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    Victorian Tiled Path Concrete Slab Joints

    I'm pouring a reinforced concrete slab pathway to my front door which i want to tile with victorian mosaic tiles. the path will be 10m x 1m. i've been told to cut expansion/control joints every 2.5 metres. if i do that, do i fill these joints with screed and tile over them? any advice
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    I'm Looking For This Tile Edwardian / Victorian Original Glazed Tiles

    I'm looking for this tile size 150 x 750mm. It's an original Edwardian/Victorian glazed tile in a browny colour. The tiles are from the porch area just outside the front door - the area where the Victorians used to put pretty tile patterns up to about hip height. I am missing three of these...
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    Victorian Hand Cut Design

    Victorian hand cut design by timeless john posted Feb 8, 2016 at 3:18 PM Lovely little job we did for The Tile Emporium - Reigate. Great little mix of colours and small pieces to match a design on the front porch. We get spoilt as all the preparation was done, all we had to do was get on our...
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    Victorian Floor Tile Job - Geo Experience

    Hi We have a job which needs doing based in the Wood Green north London area. it is Victorian floor tiles so preferably with geo experience. Pattern is similar to Braemar, as displayed here. Victorian Floor Tiles - Braemar Pattern Many thanks in advance T
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    Victorian Floor Tiles

    Hi everyone I'm looking for Original Victorian Floor Tiles not the imitation Encaustic geometric tiles but the original quarry tiles of different shapes and sizes. Any ideas where I can buy some online and where to obtain a price list? Seems to be a bit difficult. Also, is it necessary to...
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    Victorian Pathway Base?

    We are currently having our front garden landscaped. We plan to have a Victorian path laid in the spring once the weather improves. Our landscaped have liaised with our tiler and have put down a steel reinforced concrete base in readiness for when the tiler comes in spring (started/completed the...
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    Victorian Pathway Discovery

    We are having the front garden of our Victorian terrace landscaped at present. Part of the plan was to have a new black and white Victorian path laid. However on lifting the current paving we have uncovered the original victorian tiles. There path is considerably lower than the pavement so...
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    How do I fit victorian taps to Belle Bath. Need to drill hole in bath.

    Drilling a hole into a Belle bath. Fitting Victorian taps. Drill steel baths. Project fitting taps. Call 365drills to help: 01992 410636 : [email protected] Clients brief was to drill a hole into this bath without damage to it. Reason is to fit a set of rose gold victorian mixer taps. Two...
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    Victorian hallway tiling installation job - York

    Hello! I'm looking to have a new tiled hallway floor installed in a Victorian property I'm renovating in York and was wondering whether anyone might be able to undertake this job? It's a typical terraced-house entrance hallway and is roughly 5 metres square. I've been looking at patterns...
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    Victorian Tile restoration.

    Hi there, I am new to this forum... And was just after some advise. ( I know this topic has been done to death on the internet). However there is so much conflicting advise, I'm still unsure. Basically I wanted to restore my victorian tiles in my hall, they are in pretty good nick just a...
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    Potential pitfalls on victorian pathway

    Hi all, Ive just had a job in where the customer wants me to lay a victorian path. Its 10 x 1.3m onto concrete that was layed last October, it is flat but has a slight incline from the house to street. The main tiles are 100x100mm but the ones for the border are a quarter of the size. As this...
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    Victorian path tiles wanted

    Hi, could any of my fellow tilers suggest the best place and preferably the cheapest place to buy Victorian path tiles around the london area. Thanks for any replies lads
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    Victorian Style Hall Tile Job - Please Apply!

    Hi, I'm looking for a tiler in the West Midlands area that is familiar with laying Victorian style hall tiles with border. I have attached the floor plan of my hall and an email of the tiles i am tempted to buy. I have the option of sheeted tiles or single tiles. The difference in price is...
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    Polish up Victorian geometric floor

    Gentlemen, just looked at a Victorian floor in a hallway. The couple just ripped up the laminate flooring and to their surprise was a lovely geo floor. Its really dirty covered in grime as you can imagine! What would you recommend to clean these up? And give them a nice refurb? Any and all...
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    Victorian mosaic floor tiles - small porch needs tiling, LE2 area

    We have bought reproduction Victorian mosaic tiles (supplier: "Original Style") to fill a small porch area (1m x 1.5m). We have designed the pattern, laid out the tiles on paper - now need a tiler experienced in laying these small geometric tiles. The floor has been newly concreted & skimmed...
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    Tiling a Victorian fireplace - mosaic - advice needed.

    I'm tiling a Victorian fireplace in my own home. I started by ripping up the old tiles and using a latex compound to level the floor as well as concrete repair to fill the old cracks and holes. The fireplace has laminate flooring laid up to it at the moment with beading. I'm laying mosaic...
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    Victorian / Edwardian Porch Wall tiles

    Hi there! I am having a tough time to find replacement tiles for our front porch..so, I wanted to check if anybody sells, or know where to buy, Burgundy/Chestnut coloured, square, 3inch, wall tiles for the side of the outdoor porch. Thanks! Henrik
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    Victorian Floor-Grout

    Good Morning. I'm on with a black an d white chequered Victorian floor. Anybody suggest which coloured grout compliments it the best. Cheers Kevin
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    Victorian Bathroom floor Surbiton, Surrey.

    Here's a small Victorian bathroom floor completed just before Christmas. It was originally done by the tiler who did the walls but the client was so unhappy with it, it was condemned! It was ripped up and I was asked to re lay the floor. Now I'm going back to do a small cloakroom in a Geo tile...
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    Victorian Floor Kingston Upon Thames

    This was a floor I did last summer. It was part existing floor and part new build. Unfortunately no-one thought about the end result, even tho the builder knew a Geo floor was going down. The result being that the new extension was not built on the same line as the original building, meaning...

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