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    Rapid setting slc ?

    Hi all, does anyone know of a rapid setting slc that i can tile onto within 4 or 5 hours ? (or sooner if poss) going on a solid floor so flex is not essential. Most specs say foot traffic after 2-4 hours, but i need if poss to beable to lay the tiles the same day, Failing that would you go...
  2. M

    Advise on setting out please

    Hi I am tiling floors long hall , at end of hall turn right into kitchen. tiles will be following through the doorway with no break. should i center the hall and work in to the kitchen or center the kitchen and work out to the hall , im guessing i should center the hall and work in . any...
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    setting out to tile a hexagon

    setting out to tile a hexagon
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    setting out for tiling an arch

    setting out for tiling an arch
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    setting out a floor

    setting out a floor
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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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    concrete setting times?

    Could do with some info if possible relating to concreting. A contractor is reinstating a concrete slab infill of 40m long and a depth of 350mm before a screed bed for tiling. they are insisting that the screed bed will be fixed in 24hrs after concreting?? Now i assumed that the concrete would...
  9. L

    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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    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...
  12. L

    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...
  13. N

    setting up a company

    im thinking seriously of setting up my own company , im sick to death of subbing to companies who dont have a clue about tiling , and dont listen to the advise you give them ,its all about profit with them ,for get about the quality, any advice would be appreciated, ive been a subby for over...
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    Tile Movement when adhesive setting?

    I have been doing a job with some 600 x 300 on walls and floors. Tiles have been fixed to concrete floor and plasterboard walls. The tiles when fixed had been nice and flat and came in the next day and the floor is like a bloody skateboard park as are the walls and i know i never fixed like...
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    Best practise for setting in bath??

    Could do with some much appreciated advice and quickly..... Right got a 1600 bath and room width after plastering is 1640, so left with 40mm gap at the back of the bath and would like to start tiling tomorrow. My initial thoughts, chase into plaster make gap 50mm (make tling alittle easier)...
  16. K

    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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    just setting off

    Hi Gents n Ladies, I am looking to become a qualified tiler. Just thought I would say hello.. So..Hello. I am fed up of working in an office with all the politics that goes with it, I want to work for myself and be proud of what I do. Can see a couple years of very, very hard work in...
  18. P

    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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    Tile setting in Vancouver, BC

    Good morning. My name is John Whipple of By Any Design Ltd. here in Vancouver, B.C. I renovate curbless showers and build custom bathrooms. There is only a small handful of tile setters online who do this work and I'm hoping that more of you U.K. crews are doing the work I want to do. I had...

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