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  1. M

    Hi all. Newbie and honest help needed.

    Hi everyone. im going to cut a very long story short to save your sanity. Im 36 have been living in spain for the last ten years. Cut a long story short both myself and the mrs got made redundant from our jobs on the same day back in june. Have been in and out of different jobs throughout...
  2. B

    Newbie question

    Hi guys and gals, im after some advise if someone would be so kind.....Im new to the tiling game and am trying to decide which adhesive would be the best to use. I have tiled 2 bathrooms and a kitchen using powdered Mapai rapid set and using the buttering on the tile method rather then putting...
  3. M

    Newbie Tiler 12 months experience looking for work in Dartford area

    As the title says I am newbie tiler with 12 months experience and have done a city and guilds college course. Am confident doing small jobs on my own, would like to work along side a time served tiler. Am looking to work within a 20 mile radius of Dartford area. Am willing to do a trial week...
  4. High Peak Tiling

    Newbie to the Forum saying hello

    Hi to all fellow tilers & companies. I am setting up business after going out alone. I am based in the High Peak, Derbyshire. Harry HPT&PropertyServices
  5. B

    newbie just saying hi

    hi been out of the trade a few years used to do a lot of work for M&Bs and refurb work for social clubs tiling plastering just catching up on changes in trade and to see if its worth starting up as a sole trader is there much work out there i still have a few contacts out there just feeling my...
  6. C

    Hi everyone, newbie tiling virgin, looking for advice and guidance !

    Hi everyone, I am a plumber in Salford Manchester, looking to learn how to tile proffesionally. I have just picked up a second hand Rubi Ts 60 plus and looking to get my teeth into first cloakroom project ( my own ) . I hope you can get some guidance and maybe in return I can help out with any...
  7. H

    Newbie saying hello!

    Hi all, Have been following the forum for a couple of months now and thought it was time I joined up and said hello, currently about to embark on a change of career into a trade although not 100% on which, my heart says tiling but my head says electrician ! Live on the isle of wight and am...
  8. V

    hi all newbie introducing my self

    hi all I'm mark from north devon and have been tiling for the past three years I'm a electrician by trade but started tiling as i also do property services and a customer was stuck for i tiler so offered to do it for him and he accepted.. anyway thats how it started a he recommended me to a...
  9. B

    Newbie Intro

    Hi guys, I am a quantity surveyor by trade and full but in my spare time i am renovating my 1973 house...been here browsing for a couple of years but now its crunch time as im ripping out small shower room and making a wet area so looking for advice...I will be posting the details in the...
  10. D

    Another newbie

    Hi guys and girls Dai from Cardiff here Im a disabled bathroom installer and work for a small family business in South Wales area and have been since leaving school 12 years ago. Do a lot of wall tiling but im looking into signing up for a tiling course to pick up on the floor tiling ect :)...
  11. S

    Newbie requiring some help.

    Hi All, I've just found this site and hope someone can help me out. I tiled our bathroom approx 5 yrs ago, walls and floor, but some of the floor tiles have cracked and I need to lift the lot and replace the cracked ones, I'm not looking forward to doing it because I put an underfloor heating...
  12. S

    Newbie

    Hello everyone I'm Stan, into stone floor restoration, just saying hi :)
  13. A

    Hi there - Newbie here :)

    Hi Folks - I'm Andy, I'm semi-retired after 29 years in Local Government - made redundant a couple of years ago - also had poor health issues and with money tight am having to learn how to do things myself. Came across this forum while Googling for advice on problem with floor tiling a...
  14. L

    Newbie tiling pics

    Hi Guys, Happy New Year to you all. As promised I've uploaded some pics of the job that I've completed with the help of you guys here. I'm sure that it's far from a 'PRO' job, but the Missus and i are well pleased with it. The tiles are 'Fired Earth' metropolitan. With your advice i purchased...
  15. M

    Newbie Tiler looking for work in the Greater London/ London area

    I am as the title states a newbie tiler who is looking for work in the Greater London/London area. I had been working for a guy over in Reading for 6 months, things have dried up so am looking for another tiler/contractor. It took me an hour to get to and from work each day so commuting is not a...
  16. K

    Newbie needs advice for making hole in slate

    Dear all, I'm a new beginner regarding working with slate. I will try to build a turntable plinth out of a slate. I have a slate stone which is cut into right size by a craftsman. The surface is natural. For this I will need to drill holes for screws and also larger holes for motor, idler wheel...
  17. D

    Newbie here ...looking for advice please

    Hi all - just come across this site and congrats to all for the great advice supplied to all - Happy New Year! Wondered if anyone can throw any light on an issue I have with a walk in shower cubicle. Had new bathroom installed about 2.5 years ago and made the wrong decision (in hindsight) to...
  18. L

    Newbie says hi and thanks.

    Happy xmas and a prosperous New Year to you all. I have been browsing for a while, gathering some tips and have now finished my first tiling job. I have managed to tile our new kitchen area splash back, with bevelled tiles, which for a novice like me would not have been possible at all, if not...
  19. H

    Help! Need to prep walls prior to tiling. Complete newbie.

    Hi, okay, so in order to keep costs down I agreed to prep the walls of my bathroom prior to a proffessional coming in to tile them. However when I was taking off the original tiles it's removed patches of the skim coat underneath. (This has mainly happened on the brick walls, the plasterboard...
  20. S

    Newbie say hello

    Hi All, New to the forum and looking forward to getting advice and suggestions from all.:thumbsup:

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