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  1. B

    Unsure of how to approach

    Hi All, ive just been to price a job and uncertain how to approach it. Its a conservatory with a concrete floor with tongue and groove chipboard possibly green boards and on top of that is 9mm hardwood ply. its still 20mm short of existing tiles which i need to carry on run from dining room into...
  2. J

    How did it all start for you? And where? (How did you become a tiler?)

    moved to the london area in 1984 when my wife got a transfer to Guildford with her works. needed a mortgage and a job told mortgage advisor i was a self employed tiler but that was in Hartlepool for a small house builder. the mortgage guy said his neighbour was a builder and needed tilers for a...
  3. T

    how you all doing it's been a minute

    long time no speak. What's been happening
  4. Y

    Decide how strong tile adhesive I should use

    Hi everyone When choosing what strength level of tile adhesive, what elements (e.g., tile size, thickness or other) should I consider?
  5. D

    How much to do this job, all wetroom done with classi fleece

    How much to do this Tiling job, the wetroom is done with classi fleece
  6. Dan

    How to rank your listing well and get calls coming from it

    Hi everybody, I've setup the new tilers directory and started to transfer old listings over to it. But it's doing my head in now. So I'll show you how to do it instead. Do it in these stages and you will rank well in search engines. The listings I've done are already ranking one first page of...
  7. D

    How many tiles to account for wastage and extras.

    Hi So I am trying to figure out how much to account for wastage for tiling a house, and I also would like to have a spare box for breakages (post-tiling). The entire house (2 bed 2 bath) is 90 square metres and is being tiled in a 1200 x 200mm tile. The tile is rectified so the grout will...
  8. JordanLincs

    How would you waterproof this?

    I've contemplating filling this with Silicon, but something tells me that's not correct?
  9. Dan

    Where is my Trusted Advisor Tag? - How do I get the Trusted Advisor Tag?

    Okay, so we've upgraded the forum, we've changed domain name from .co.uk to .com. We've got a couple of tags to encourage members to post really good content, and those seem to be working. We've changed the name of the TilersForums Arms tag to Tilers' Arms Tag. We've added country flags to post...
  10. O

    How much would you pay for tiles?

    This is on Quest channel now. Discuss :D
  11. Dan

    How to work out your reaction ratio

    So the new tags that automatically get dished out by the forum work on a ratio of your posts versus the likes those posts have received. So here's my profile: As you can see I have 23,000 posts and just under 5,000 'reaction score' (basically, likes). So my score isn't even 1:1. Or even 2:1...
  12. Dan

    How to use a tile levelling system for walls

    How to use a tile levelling system for walls
  13. C

    Can anyone explain how you tile into a corner

    Can anyone explain how you tile into a corner
  14. JordanLincs

    How would you deal with these pipes?

    There's a lot to box !?
  15. T

    How to trim

    Afternoon all, Im tiling an external corner where, one wall will be completely tiled and the other wall only half tiled. Does anyone know how to best approach this trims wise? The problem being that using the usual method means there's a lip of the trim in the unfilled/tiled area. Hope this...
  16. C

    How do I tile around switches and sockets? - How to tile properly around sockets

    Hi How do you get a better finish with the below switch please
  17. B

    How do I get rid of this stain?

    Marked tile - appears to be watermarked. Is there a product I can use to remove this?
  18. F

    How to finish countertops without finish pieces?

    Old dog here working on my own old bathroom countertop remodel. In the old days I'd select tiles with a selection of finish pieces like inside and outside corners and cove bases and etc., etc.. Today I'm lucky if I find 3"x12" bullnose pieces and that is it. I went on youtube to see how current...
  19. N

    How to remove this type of "stain" (picture included)

    Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me with how to remove this darkening on the tiles? I have tried bleach, Vinegar + Baking Soda , Grout cleaner, mold cleaner , stone cleaner (all with scrubbing) with literally minor to no impact at all. Big thanks to any suggestions.
  20. magicmat

    Advice on how to tile over a gap

    Hi everyone, We have just finished renovating our home and have saved the entry porch as a job for us to do. We would like to have a practise with tiling as its a small simple shape. We have not tiled before. There is just a little problem that i'm not sure how to solve. The entry porch has a...

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