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  1. Dan

    Tilersforums.co.uk 10th Birthday Party

    tilersforums.com is 10 years old on April 2nd 2016. Here's the first thread on the forum from April 2nd 2006: Welcome Guests So I'm thinking we hold a party on Saturday 2nd April. Somewhere in the midlands so it's going to be easiest for the majority to travel to. Not sure on the details. We...
  2. L

    Help Restoring Terra-cotta Tiles Which Have Been Under Carpet For Years

    Having trawled through the internet i have stumbled across this forum and was wondering if anyone could help the dilemma we are currently facing. We have recently purchased an old victorian terrace which is in dire needs of repair and restoration. When we took up the carpet and lino in the...
  3. D

    Ten years service to tile industry for PORSADRILL supplier 365-Drills

    Ten years service to the Tile Industry for diamond core manufacturers 365Drills With a full range of diamond core tile drills for professional installers. Innovations in holesaw guidance and cooling. The popular Bathroom Fitters Kit @ £7 a drill for a seven piece pack And the easy...
  4. T

    Have I been wasting money all theses years!

    I have just ripped out an old en suite inc shower cubicle for a full referb. House is about 15yrs old. The tanking in the shower consisted of green and yellow insulation tape!! All the way around. I did look a nice colour though!
  5. M

    Busiest in 4 years.. Recession over.. official

    I'm Booked with large multi room projects until March, there's a buzz in the air.. who's doing what and who's noticed the difference ?
  6. D

    I spent a few years doing this !!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3aK82GRiAs and earned some good money :thumbsup: anyone ever done this sort of thing ? we were a three-man team ,and had a large mixing tray and when all over the country laying this stuff we called it m-flex, it was a great surface for swimming pools ...
  7. S

    Haven't tiled for many years - about to start again today!

    Hi folks Steve here from Kilmore (Australia) - as per subject, I have not tiled for many years but am beginning again today on a kitchen job I am trying to complete for my client. It is a chilly 8 degrees C here today and hope it wont be too cold for the adhesive. It is a splashback (or...
  8. Dan

    Sixty years In business: from H Hase and Son to The Hampshire Tile War

    When Hugh Hase founded the tiling contracting business H Hase and Son in 1953, he could not have dreamed that 60 years later his business would have grown to become a thriving tiling and wet room supply company. Click here for more information on this article. For other news, checkout Tile...
  9. C

    Ceramic Tiles Lifting after 7 Years

    Can anyone give any advice please. We bought a new house 7 years ago and lived in it for 5 years and then rented it out. After 2 years with the same tenants they called us to say that some of the kitchen tiles were lifting. Our immediate thoughts were subsidence or water so we rushed down to...
  10. J

    First all night job for about 20 years

    Can I say for those who do it regularly i can understand why. No trafffic, you get more done. Downside: By 4am I was completely shattered and realised why the last time was so long ago, doing the undergrounds with "zin zag" German tiles in sand and cement. Could get used to it though again as...
  11. I

    New Years Resolutions

    What have we all decided to do then, quit smoking? Earn more money? Train in another trade? Me, I'm hoping lots of new contacts and work are going to come from putting some displays in a showroom, this was meant to happen 12 months ago but, now looks like its finally going ahead :thumbsup:
  12. macten

    Anyone else worked new years day?

    Got a call yesterday for a hallway and popped down to see it. Started tiling it today as I can't say no and my next job doesn't start till the end of the week. Only problem was CTD were shut yesterday and today so had to pay TileGiant prices for Mapei gear - so decent profit margin on materials...
  13. C

    Hit my first pipe in 5/6 years yesterday...

    Just got home at 6 and got the call! Oh great I thought. I have forgotten to tighten the tap up. Guess again, up came a sheet of hbb, a floorboard, found a wet patch, torch, mirror, no joy. After another bb, another florboard the leak was sourced. Worst thing about it was I hit the pipe...
  14. D

    Must be at least 2 years??

    Hello to all of you, I thought I would post a new thread seeing as I have been away for so long. Hope you are well and happy.
  15. Dan

    Walls and Floors celebrating 25 years as leading tile specialists

    25 years of Walls and Floors   26 June 1987. Full Metal Jacket is released. Manchester City’s Samir Nasri is born. The United Nations launch their convention against torture. And Walls on Floors is born. That’s right, Tuesday marks our 25th anniversary and we are celebrating by rewarding you...
  16. Dan

    How much business has tilersforums.co.uk got you over the years?

    Thought I'd make a Poll to see how much business tilersforums.com has got you in over the years. So this is an approximate figure of the turn over tilersforums.com has gotten you directly, or indirectly (so perhaps the customer saw you here, then clicked on your website, then gave you some...
  17. C

    ever so sorry but another cutter thread...new one required first in 4 years

    I know there is always threads on this but Im currently ready to spend a bit on a cutter that will cut up to 70cm. I have a Monty 63 at the moment. It has served me very well however I seem to be very unlucky and every large tile job I get has 63cm tiles !!! I like the action of a Monty, the...
  18. G

    G. J. Campbell Tiling........over 40 years tiling experience

    Hello, I am George Campbell of G.J. Campbell Tiling, based in Glasgow wespecialise in ALL forms of tiling. Ihave over 40 years experience intiling and have won various awards over the years for quality & finish whichinvolves national projects in all the large department stores and supermarketsas...
  19. T

    2000 a year for 3 years = 6000

    Which averages about 5 posts a day. Not all have been interesting, not all have been controversial, not all have been understood. But I've enjoyed posting and I've enjoyed the involvement in this great Tilers Forum. So to pre-empt any stalkers - 'thank you for the privilege of posting this my...
  20. T

    100 / 150 years old tiles.

    If anyone has stock or can suggest where we might source some dark chocolate and buff Victorian floor tiles, for a restoration job. Ideal size 109mmx109mm but 151mmx151mm could be cut down to suit. Thanks in advance, Phil.:thumbsup:

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