete set of photos step-by-step, but this should be enough to give you the idea of what to do. We had floated this shower (rendered) and roughed...
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    How to remedy out of level window reveals

    My last job i had some really bad window reveals so thought i'd do my bit and take some pics on how to rectify them. No doubt some will use the same method but for those that dont, here goes. This is what i was faced with and the thought of them being packed out with adhesive didnt really suit...
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    How to tile a fibreglass balcony?

    Went to look at a job today...external fibre glass flat roof, ceramic 30x30 tiles have completely delaminated from surface, grout all cracked and missing...no adhesive stuck to the fibreglass all peeled off with ease. How would you recommend re tiling this to prevent the same happening? Bal...
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    How to remove cement type adhesive from overtiled floor

    We are in the process of restoring our 1920's house. There is the original tiled floor in the hall which the previous owners had tiled over with an attempt at recreating the original Victorian style floor. The overtiling was awful, so i've carefully removed the tiles to see what state the...
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    How to finish tiles against wall....

    Hi, I am tiling 3 walls of my bathroom and the floor, but one wall will be just be painted. I'm tiling the floor with quartz tiles. Should I put skirting along the untiled wall? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks
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    how to get tenders in?

    hi there recieved a few tenders lately and ive won a small 1. i got a friend to do the tendering who has quite a large firm. so im just wondering whats the process of geting more in?? is they some way of geting tenders of the net etc... thanks abstract:thumbsup:
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    Tools: Learn how to diamond drill very hard porcelain tiles with this NEW VIDEO 365

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    Trying to show 21 year old how to grout, Grrrr!!

    I have a young lad with me on this commercial job, he is a nice lad but so slow. We got to the grouting stage today and I got two buckets ready so that I could do two separate mixes for both of us. I mix everything up in one bucket and then see him with a small spacer bucket so I ask him "what...
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    Sloping Ceiling - how to protect from water/steam?

    Hi A neighbour of mine has had a new bathroom fitted & tiled (not by me :mad2:) & is worried about water/steam damaging his sloping ceiling opposite the shower head. The bathroom is in the attic of a cottage, it's a power shower over a bath & the sloping ceiling at the head of the bath is beamed...
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    Advise needed how to seal around electric shower on stud wall?

    Help, Having just removed cover on aqualisa quartz electric shower fitted by builder 12 months ago found water input and electric wiring emerge from unsealed 5cm square hole in tiled stud wall behind shower. Stud is made or regular water resistant plasterboard so once cut will not take much...
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    how to cut metal mosaic tiles

    I have been tiling a kitchen in mosaic tiles that are ceramic backed with a metal capping over the top and some are glass sizes are 50mm and 25mm I tried several different ways to speed the cutting up to get a good finish and tried different blades so this is the best way i found how to do it...
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    Helpful! - Drill a hole without breaking a nail. Female staff shows how to drill tile

    At the trade shows everyone has their place. The girls like to hand out leaflets and ask the guys if they want me to show them a demo. But then we get Chelsea and not content with handing out leaflets she actually wants to get her hands dirty and actually use the equipment. Good on you...
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    How to cut out for toilet waste pipe..

    I was cutting out for toilet waste pipe today and had the camera with me and thought I would show how i do it so newbies and diyers can see an easy way to do it with out to many tools! The tile was a ceramic one! Tools used. tape measure/pencil/parrot nibblers/grindette/diamond blade/safety...
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    Stone Resin Tray - How to lay on cement / sand mix

    All, I have created a timber 4 X 2 plinth to put my quadrant (1000 x 800) stone resin shower tray on. I have 18mm WBP ply on the top. The manufacturer's instructions say to bed the tray into a sand and cement mix. I have a couple of questions regarding the best way to install this tray...
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    Scribing ( how to )

    Hello all, It's been a while since I was on here and i'm happy to be back. I have a small job coming up which is simply tiling a bathroom floor which also goes into a small hallway, a total of 4 square meters, there are also 4 doors within this small area all with detailed architraves. Now I...

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