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  1. C

    any tips for using readymade tile adhesive?

    my husband is tiling our bathroom walls, and is using a readymixed white tile adhesive. He is using a combed type trowel to apply the stuff, but half of it seems to fall into the bath? Should it be applied all over the walls using the flat side of the trowel, then combed off in any particular...
  2. P

    Tips

    I'm not on about advice although it is great on here. but I'm on about tips for doing a good gob. I'm not even finished my 1st job and the customer has just come around me house to give me £400 I only charged them £235!! I'm in shock. i've not even finished yet going back Monday to grout...
  3. P

    first paid job any last min tips?

    hi guys I've booked in my 1st paid job for Thursday, 6m2 kitchen splash back in 10x10 with glass mosaic border. I'm just after any last minute tips. serous ones please.
  4. D

    Newbie floor tiling - Tips?

    Hi, I'll be tiling a small (10sq m) utility over the weekend with 9mm cream porcelain floor tiles. The room has been leveled (3mm) and will have three days to dry. There is UFH in the room. I'll be using white flexi adhesive, 2mm spaces, a 9mm trowel and cream grout. I am hiring a wet saw...
  5. C

    new member hello &thanks for tips so far

    Hi all I have two 15sqm jobs to do both different sub floors and want to lay electric ufh on one of them. will be coming back with lodsa questions Thanks guys:smash:
  6. S

    any tips on doing tidy expansion joints

    hey everyone just getting into tiling. just wondering what tips uns guys have for doing nice and tiding expansion joint on wall and floors. thanks guys
  7. P

    speed tips?

    im a bit slow and i know thats mostly because im still quite new to the business but does anybody have any tips of how to get the job done quicker????? is it all about getting every cut right first time? i only average about 5m2 a day lol :huh2:
  8. J

    Limestone Carnage!! - restoration tips grateflully received

    Dear Tile chums, I recently looked at a customers limestone wetroom; dogs dinner 'handy man' bodge up and said I'd try and get some advice in seeing if it can be saved. Around all the joints (of the entire wetroom) is a slight discolouration which is rough to the touch. I'm not sure if this...
  9. S

    Tips on setting out brick effect

    Just about to do a kitchen and the tiles are those brick shaped ones.Whats the best way to set these out to get the brickwall look.Plus what mm spacer would be best to use?Any advice is very welcome guys.
  10. D

    Glass Tile Installation - Tile Tips - Glass Tiles Etc.

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  11. O

    How To Tile, Advice & All the questions I asked when i joined

    So, I joined the forum a while back when I decided to embark on a tiling career, When I first joined I was aprehensive to ask questions, probably mainly because I thought they'd sound stupid, I took the gamble and asked away regardless, boy am I glad I did. I thought i'd take bite the bullet...
  12. S

    Re grout any tips?

    Doing a regrout of a large kitchen floor am going to use a tiling rake is this the best option? plus the customer has cracked the glaze on one tile and wants this replacing whats the best way to get this up without damaging any other tiles? Any advice welcome guys:yes:
  13. Sean Kelly

    Has anyone got any site work tips?

    I start site work tomorrow. 07:30 start....on the other side of London to where I live. A nice drive around the North Circular (to avoid congestion charge). Anyway, I am very grateful to the sub contractor who has given me the chance to work on this new-build site. He has already told me to...
  14. S

    sWe's Tiling Tips - How to Tile

    Dan submitted a new blog post How to Tile - Top tiling tips for walls and floors Continue reading the Original Blog Post.
  15. S

    Any top tips for brick effect

    Just about to do first brick effect on kitchen splashback. any top tips!!!! (using brick shaped tiles):huh2:
  16. H

    new tiler in need of Business tips please

    Hi all, My names Patrick and i have just completed a course at essex tiling training. At the moment im still in the army but im really keen to start my own business when im out in a few months. i already have my liability insurance and some advertising sorted. i have my own tools and will be...
  17. R

    grouting any tips

    had a kitchen splash back to do tiles were 100 mm x 100mm with a chamfered edge, all the way round when grouting it was just filling all round edges of tiles leaving 10mm of grout, was nightmare getting grout out and very time consuming any tips on how you guys cope with this would be great is...
  18. J

    Your Top Tiling Tips.

    Evening all, OK so things are going well (touch wood) taking bookings towards the end of May now, loads of work from marketing campaign and Topps as my store has rolled out the approved fitting scheme and I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of two fitters, but, and there is always a but, I...
  19. P

    hi from poole (any tips on getting started)

    I will keep this short and sweet...... hi from poole. i'm just starting out on my own after completing a 6 week course and was hoping you guys could give me a few tips on what i should do first. am i better off working for myself or going on site??? great site by the way...... many great...
  20. M

    Mick's Speedy Tiling Tips

    Just going through a few threads and have noticed there are alot of novice and first time tilers posting on this forum and all seem to be concerned about how long things can take. This is true tiling can be tedious and slow at times and you need the patience of a saint on some projects. So I...

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