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    What should I lay on joists before tiling?

    Thanks to all who gave advice on my 1st thread yesterday. Please bare with me as I am having a blond moment, and thats hard for someone with as little hair as I have.:lol: As mentioned yesterday, I am renovating my bathroom and am planning to remove the current varnished t&g flooring and...
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    How long should it take?

    Hi All This is my frst post, been lurking for a while and found the site extremely useful, learnt a lot. Im a painter and decorator initially but did all the tiling in various homes of mine and family, learning as i went along. Have now done a few successful professional tiling jobs. Recently...
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    What products should be used Bathroom please

    Builder has plastered some walls in new bathrooms (those I just want to paint) and left plasterboard on other walls where I want my porcelain tiles. Some of these plasterboard walls will be in shower enclosure. I've read load of threads and know that you professionals have favourite...
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    Should I tile a non-straight wall straight?

    Hi Got a bit of a struggle going on between my head and my gut with this one. I'm just about to start tiling a wall in my bathroom, but on mounting my baton horizontally, it has come screamingly to my attention that the floor and window are really quite far off the horizontal. It's a 100+...
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    it should be soon that a few!!

    freebies are on offer from the makers of adhesives :thumbsup: and product makers in the tiling industrie, for us workers to promote/use there stuff :yikes: anyone heard of any events yet :smilewinkgrin:
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    which cutter should i go for?

    Hi all, I need a new cutter. I was in topps yesterday and i came with in inches of buying the rubi tx range (i think) is around £300 plus but with topps tradeit was somthing like 238 i think only trade can buy this the only reason i dont have this as my cutter is because i cant afford atm and...
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    How much should I pay

    Hi, I am trying to decide if I should tile our ensuite wet room floor myself or pay someone to do it. I was thinking of using mosaic but not fully decided. Room would be ready tanked showerstone fitted, the floor is 2.4m2 and we are only taling about the fool here as I will most vertainly...
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    What adhesive thickness should i use?

    Hi I have 3 bathrooms to tile, floor and walls, how do i know what thickness of adhesive should be used, i see the notched trowels come in many different sizes Thanks
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    Can anyone advise (without looking) as to what I should do..?

    Hi Everyone. We recently had a new kitchen fitted by a joiner (excellent joiner) but I'm far from happy with the floor tiles (porcelain). The guy took my old floor boards up and put down new tongue & groove chipboard with a green colour to it (I've been told this is good as it is the proper...
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    Should airlines charge more for overweight passengers?

    A few airlines are thinking of charging extra for overweight passengers.. Do you think they are within their rights to do so in certain cases..? If today's society can dictate where smokers can or can't smoke, then is this also going to far. If you fall in this category would you pay more...
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    £250 to spend - what should I buy?

    Hi guys I'm tiling a bathroom over Christmas. Porcelain floor (30/30) and wall tiles (30x60), approx 10mm thick. Part of the floor area is a wetroom shower tray (1700 x 900), so will need to do a few tricky angular cuts too for the grout lines. I currently have a small plasplugs score-snap...
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    My New Silicon Tool - if you haven't got one you should for Christmas

    I know you old pros probably have these already but this is the best 7 pounds ( ebay ) I have spent on tiling . Bit sad I know but it makes for a very neat finish, here're some pics..
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    How long should this take???

    Hi there I'd really appreciate some estimates on how long a tiling job might take. The tiles are 25cm X 33cm ceramics and they are to be put on the wall horizontally, but in an overlapping brick effect style - Toll area is 22 square meters. There 3 will also be tile wide strip of mosaic...
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    Should I leave gap for grout inbetween border tiles?

    Hi there My husband and I have just finished tiling our bathroom and are having a disagreement. We have laid the border tiles but my husband put spacers inbetween all the border tiles which I believe affects the flow of the pattern, I think it would have been better without a gap. So my...
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    This is why you should always check your preview before hitting that post button!!

    The guy who made this litlle mistake didnt.... Lies on the Rovers board - Burnley FC forum from footymad.net :lol::lol::lol::lol:
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    rates how much should I be charging - just starting out

    Hi guys just wanted advice on rates I should be charging (day rate and per m2). I will be working mainly in surrey and south london. Domestic only for now. Many thanks.
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    How long should it take me to do this job

    Hi Still not the fastest tiler but trying to improve - too much of a perfectionist ! Have a floor job coming up - 30sqm of insulation, then 15sqm of UFH in the middle, screed, and finally tiling 30sqm of 600 x 400 granite type tiles on the floor but then have to tile a skirting all the...
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    Movement in bath and wall - should i be concerned?

    I'm in the process of doing our main bathroom. We have had a shower added to the bath (i.e you stand up in the bath and shower rather than a seperate shower cube) and i've noticed that after standing in the bath to get the existing tiles and Silicon off, the bath is moving and the wall is...
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    Extenal tiling should I protect tiles from rain until grouting?

    Been tiling a balcony this week...haven't had a chance to grout it yet and forecast is looking like heavy rain for next week...do I need to protect tiles from rain?...adhesive used - BAL fastflex? cheers :grouphug:
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    want to get in to tiling what should i do???

    hi guys my name is sam.im a lorry driver at the mo but would like to do somthing new i have worked in the builing trade before and tiling has been 1 trade i;ve always wanted to have a go at and would like to do a course!!

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