well have been told all sorts about ufh so decided to test for my self i wanted to know the difference
between a 10mm tile and a 4.8 mm tile so i got 2 x 1 m2 mats from thermonet then used 12mm insulation boards laid the mats out then tiled one side with 4 600x600 10 mm tiles the other side i...
Okay so I've been doing a family tree. Managed to trace one line of family back to 1535. Mostly always been in England or Wales by the looks of it. So I was getting a bit sentimentally patriotic about being British born and bred.
Thought I'd do a DNA test thing to see what my geographical...
SLIP RATING FOR FLOOR TILES IN THE UK
Floorslip.co.uk recommnds minimum ptv36 as Ray has said before now. But actually it perhaps should be more than that?
Who else is clued up on this?
Just done a night making good to a floor in a local seaside coffee bar, it has not been touched since the early 70s.The floor is marble mosiac area about 120m2,the mosiac was layed in 71 and fixed with Bal Flex on Hardboard :yikes: yes Hardboard !.It has thousand's of customer's in the summer...
Following on from a previous NVQ thread
here is a useful video with some tasks that CITB Scotland ask you to complete on the day of your final apprenticeship, this might be helpful if you are doing the NVQ experienced worker route.
There is some plastering skills required too ie floor...
I went to visit an old project earlier this week, which we completed a few years ago. In fact I didnt want to go and look at it, it was a nightmare due to the programme and a difficult site manager. However someone else saw it and tracked us down so if you do a good job, you do get work of the...
Started a bathroom today, bounced on the floor and in more than one place it was terrible. So instead of taking traps up and fitting noggins ,i decided to lift the whole floor.
heres what I found!
no noggins at all.
no perimeter noggins.
two of the joists were nearly an inch from touching the...
its been really difficult for us all to get together (Ray, Gary and I)......after all we all work for a living!!!!
but I have received a "DRY" drilling bit from ATS Diamond tools.............(what sizes do you have ATS?).....
I will find a minute (or two) next week and try and kill it in...
Hiya fellas.
I've been on a large anhydrite floor and thought i'd do a little test whilst i was there.
It is by no means scientific and was done quickly, but this does copy conditions found on site and not in a lab.
The floor has underfloor heating, has been carbide bomb tested and was dry, and...
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well we look at the bag of adshesive 15kg 20kg 22kg 25kg and think the 25 kg will give more but is this realy the case when we done a little vid we found that a bag of 25kg kerrkoll made 22 litres of sticky that a bag of tilemaster light wieght 15 kg made 20 litres of sticky so how many litres...
OK we have a new tile drill in development for 2012 onwards in the 6mm and 8mm size.
Feedback from tilers has been that they want more lifespan from their cores.
So we want to recruit twenty tilers from this forum to take this new product FREE and to give us feedback.
At the moment the pack...
have a go, doesn't take long... nope, I didn't pass... scored 50%, guessed a lot.. :blush2:
Life in the United Kingdom - The Official Practice Citizenship Test
Forever multitasking me cooking and wanting to be online at the same time, so here's a really interesting and much respected personality test for those who are curious about themselves, very easy to do. Including perfect careers etc... Naturally it turns out I am one of the 'Idealists', which...
Need to sit this test Tesco are saying you need the card to get on there sites now. Does anyone know were do these tests in Glasgow and what company to go through ?
What do you think. Is this e-mail just a slick sales pitch (a way of making money?) Or do you recon its got credible intentions?
The bottom line is that we would have to PAY for the work!
(Am I a sceptic - Or should I go for it - I dont know the answer...)
Dear Richard,
I was recently at...