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    Setting out French pattern

    Hi, I have been asked to tile a friends floor in a French pattern. They have a small shower room that leads through to a larger utility room by way of a door they would like the floor to flow through. How would the pattern Change the way you set out ? Would you start with the larger room ...
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    Advice for fixing wall that is out of plumb

    Hi, I am redoing our bathroom and am tiling all the walls including around the shower. Where the shower will go I have taken down the old plasterboard and replaced with Hardiebacker board and have already taped the joins. However, before starting the tiling I have realised the wall is out of...
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    Cutting tiles with out using a wet cutter

    hi guys I've always used a wet cutter to cut my tiles where ever my dry rail cutter can't do. I've always done that as that is how I got shown. My question is is that the norm. Do you guys use wet cutters or do you use angle grinders ?? Which is really what my question is about. I've never...
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    Whats the best levelling system out there and why?

    whats your favourite levelling system and why?? ive only tried raimondi and f'web and i'd say f'web as theyre cheaper and seem to be just as strong.
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    Should i fill out with addy

    This week i am refitting a bathroom to a shower room, tiling all walls and floor. When removing the tiles, the floor tiles where tiled ontop of floor tiles ontop of 3inch floor boards. Surprisingly the tiles that where tiled onto the boards where well stuck down compared to the tiles on tile...
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    Bathroom setting out

    Hello everyone this is my first post I'll try not to waffle. Im in the middle of a house renovation and I'm just about to tile my bathroom. However I have a setting out problem with regard to the height. I'm using 300x 600 tiles and 3mm grout lines. If I set the tiles so they're almost...
  7. Dan

    I've sorted out the 'Find a Trader' section on all our forums

    Should be able to find these forum categories at the top of the forum homepage :) I'm hoping promoting all the forums on all the forum kinda gets more enquiries coming in. Check those out to see what you think. Find Professional Tradesmen for Free (And of course tradesmen find the work for...
  8. Lou

    Tile In Tile Out

    Tiler in Kent
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    Advice Needed on Building out Wall Depth?

    Hi all I've been asked to completely refurbish the in-laws bathroom and they've taken it on themselves to do the donkey work of removing tiles, wall coverings etc. in preparation. Anyway, the walls were tiled lower down all the way round and papered/texture coated above. When they've removed...
  10. Lou

    Out On The Tiles Ltd

    Out on The Tiles Ltd is a local tiling company offering tiling, plastering and bathroom fitting in and around Medway, Kent. Do you want to add some colour to your home? Are you tired of your current bathroom? Out on The Tiles Ltd provides a comprehensive home improvement service to help you...
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    Just starting out...

    Hello I'm not totally new to this forum as I got some valuable advice on here last year re: tiling my bathroom floor. But subsequently I took a tiling course at UK Pro tiling. It was a really excellent course and covered so much and now I'm looking for my next move. Whilst I have some DIY...
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    How to get your name out to new customers

    Hi I have just started on my own tiling after 8 years with a plumbing and tiling company. Just looking for some tips really on how to get my name out to new customers ? Im in Porthmadog N.Wales
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    Out door stone fixing

    Hello folkes I have been asked to price up a job it's a external tiling job on to a concrete slab that is 10" thick laid to a small fall away from the building the slab is reenfoced. Due to door sills I be building up a thick bed approx 22mm to finish at correct hights. The stone is 600mm...
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    Saturday night wat u upto

    wats everyone upto ,
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    Set out

    Been setting out my mum's bathroom and having a bit of a mare with the focal point which is the window. If I centre the window no matter of I start with a full tile or half tile (or even a quarter tile) im left with a small cut somewhere. The best compromise is a small cut sound the window...
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    How to work out total price per square metre

    hi all. Need some help how can I work out total price per square metre. Including adhesives and grouts etc. As I have been approached by a kitchen fitter to provide a price and I need to get back to him asap. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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    Keep getting logged out

    Has something changed with the forum settings recently, as every time I change page I seem to get logged out! Was never a problem until recently.
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    Forum lay out

    What's people thoughts? Since it changed a week ago, it's not half as easy to see what's what, imo!
  19. Stevev

    how much work for pro tilers involves taking old tiles out

    Hi, Just wondering roughly what proportion of a pro tillers work is taking out old tiles and making good before refitting.....I'd envisage a high proportion of your job is on new installations done by kitchen fitters and plasters unless its a wet room.....im looking at doing the run of the mill...
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    Setting Out, What Would You Do?

    Ok, so as there has been a few threads on setting out, I'd like to add a quick one. I'm curious to know how you would tackle this. So this is it, the last task on the bookmatch project. It consists of a small winding staircase of 4 treads, but it's not without its problems. Firstly I'm...

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