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    setting out a floor in diamond pattern 45 dgs

    setting out a floor on the 45
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    setting out a window wall for beginners

    For newcomers to tiling to help setting out a window wall.
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    setting out

    Hi all I'm starting a job tomo in a three style pattern, 25m2. The tiles are 49x49, 32x49, and 32x32. The tiles have a wavy edge so i was gona do the grout by eye, just checking its in line with the laser. I know the pattern but was wondering about setting out. How do you guys go about setting...
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    Setting out floor for mutiple rooms

    Hello everyone, would just like to say that this is a great forum, I dont post on here much but I do lurk in the shadows reading lots from time to time! anyway heres my post, have just been told off a possible job from a neighbour whos been working on an extension for someone, and they are...
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    • floor floor tiling out rooms setting setting out tilers usa
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    Little help needed setting out before I start another project

    Hi guys, I'm about to start tiling the monster-in-laws bathroom & was after input from you guys, the experts, before I start. Walls are 2.4 high by 2.2 x 2 & 1.7 x 2. Tiles are 45cm x 31.6cm & was going to lay horizontaly in straight lines (not a brick work pattern). Question 1: The...
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    • help needed out project setting setting out tilers usa
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    outside steps setting out

    Im trying to set front door steps. The problem is the steps are parallel on the left side but go in from the right. the bottom step would be easy as i could make large cuts at each side to balance it, but the next step up if ifollowed the line would have a thin cut at the right. is there any...
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    Setting out-wall and floor

    Hi All Any thoughts on setting out a bathroom much appreciated. The tiles are 600x400 trav and there are 2 rooms-old bathroom that has a arch way through to the new part. I am setting out around a large window and the wall cuts are all very well balanced but if i have the grout lines flowing...
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    • floor floor tiling setting setting out tilers usa wall
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    setting out problem

    good evening wondered if any body would help i am tiling my bathroom top to bottom , brick-bond ,with an 8 by 6 inch tile and an inch and a half marble mosaic border two walls are 5 inches lower than others because of two small sloping ceilings setting out height wise i have good...
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    setting out,which feature to centre?

    The wall facing the doorway to my bathroom has two windows a small one over the pan and a larger one 1.2m wide separated by 750mm wide peice of wall,should i start from the centre of this wall or the centre of the larger window?. Doing either only moves the other off centre by a couple of inches...
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    setting out kitchen plug sockets

    i do a few kitchens start to finish so i usually get the electrician to first fix leaving the wires for the sockets poking through the wall if its been drylined anyway we get the worktops in and usually work out the cupboards to get full tiles from worktops to cupboards then its the question of...
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    • bathroom kitchen out setting setting out tilers usa
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    tips on setting out

    hi all, can anyone give me an easy way to set out to achieve a full tile round the corners whats the best method??i trained at pts a while back still srugglin to get my head around it,can anyone put some pictures on for me please??whats the best time to go price a job should i go in at a...
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    help setting out

    hi all i am just starting out,confused about setting out, am i looking for an appearance of a full tile,or just big cuts is there any right or wrong way,have a kitchen to start tommorow for me dad in brickbond any tips for setting out would be good.does anyone use software to set out like...
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    setting out question ..........

    .......... , not quite ready to start yet as i am still waiting for my new worktops , however i have been doing some thinking about setting out the tiles , my first question is , i have 2 options for the bottom row of tiles ( 50 mm square porcelain on a 300 x 300 sheet ) , option 1 , have a half...
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    Setting out a Victorian Hallway

    The story so far : Setting out a Victorian Hallway I answered a couple of posts on this subject in September to an enquiry from a new member. It transpired that the job was local and I offered to help set out an unusual shaped hallway in a Victorian terraced 'Crescent'. The customer has had the...
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    • edwardian edwardian floor geometric out setting setting out tilers usa victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
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    Setting out

    I am about to take the plunge at begin tiling my back passage :yikes: much to the delight and trepidation of Mrs Ajax. I am using 150mm x 150mm quarry tiles from Wickes (mainly cos they're cheap and I'm tight) and I want to do a diamond pattern with no border so diagoally laid tiles all the...
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    Diamond set with border setting out?

    Hi all. How do you guys set out a diamond set floor with a square set border around the perimeter? Would you lay the perimeter first and then cut the diamond inside or do the diamond set first and then work out the perimeter after? Cheers :thumbsup:
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    Setting out

    I just need someone to confirm my thinking...... As you come in my front door, the hallway stretches straight ahead for about 2.5 metres. The width is such that my floor tiles will fit 2 full tiles side by side, with a decent size cut at each side. Perfect. The only thing which is making...
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    Setting out and starting floors

    How do you do it, I dry lay all the tiles then do my cuts , then I lift some tiles leaving a key tile then apply addy. This works but takes a long time. what method do you use ?
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    • floor floor tiling floors out setting setting out tilers usa
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    Advice on setting out loft conversion

    Hi All I am in a bit of a muddle at the moment. Just trying to set out my wall tiles (600x400 travertine) in a loft conversion. I set out a level line all the way along the wall with nice half tile cuts into the floor. The problem is that the swage line along the roof where the ceiling...
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    setting out chequered pattern

    Hi guys I've landed my first tiling job since going out on my own and just want a bit of advice. My customer wants a chequered blue and white pattern around 3 sides of her bath should i treat this as a wrap aroud pattern as you would a brick effect using the cut offs from the corner to start the...
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