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  1. M

    Opinions on a floor prep

    A customer took up old tiles ready for me to come in and discovered a piece of 5 mm ply under the floor it's only about a foot wide and runs about 3 metres so I took up the ply and underneath was a set of radiator pipes and the ply sat on two pieces of 2x2 so as the rest of the floor is concrete...
  2. AliGage

    Opinions please

    Hi guys and girls, Wanted to get a couple of opinions. I recently done a couple of bathroom installs and tiling for a relatively new construction company. Whilst working on site I was asked about tiling the hallway, utility room and a family/kitchen room. When the company ripped out the...
  3. R

    opinions please.

    While I'm waiting to get in with tiler,I thought I may as well look into doing my bathroom floor.its small but its a start.so while looking at it a couple of questions came up...I'll list them,so its easy to follow. 1. The floor is t'n'g chipboard.know I've gathered its ideal to remove this but...
  4. C

    logo design opinions please

    I have employed a graphic designer and this is where I am at currently at with my logos. These are our van colours (one tiling getting changed to plastering). Does anyone have any suggestions before it goes to the final stage where it will receive some tweeking. Suggestions regarding colours...
  5. M

    something to watch if your new to tankng and want some opinions

    set yaself half an hour aside and give this vid a watch... what do you think about him using the fibre glass roll? is it susceptible to cracking over time due to expansion/contraction? would like to hear opinions on weather this is a good way thanks...
  6. C

    Johnsons Tile factory shop Tunstall - opinions sought ?

    Hi I came across the forum , and found it to be a very informative site , with seemingly a lot of switched guys posting on here. I have recently had to retire from my self employed Job as a flooring / printed concrete installer, due to health reasons, and have been recently taken to carrying out...
  7. J

    Opinions: Lightweight Adhesive

    Just got a few bags of the tilemaster standard set white adhesive in what's the opinions on the lightweight adhesives on the market at the moment? Many thanks Jack
  8. M

    Opinions needed...to brick or not to brick!?

    To brick or not to brick..that is the question lol.. I have some 150x600 porcelain tiles to do in a kitchen its only going to be 2 high on 3 walls and then the full wall on the hob/cooker wall.. Would the brick layout look wierd only going 2 high? The tiles prob will have slight bows in them...
  9. D

    Is this a poor finish?? Opinions please

    Hi all, hopeing to get some advice from the pros. I've completely gutted out bathroom and have been getting everything sorted before getting it tiled. As a background I have underfloor heating mats down and concrete. Spent a fair bit on tiles from porcelainosa and got a tiler in who was...
  10. S

    Help I need your opinions please

    Hi all I am not an experienced / pro tiler but I have done a fair bit for customers all of which have been happy in the past. I recently had to do a job for a customer removing tiles & then retiling his downstairs toilet. At initial meeting I told him I was not a pro & offered to organise a pro...
  11. O

    victorian tiling job opinions please

    i looked at a job yesterday (hallway) see pics. the cardboard relates to roughly where they want 5 x 600x600 panels placed, panel as shown in pic 2. the rest is fill filled black and red 150x150 tiles apart from a border (on sheet) 1mt x 125mm (see link) Classic Brown Red & White Border Tile...
  12. M

    Decent Large manual cutter opinions

    I have had a rubi 70 for quite a while now but recently on floor tiles i.e 600x600 porcelain it has no chance of cutting these...it just dont seem to have the breaking power....are there any manual cutters that would be a breeze for this type tile? heard these sigma's are quite good....always...
  13. E

    Some opinions?

    Glass tile from China.Was fitted with good adhesive,grout with flexible grout,after two months I was called by the client.Fortunately the bathroom was renewed and the payments made by builder insurance.I remember when I saw this therad...
  14. A

    Opinions on this wet cutter Norton TT200em

    I have been looking a t a few budget wet saws for on the domestic front ie the vitrex and this norton. even if you haven't used this saw, what do you think of it? would you go for it over the vitrex? I think its 800watts and around £130 to buy heres a vid, sorry its in spanish but you'll get...
  15. P

    Old Grout not shifting - Thoughts & Opinions

    Hi guys, thought I'd sign up here and seek some professional advise. Moved house not long ago and now working my round the house removing traces of the previous owner's questionable taste! I'm onto doing the bathroom now - plan is to replace the toilet, sink and tiled floors. Bath to remain...
  16. AliGage

    Travertine and BAL Micromax cocoa grout. Opinions?

    I'm on a bathroom and showerroom/en-suite at the moment. Made a start on the grouting yesterday, and got the feature wall done in the shower. I've never done a dark brown grout with travertine before, so offering it up for opinions.
  17. kilty55

    outside opinions please

    hi all i would appreciate opinions on a job that i thought was going to be a nice bathroom to do,however it has gone the opposite way and i find myself halfway through it wanting to leave i did a job for someone a few months ago and was asked by the neighbour down the stair for a price on...
  18. C

    Had Gary the Rubi rep in at work today, 45° trowel opinions ?

    I think he is on here as he is on the TTA board. He very much rates these trowels and apparently zee germans have been bending old trowel combs over for 25 years to obtain a true 6,8,10...12mm bed ! Has anyone used them before and what are your opinions ? I was dubious until we had a chat...
  19. I

    Some opinions please

    Evening all, I've done this chimney breast feature in my living room and am almost ready to grout, I'm in two mind whether to just go with a standard mid-grey or do something a bit different such as limestone. I know what the grey will look like but have never seen slate with a light colour...
  20. S

    Little help (your opinions please)

    Just doing a mates kitchen for him (walls) and he asked my advice on a floor problem - Basically what to do with the step in the photo - The cream tiles butt upto the step (hence the reason they haven't gone over it. Im really not sure what to suggest to him ...... other than getting my SDS...

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