Protilers - Tiling in Notting Hill

[Protilers]

Hello all,

started a job today in Notting hill..........I have been here before and did this in the main house:

anyway,

I have now moved into the "studio" in the garden.......
its a 3 story building that encompasses a "Shower room".........here is what went on......

here is the view from outside the room.......

and here is the inside:

the tiles are 100x100mm white (matt and gloss!)......in a random fashion.....oh and brick bonded!!!

like this:

hope you are all well.....all the best!

Lee

 

[trevortine]

Nice to see something bit different from the norm! Looks great Lee!

 

[cam_low]

cl90 ?

 

[Protilers]

cl90 ?

What's that camlow?

 

[cam_low]

same laser lever as me !

 

[Protilers]

Naaaa.........its a dewalt.....dw088k

 

[John Benton]

Same as me - cracking little laser

 

[cam_low]

my cl90 must be 6 years old now. paid around £500 for it. still going good, I see dewalt have copied the stanley pole

 

[Protilers]

my cl90 must be 6 years old now. paid around £500 for it. still going good, I see dewalt have copied the stanley pole

Naaaa........its a Stanley pole!!!!!!..... I got the laser an ebayed it.....keeping the Brilliant pole!!!

All the best mate

Lee

 

[Protilers]

Evening all............

here is what went on today.........

the first thing I did was install the Ditra as per the spec of the architect!!!.......(more on that later!)

then I was off wall tiling:

I have tried to keep the wraps full wherever I can......

another wall out of the way.........on to the next........

the architect wants whole tiles on the boxing's..........looking good for that so far......

here is the shower view:

all is good........I hope the mosaics turn up tomorrow.......or I am going to slow down..........and I really, really don't want that!

All the best

Lee

 

[AliGage]

Taking shape Lee. Looking good mate.

 

[Protilers]

Taking shape Lee. Looking good mate.

thanks Ali.....the floor is penny mosaic......in Gloss.....what has arrived is MATT..........this means a delay from the supplier.......I have been told thurs.....but I could have done with them for tomorrow morning!!!!!

 

[area tiling]

Looking good ! Nice to work with those size of tiles means you can bring out the baby sigma's!

 

[Protilers]

Looking good ! Nice to work with those size of tiles means you can bring out the baby sigma's!

hhahahahaha....I don't have a baby sigma!.........I have a great all rounder!!!.......the Rubi ts60+...........but if sigma want me to give one a try......hhhaahahhahahhahahah....Derek!

 

[tubs]

Looking great , look forward to more updates !!

Looking good ! Nice to work with those size of tiles means you can bring out the baby sigma's!

Talking about baby sigmas does yours mark the tile when cutting ??

 

[Protilers]

Evening all........

first off I got out of bed late.......this is unusual.........but it is probably because I knew the plumber would be in there first thing to plumb the rad........so I trundled to my local bank to pay in some money........
got to the bank and guess what.....it was opening late due to a "training session".......I hope it was something to do with stabilising the economy, and not a lesson in being nice to pensioners........
basically the bank did not open until 10.30..........no good to me at all.......and on a side note....every time I am in this bank there is a pensioner talking to the teller about her weak bladder and how uncomfortable it is.......
takes ages to get served and the teller does not give a ...................

so I got to work....

finished off the rear wall and everything was going well..........then.....

I realised that the box had not been built to the drawing.......it was ment to be 200mm deep.....and they had built the "stud" to 200mm........and clad it with 18mm ply (now 218mm ish).......
this has completely screwed my whole tile/half tile set out......you cant see it yet (unless you follow the courses), but you will see it later!!!!!!

oh well......that's me for another day!!!!

all the best.......

Lee

 

[Protilers]

the best part was the plumber did not turn up.... and the "architect"......has now conceded that Ditra is not suitable for small format mosaics (after I sent him the literature!).......so the floor is now SLC......

hehhehehhheeeeee............

 

[Protilers]

Evening all.....hope you all enjoyed your long weekend!

been back to Notting Hill today....floor tiles have STILL not arrived.......so I used it as an excuse to go and see Gary the tiler.......he was only around the corner!!!.....
He is working on a really nice job.....and doing great!!!!.....its steps and landings (at the mo!).....he was knee deep in sand and cement!!!...hehehheheheeeeee

anyway......here is what I did..........its not a lot:

as you can see there is a small cut along the boxing!!!!......if they built it 200mm as specified this job would have worked out peachy.....full tiles and half tiles everywhere!!!....oh well!

all the best lads

Lee

 

[Concrete guy]

I think the surface finish is lost on these pictures. I imagine these will look quite effective when grouted and the gloss/satin finish stands out.

 

[Protilers]

I think the surface finish is lost on these pictures. I imagine these will look quite effective when grouted and the gloss/satin finish stands out.

Its very difficult to capture on camera ATS........but in the room it looks good......hopefully when I finish there will be electrics in the building.....at the moment its a dungeon in the basement!!!
hehehheheheheeee

 

[John Benton]

See what you mean about wrapping round now Lee, shame you have got that slither showing

 

[Protilers]

See what you mean about wrapping round now Lee, shame you have got that slither showing

it is John......but a bit of silicone and its the best its ever going to get!.......they built the stud @200mm and clad with 18mm ply.....218mm......DOH!......hehehheheee...all the best pal!

 

[Protilers]

the more I look at those photos...the more the slither bothers me.......sad ain't it.............so easily avoided.....but makes such a difference in the finished result!....Gutted!

Lee

 

[John Benton]

Problem is this Lee. The client only sees the finished product and not what goes on behind the prep work and something like this could have been easily avoided. Unfortunately it's what will be noticed and when you work so hard to set out to avoid things like this it can be soul destroying. The saving grace is that you have made some idiot who needs a new tape measure look good now.

 

[Protilers]

Evening.......guess what.......the mosaics arrived today..........soooo....

mostly grouted now............

mmmmmmmm.......lovely!

Lee