Show Us YOUR Work Thread - Tilers Pictures

[Dave]

Edit May 2024: THIS is a New Show Us Your Work Thread for 2024 Onwards

This is the new Tilers Showcase Forum where we want new tiling work added, with each tiling job you complete having a thread of its own so people can see what kind of work you do, and potential customers can find your work

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I thought it was about time we had a thread dedicated to all members of Tilers forums to show us any work that they do.

Be it from installing a kitchen to garden decking. Show us your work! Get those pictures taken, but then do something with them! Actually add them to a thread and some facebook groups with your website link in them etc and it'll help spread the tile love.

If you have done a job then please do share it with us.

Pics are a MUST as what is the point of sharing a job without them..:smilewinkgrin:.

So if you do a job and you take a few pics then please do share it with us.

Lets make it a big thread for all to view and input in.

Thanks Dave ..

 

[jonnyc]

just one pic of show garden at chelsea 2004.
this was really interesting.,
I have many photos of lead up and how we cut stone off site to pre agreed radius for steps,water rill and pond surround but cant work out how to copy from only photos.
this was the first show garden my mate andy sturgeon had been asked to do.
i think it was a massive gamble but he came out with a decent medal and has never looked back.
as it happened he went on to win many golds i think for show gardens and best in show, along with gardening world cup winner in tokyo 2010.
the soak away funnel was the end of road petrol tanker !!!

 

[jonnyc]

sorry i posted wrong re funnel.
the end of the petrol tanker was the pond itself.
from bad memory i think it was approx 3.00 mts diameter.
but just look at the colour when sun picks up on it. a great design which i had nothing to do with!!

 

[jonnyc]

this is a subterrean pool in private house east sussex.
we were going down approx 7.00 mts i believe. did the stonework in most of house but only posting from ground floor down as this was most interesting.
ordered jerusalem gold light from stoneage for entry and double staircase down to pool.
this was probably the best quality jerusalem light i have ever received.
ordered over size,templated and bullnosed on site by us with portable dewalt water fed router.
first set of stairs set to a very shallow radius to follow curve of wall
at mid level in wine cellar laid brazilian 900 x 600 on floor and builder fixed the slabs for laying bottles.
another level down and we are in to the pool house , which is also used as gym and cinema.
again brazilian green slate for pool surround which was an excellent product.
inside of pool done by pool company finished with chinese green slate. very funky but dont know how this will fare over the years.

 

[Lukass]

Nice1 jonnyc, me likes

 

[peteablard]

Wow, impressive place. The tiling's not bad either!:lol:

 

[Tony73]

very nice jonnyc

 

[tobins tiling]

When I win the lottery!

 

[AliGage]

I LOVE the pool, proper, mad in love with it!

Nice work Jonny

 

[DHTiling]

Very!!!!!! nice that Jonny.. very nice indeed.

 

[Gazzer]

Absolutely fantastic Jonny

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Love that Jonny,would you like to have a go at the pools then ? i think i know the company who did the pool ,i have done a few Chinese Green slate jobs ! and the company i have in mind sort of specialises in them .......

 

[The D]

how nice is that :drool5:

 

[jonnyc]

Love that Jonny,would you like to have a go at the pools then ? i think i know the company who did the pool ,i have done a few Chinese Green slate jobs ! and the company i have in mind sort of specialises in them .......

dave ,
it was rainbow pools who did the inside tiling . not my favourite pool company. have you heard of problems with slate in pools as well??
client wanted me to do inside as well as surround but i was a bit nervous about this chinese slate. I had heard some horror stories about it changing colour and joints bleeding white. it does look really cool though especially with pool lighting on.
the brazilian stuff i supplied for surround and copings was great product to work with.
Ive only ever done the inside of one pool and that was only because no one else would touch the tile product . i had worked for client before and she was desperate to use moroccan habibi mosaic. i will see if i can dig out a photo of that pool.

 

[True Tiling]

You missed a bit of grout next to "e". Not really - awesome job - hats off etc..

 

[Tony73]

Got a chance to do some pictures this morning (finished this project august 2011). Master bathroom: 400x400x20 limestone on floor, 600x600x10 porelain on walls (mitre wizz external corners). templated and fitted limestone bath top and splash backs, dark emperador vanity tops. Other shower rooms tiled with 600x600 porcelain tiles. Living area: Calacatta oro fire place: made cutting sheet (my brother and my Ukrainian friend fitted). Kitchen/patio area: 950x560x20 blue jura stone( all tiles cut to size on site from 1000x600). And finaly outside columns manualy fitted (30mm and 40mm portland stone)

 

[Tony73]

Oh yeh, all stone from STONE AGE,

 

[Tresco]

Guys as a DIY'er I joined here a few months ago, it's been a real pleasure looking at your work and admiring your workmanship, I'd done a couple of cheapo Flat refurbs but you lot inspired me to have a crack at my own bathroom, I was nervous of cutting 900mm tiles but bought a big Montolit cutter from Tradetiler, (really helpful people), and they were a doddle! fabulous cutter, I was tempted to post on Sir Ramics Sigma love in thread! all the tiles were Porcelanosa and I used Benflex adhesive for the wall tiles.

So, mistakes.. well working with fast setting adhesive for the floor made me rush, plus I got the bloody stuff everywhere! definitely didn't spend enough time planning the niches and how their positioning would affect tile layout, and it was only towards the end that I realised trowel handles sit over the edge of a bucket and save them disappearing into the addy!

I'm about to attempt to extend an existing slate kitchen floor, I'll let you know how that goes but in the meantime a big thank you for answering my questions and for the wealth of knowledge and expertise on this site, really grateful to you guys for sharing that.

 

[Furtek]

Hi Guys !
I finished already few jobs recently from my last upload. I'm so busy right now.
I gonna start put water marks on my pics

 

[Qwerty]

Thankyou Tresco & Furtek

Furtek...... how did you get the watermarks onto your images? Curious as have found some of my work advertised as somebody elses locally :mad2:

 

[Furtek]

Blocko that is really bad, people just don't care right now, so sad
I use free software Free Watermark Software not sure can i put that on here :/ if not please delete it

 

[jonnyc]

follow up to last pool posted by me .
this is the only pool i can remember tiling the inside of.
private residence surrey
pool company were supposed to do it but didnt fancy these morrocan habibi mosaics.
fixed them as no one seemed to want to do it.
very sizey and there was a scroll border just under water line that came in thousands of tiny interlocking pieces.
infinity pool with an original edge detail .
we tiled steam room with tiles reclaimed from the clients previous house.
handmade spanish crackle tiles from paris ceramics.
we were short of tiles to do the whole room but i had some rectangles and other square field tiles bigger size to original so made a pattern up of sorts .
We had to fudge the columns as you will see if look closely as they were originally higher than new room being tiled in.
these tiles seem to have gone out of fashion, but i really like them. they are always very sizey and vary alot in thickness so have to bed each one individually.

 

[rainsco]

timeless and classic. i like the edge detail of the pool. its a design everyone want to touch it.

 

[jonnyc]

this is the second phase of the antique terracotta job previously posted in this thread.
this time laid on diagonal with border .
first phase has been grouted with 2 parts white cement/ one part grey , and by proportion 1:4 with washed westerham plastering sand.
we are now covering floor with breathable building felt and will return for first seal/ grout and final seal beginning of september.
this t/c needs a few weeks anyway to dry and will let other trades in to do plastering and decorataion.
i utilised the variance of tile size which was up to 10mm to try and get full looking tiles round whole border.
we were only looking on laying about 4 sq mts a day when factoring in time spent grading sizes and percentage proportions .
it was nice to get one of these after a long while. i did masses of these reclaimed terracotta floors up until 10 years ago. got more coming up so it seems t/c may be back in !!!
I even brought out the old sigma 10m for the job.shes been in retirement for some years now working her way in to the undergrowth down at the farm .just right for this type of job.
i have the little brother as well and they dont come out much now but they are still a good workhorse.
very nice batch of reclaimed from lapicida.

 

[Andy Allen]

nice work jonny, looks like it was a pig to work with...

 

[Tony73]

very nice jonnyc

 

[Qwerty]

Nice work jonny.......... looks like a right pain, but nice end result

I cringe everytime I see hands so close to an open angle-grinder blade (I do it all the time too and dont even think about it when Im in control! :lol: )

 

[jonnyc]

I agree. I would not be so worried about hands but I do give my employees guard ,googles and the rest ,but it's their choice if they choose to not use safety gear I supply.

 

[ishi69]

this is the second phase of the antique terracotta job previously posted in this thread.
this time laid on diagonal with border .
first phase has been grouted with 2 parts white cement/ one part grey , and by proportion 1:4 with washed westerham plastering sand.
we are now covering floor with breathable building felt and will return for first seal/ grout and final seal beginning of september.
this t/c needs a few weeks anyway to dry and will let other trades in to do plastering and decorataion.
i utilised the variance of tile size which was up to 10mm to try and get full looking tiles round whole border.
we were only looking on laying about 4 sq mts a day when factoring in time spent grading sizes and percentage proportions .
it was nice to get one of these after a long while. i did masses of these reclaimed terracotta floors up until 10 years ago. got more coming up so it seems t/c may be back in !!!
I even brought out the old sigma 10m for the job.shes been in retirement for some years now working her way in to the undergrowth down at the farm .just right for this type of job.
i have the little brother as well and they dont come out much now but they are still a good workhorse.
very nice batch of reclaimed from lapicida.

Thats probably the most beautiful floor I've ever seen top work jonnyc

 

[rainsco]

finished the shower today i posted long time ago. i had a big problem with pci nanofug basalt grout. the customer choosed the color on diffrent sample plates (ardex, sopro and pci). but then the colour was very diffrent from dark to bright but not the color he had selected. i know all the things why this can happend but i have done my best. then the silicone was much brighter. so pci send me a gout renovation. it worked and was very easy to use. i hope it withstands.
in two weeks i has again two bathrooms with the same 100x100 tiles. when this is future, i need a bigger van.

 

[Tony73]

looks realy good rainsco