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  1. L

    First shower project

    Hello there. We've just bought our first home and having moved in last week, we are about to start a small refurbishment project on our downstairs WC/shower room. The existing shower is in a bad way and isn't really useable. Its clearly leaking (a line of blown plaster on dividing wall between...
  2. S

    Hi all - Embarking on first ever DIY project!!

    Hi all, 3 months ago we started a full house renovation that has consumed almost every working hour. Amongst the work, is a full refurb of our bathroom. I've never tiled or done any significant DIY before so this is quite a good learning process. I'm keen to learn new skills and welcome any...
  3. H

    New Bathroom/wetroom Project

    Folks, hope you can help. I'm currently having a new extension built and will be having a new bathroom upstairs. In the bathroom, I intend to have a wet room. As such, I have a few questions The bathroom will have a new wooden floor joists as part of the extension and I expect they will be...
  4. D

    New joiner with big DIY project saying hello!

    Many thanks to everyone on this forum - you're complete stars for sharing your knowledge like you do. I'm doing a big diy project with a family bathroom, en-suite and a cloakroom. Bathroom and en-suite both floors and walls in lower grade tumbled trav, from 100mm square up to 400mm square...
  5. Chalker

    Bank holiday project

    Not allowed to it around at our house.! the wife wanted a shelf for our 4 year old son, he wanted a spoiler for his car bed. Couldn't find anything on the Internet, so a spare bit of 18mm mdf and some paint and there you go!
  6. D

    The worlds smallest tiling mistake in a bathroom tiling project. !

    Worlds smallest mistake in a tiling project! Still annoying tho. Would have been 100% perfect too... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqNP1wTY2JU Never mind!
  7. S

    Advice on yet another wooden floor project!

    Afternoon all, Intending to tile a new 18mm chipboard floor with 600 x 600 porcelaine tiles. Joists are 400 ish centres (old house!). I am not going to overboard with 6mm ply despite many old and bold builders telling me this is the way to do it as I'm aware this is now a defunct way of...
  8. S

    Which grout / adhesive / trim for my project?

    Some advice please..... i am doing some tiling in the kitchen and the bathroom. I have ordered some Zanzibar 10x10cm wavy edge tiles for the kitchen in the lighter (beige and white) colours. For the bathroom, some Grespania Galaca 40x25cm in the light blanco colour. Bother ceramic tiles. All...
  9. G

    Project Sigma 9P

    Always liked the idea of restoration of vehicles and dabbled a while ago with a BMW 1000. Thats long gone but I was wanting something to tinker with over the winter and then I saw a Sigma 9P on Ebay . It was a year 2000 model so quite old but made a bid and I won it for less tan I intended to...
  10. D

    New project at home here !

    Took out the gas fire, and now we are going to have a wood -burning stove ! any tip's or advice gratefully received :thumbsup:
  11. D

    My Project: Kitchen Floor Tiling 300 x 300mm

    Evening all, i'm about to start my first tiling project and thought i'd share it on here an see what advice, tips or suggestions might pop up. i'm tiling (300mm x 300mm ceramic tiles) a 8sqm kitchen floor with a few cuts to make around units. I'm laying 6mm insulation boards and then 5sqm of...
  12. John Benton

    Recent Wetroom Tray Project

    Customer came on here a couple of months ago looking for a solution to rectify the loose tiles and water coming back up through grout joints. I went to have a look and it was decided on close inspection that the tiles needed removing but unsure what next step was until what was underneath was...
  13. I

    My garden project

    This will no doubt turn into a very long thread, as I'm determined I'm going to do the whole lot myself. I'll start with a picture from about 12 months ago. I was attempting to clean my very leaky garage roof and the inevitable happened, I fell through it! Rather than repair it, which would have...
  14. J

    Wet Room Project - Am I mad?

    Hi, I would be grateful for a sanity check re my wet room project. The wife and I are installing a new bathroom / wet room in an old Victorian House. The floorboards are old, tatty and uneven. It has been recommended to us that we use the following (in order): PCS Backer Boards on floor and...
  15. T

    advice requested for bathroom project

    My bathroom renovation has started and the plan is to have a tiled shower area in one corner of the room with a linear drain. I'd appreciate some advice as to whether we're going about it the right way. My builders will be doing the job, specifically a plumber and a tiler in the team. It's a...
  16. S

    New Bathroom project some advice please?

    Hi Guys and Girls, I'm looking into redoing my bathroom at home. I have been and got some quotes but unfortunately they are coming in well above my budget. The quotes all seem to be quoting RRP on all the bits when with very little effort I can save 30% to 50% and on some parts 80% just by...
  17. G

    Natural stone project in Reigate - Granite/Slate & Marble

    I have a bathroom that needs tiling. The main floor is Granite and is approx 6sq mtrs, the wetroom area is Slate and is approx 2.5 sq mtrs. The walls are in Marble and there is approx 14sq mtrs. Thanks in advance
  18. Dan

    Profile complete unique project

    Profile Contract Interiors have just completed a new daycare centre for dementia sufferers in Liverpool. What was special about the project was the completely unique design of the project. Click here for more information on this article. For other news, checkout Tile News Blog.
  19. Dan

    Tiler for Joint Business Project with a business in Scotland

    Quality Tiler for joint business project | Contractor Forum | A Building Forum for Professional Contractors System3 is a mod on our plumbing forum who's opening a bathroom showroom thing in Scotland, and he's looking for a tiler to join the team. Sounds like a good deal for the right bloke...
  20. O

    Renovation project

    I am a DIY self-renovator, running out of cash to pay the builder and therefore needing to take on work myself. I've tiled whole bathrooms and floors before, successsfully, but using basic DIY tools. Now, with a three-bathroom plus other tiled flooring project to complete, I thought my meager...

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