Started a job in Chelsea today!

[Protilers]

Yes it is Gary.....405x405x12mm........and it is as square as a donut!!!!!......and as solid as a feather!!!!!!...hehehehehehehhehheeeee......

but there are 4 bathrooms a large kitchen, and something I have not even been to in the basement!!!!!!......too many stairs!!!!!!.........
installed a floor today and installed another u/floor heating system......not screeded it yet!......so tommorrow is finish screeeding this room in the morning and start wall tiling in room 1.....then cut in a floor in room 2.....and so on!!!!!.....

but the stairs......Gary..........THEY ARE KILLING ME!!!!!!

hhehehehheheheheheheheeeeeeeeee

 

[Tony73]

You look realy good for 50 year old man :lol:

 

[Protilers]

You look realy good for 50 year old man :lol:

hhhahahahhaaha....there was a point where I thought to myself........this bloke actually knows what he is talking about...............but, now..............I am not so sure......you know I am not a day older than 18........hehehhehehehehhehee

 

[Tony73]

:lol:

 

[Protilers]

Ello'........

still fighting those stair's.......but finding it really hard to persuade shops to give me pound coin's..........I need £33 per day.....IN COINS!!!!!!!!..........the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea has not yet moved over to pay by phone!!!!!!!.....
proberbly some form of tax dodge!!!! hehehehehe............My accountant always goes nuts at me about parking without reciept's!!!!!!!!!!.......hehehheehehehehheehehe

anyway,

fitted an underfloor heating system in room 3 today:







Then I primed the heated area.....because the mats I have (Warm up)......refuse point blank to stick to the insulation board's!!!!!!







and even with the floor primed.....they still wont stick.....so I had to gaffer them also............I only ever have this problem with client supplied materials....the mats I purchase "Stick like s***).......oh well!



Its screeded in and ready to tile!!!!! yipee!........

then I went back to room 1.......and the drawing's I had did not work out right (in the room)......they wanted a dado on the top of a boxing and around the perimiter.....no problem for me but the granite tops will have ended up sitting on the dado's........and that will look rubbish..................an hour and a half later we had a solution......and I had cut the bottom course of tiles twice now for "new" set out!!!!!!!............



This was the last photo I took of the day........this travertine (and all the most recent travertine I have worked with for that matter!).....is out of square, full of holes in the backs and full of filler on the fronts............CRAP!

but dont worry mister owner of the Monsoon clothing brand......I will give you a silk purse out of a pig's ear!!!!!!........

best wishes

Lee!

Tommorow is another day EH?.....and I have those friggin stair's............doh!

 

[Tony73]

why don't you travel by train Lee? when i work i City i just drive van first day to drop tools, and then train. Yeh parking in London -crazy :mad2:

 

[Protilers]

why don't you travel by train Lee? when i work i City i just drive van first day to drop tools, and then train. Yeh parking in London -crazy :mad2:

I do that sometimes Tony....but only when I am doing the whole job.....and the only people onsite are my people! (I want to remove my tools from site everyday!).........
this guy could get a parking dispensation from the council and get scratch off permits for everybody onsite (over 20).....and they would cost him no more than £5 per permit, per day........but he does not have time to go to the town hall!!!!!!!

lets hope he has time to go to the BANK!!!!!!!! hehhehehhehehheheehehe....

Best wishes

Lee

 

[Tony73]

The most i have paid in City, was £5 per hour :mad2:. The good think is, that i add parking to bill. And CC :lol:

 

[Protilers]

Evening All!!!!!!!

Done a little bit more over Chelsea today.......It's going quite well really, there are lots of blokes onsite and we are all having a greak crack!.......the plasterer is a legend.........feally funny bloke!!!!!

anyway......here is how it went:









Stone dado rail, mitred corners, cut outs for heated "framed" mirrors........all the stuff that make things a little "harder!"..........

as usual.......tommorrow is another day!!!!!1

hope you all enjoy yours.....

best wishes

Lee.

 

[bugs183]

Nice work, but have you got your dado tiles the right way round???

 

[Protilers]

Nice work, but have you got your dado tiles the right way round???

the client thinks so!......and thats all I need!

best wishes

Lee!

 

[bugs183]

Thats all that matters then!
Just thought i'd say, be a wotsit doing all those mitres twice!

 

[Protilers]

Thats all that matters then!
Just thought i'd say, be a wotsit doing all those mitres twice!

the finished edge is the dado's Bug's.........there is no tiling above......so it is nicer to finish with a slim edge at the top.......but I totally understand what you mean...........
mind you if he asked me to tile it rainbow coloured 4" creamics on top of the dado's.....
I would do that aswell!!!!!!!!!!!...............

hahhahahahahhaahahahaaaaa

Lee.

 

[Spud]

you are cracking along nicely with that Lee looks spot on! keep them pics coming

 

[Protilers]

Hello All!.........

Finished one of the bathrooms today! yipee......and then went off to install yet another underfloor heating system in another bathroom.......
all I could think about was the heat in the top floor of this house.......its ROASTING UP THERE!..........

I only actually took one photo all day......and this is it..........I dont normally upload high res images so please excuse the watermark!



Must have been proud of that corner!......hehehehheehehheheheee

best wishes

Lee.......