Mick's Speedy Tiling Tips

[user123]

MICK!!...Sorry mate but we can not condone that anybody messes with electrical machinery who is not competent to do this.....A machine is designed and built to run a certain way and we don't want people to void their warranties or kill themselves messing with electrics.....

Tilers forums cannot be held responsible if anybody does as mick suggests...

thanks...dave..

Gulp - quite right, really, and we all love it when you're masterful, Dave, ....almost tempted to come up with something naughty myself :lol:

 

[iantiler]

Re: Micks... Speedy Tiler Tips..

many thanx sir ramic it was putting my head away i knew there had to be a gadet like that 1 lol, is there a site to order 1 of them m8? iam in n.ireland but ive never seen them here like.

many thanx again for the replies lads.

keep er tiling

Hi Neil,
I am from N.Ireland too and use Tradetiler.com all the time even for heavy stuff. They really have a great service! All the best, Ian.:8:

 

[AllurePTS]

Would love to see your tips on floors Mick ....that mosaic one you posted the picture of was the nads ....you were talking 50mm screeds etc .....would be nice to hear the low down on your floor techniques mate

 

[MICK the Tiler]

Ok! It would seem as I may have 'JUMPED THE GUN' on the reversing the polarity of your wet saw tip. On further reading it it does also seem that not all motors can be modified in this way, certainly not easily anyway and certainly not without the guidence of a qualified electrican.

I however use wet saws that can have this modification done without voiding any warranties and without damaging the motors on the saw.

So check with your manufacturer and use a qualified electrician to sort out the wiring issues.

And as Dave has pointed out, I and The Tileforums and it's affiliates do not take any responsibility for this modification or any modification to an electrical device.

 

[beanz]

Would love to see your tips on floors Mick ....that mosaic one you posted the picture of was the nads

I'd just like to know where you start with something on that scale!!! :eek6:

 

[AllurePTS]

I'd just like to know where you start with something on that scale!!! :eek6:

you just start at the beginning, that's always the best place to start :lol::lol::lol:

 

[beanz]

you just start at the beginning, that's always the best place to start :lol::lol::lol:

Oh you're a BIG help!! :lol:

 

[AllurePTS]

Oh you're a BIG help!! :lol:

sorry, I couldn't resist it :lol:

 

[MICK the Tiler]

Seems as though I've had a few enquiries about how to do screeds both in threads and in PM's I'll do a full explaination on doing screeds both large and small, in this thread over the weekend.

It's not all that hard although it does take practice and patience.

 

[AllurePTS]

Look forward to it Mick, thanks for your effort mate, much appreciated

 

[davediy]

any advice on cutting holes to fit large format tiles around a recessed shower mixer. Is it even worse with marble tiles?

 

[MICK the Tiler]

any advice on cutting holes to fit large format tiles around a recessed shower mixer. Is it even worse with marble tiles?

Recessed??? in what way Dave?

 

[Lucas 2]

Mick, I must try a stick with a 45 degree cut at one end like you said the next time I do a diagonal job. Though I s'pose it works best when the tile corner is 45 degrees or more...
Cheers!

 

[davediy]

mick, sorry i asked a question and was then called away. the recess i was talking about is for a mira recessed shower mixer tap. all the feeds to ad from it will be set in the wall with, hopefully just the control knob sticking out. I am going to have to cut an ellipitical hole approx 120 mm wide and 80mm high. i was thinking of buying a diamond core drill, the type you cool with a wet sponge - whats you opinion of them?

ps you've probably guessed by now i'm just an amateur at tiling!!!:8:

 

[Alberta Stone]

Hi Mick,
you didn't mention that you would need to put the blade on reversed and also put the splash guard on the other end if you try the reverse polarity trick.

Also, wouldn't that tend to want to pick the tile up off of the deck?

The whole idea behind doing things the way they are designed is that the force of the cutting blade is directed down onto the deck putting pressure onto the piece being cut and so minimizing the chances of it being flung upwards.

This seems to be a rather dodgy tip.