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  1. C

    Blade life DT3734

    I'm using a Dewalt D24000 to cut Margres Chic full body porcelain tiles which are 12mm thick. Some of the cuts are 45 degree and there have been some pluge cuts. So far I have cut about 30 x 200 by 600 tiles and seem to have destroyed 2 of the Dewalt diamond blades, DT3734 which came with the...
  2. L

    New Life Begins

    Hi All Had my last day at work friday, got two weeks before i start my tiling course and start my life as a tiler onthe 27th September.............................cant wait to work for myslef and have something to show for my efforts. I am however just a bit worried about getting the work in...
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    Expected life of blades?

    What is the expected life of blades used for a wet saw, ie which blades give you guys good quality cuts, with good weekly useage and last the longest? For example if i bought a montolit DNA blade which would be actualy cutting say 20 porcelain tiles a day maybe 3 days a weeks how long could i...
  4. D

    Expected life for a Rubi trowel?

    I purchased a Rubi 10mm half round trowel from Tradetiler approximately 1 year ago. It now resembles a 5mm half round :mad2:. I only use this trowel for floors (and not every floor that I do) but it seems to have worn out in only 12 months; Is this normal? Can anyone recommend a trowel that...
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    Life saver.

    I was doing a Kitchen backslash today and the customer only went and got 1 trim.. hence i was short of about 14 inches of trim..:oops:.. I tried where the tiles came from (CTD) NOT open.. ??? I know it's good friday but that's when the public buy.. Anyway i tried all over and no one sold...
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    Life or Sport ?

    What is more important these days ? Lives or Sport ? Seems these people think sport... BBC - Piers Edwards?s Blog: Caf decision over Togo makes no sense
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    do you have a way that you approach life!

    what ever i look at doing, buying,well anything in life,i stand back a little and say to myself whats the angle here!!! who's selling, why, how much,whats there motivation for this, whats mine, and try to take it to pieces first, before deciding what to do :lol::lol::lol:
  8. G

    One chance in life

    YouTube - one chance in life
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    plasterers-the vain of my life!!!

    god where do i start! how come they carnt seem to plaster around a window with out making it twist. i spent half an hour smashing plaster and plasterboard of the wall so my tiles would meet up. then again around the door. ended up having my top 3 rows bowing out off the wall just so it was...
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    Life and living it

    Just stumbled on this and thought ..........mmmmmmmmmmmmmm A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. "Not very long," answered the Mexican. "But then, why...
  11. D

    posh customers and thier ideas on life etc.

    been to start a job today, agreed a "cash" price on day rate, materials supplied by the customer, told by main contractor that she is out of the country for a few days and can i front the materials... no problem, off i go! paid out for materials £700 worth in advance, produced an invoice to...
  12. W

    Another day in the life of a tiler

    Just finished a job today, was’nt going bother about talking about it but just to get it off my chest. The guy who owns the house is a retired teacher and a carer who’s about sixty and is also a diabetic. The teacher has a bath in the morning and on my first day there he was in there for two...
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    Life before the forums

    Get in, fall asleep, wake up with a dog!!
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    Saved my life!

    I am in the process of replacing everything in my old bathroom. Using 6mm round chrome trim to finish the tiles. After having got rather a lot of tiles on the wall, I ran into trouble with needing to do a 3 way mitre at five external corners. The trim manufacturer did not provide and help, just...
  15. D

    Check your life expectancy

    Seen this link over at JB forum.. Be honest and see how long you might live... http://www.sonnyradio.com/realage3.swf
  16. D

    work life balance

    Hi all, I used to work 10-12 hrs a day, 7 days a week for months on end. Now Im down to a 5 day week and home at a sensible time in the evenings and weekends off. My earnings havnt went down too much but im enjoying tiling more, before it was a rush to get the job finished & onto the next...
  17. Sean Kelly

    A year in the life of a new Tiler.

    Sean Kelly published a new article: Read more about this article...
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    Pot Life.

    Hi everyone. Hope this isnt gonna sound stupid but iv got a question regarding pot life of powder addys. I always use BAL products. So far iv only ever used powder addy on floors, mainly rapidset flexable. Got a few jobs comming up with large format wall tiles but im a bit worried about the 45...
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    Shelf life of powdered Adhesives

    I've got 2 and 1/2 bags of Dunlop Large Format and Natural Stone Floor Tile Adhesive left over from tiling a kitchen floor about a year ago. I think the adhesive was actually bought in Jan 07. It was used in about August of last year and was absolutely fine. I last used a bag in around October...
  20. J

    45 year old, never tiled in my life, looking for a fresh start !

    Hello everybody ! Discovered this site today and I guess/hope I'm in the right place to ask lots of questions ! A bit of background. I'm 45, married, one child, been living abroad for 5 years, tried a new business venture abroad for 5 years........failed :sad_smile: so recently returned to...

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