Template for cutting floor tile around toilet

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Just had a very nice PM from Andy. He is imo a 'stand up guy'.

I think the moral of this thread is each to their own.

 

[ms.tiles]

hi
having read all posts on this thread then its each to their own. i was trained with nips and wasnt even allowed a wetcutter until i could nip a curve. ive been doing it that way for 5 years and only now am i getting confident with using my eye to gauge where i can start from without taking off to much. i always leave a bit extra on and will put the cut up to the toilet and run my pencil around it to then nip off for a nice tight finish. it has taken me time to get quick at it and sometimes i do break the odd tile which can be really annoying especially if its right near the end,im sure we've all been there.
Try some of the ways given and find what your comfortable with and over time you'll get quicker at it.
Good luck

 

[DHTiling]

OK sometimes mickey taking can be taken the wrong way.

First off, I never intended any insult to Phil Hobson and apologise unreservedly for any offence given. Furthermore, I have read many of Phil’s responses on a wide range of tiling matters and fully respect his expertise based on what I have seen him post.

Secondly I don’t understand what trolling is.

Thirdly, if I make any comments that start strong responses, I stop posting on that thread – I don’t see this or any other forum as a platform for arguing – I see them as a useful resource for everyone interested in that topic.

Fourth and last is the question of what is right or wrong, good or bad in tiling is often a matter of opinion and nothing more. Dave and other admin/moderators are right to intervene if you think something goes beyond the aims and objectives of the forum – there is no intention from me to undermine this forum and I apologise if I have caused an either real or apparent problem in my posting – that was not my intent.

Thank you.. The rules of the forum are simple.. be nice or get removed.. and thankfully 99% of members love this rule and stick to it, hence why Tilers forums is what it is.


As for Troll
.. lol.. Google is your friend.. and yes we do clamp down quick on this.

 

[Andy Allen]

i don't use templates........kept forgetting my lining paper and got fed up with having to cut my daily sport up..

 

[MartinH]

Folks thank you very much for all the advice you have provided on this topic, there are obviously a number of ways to do it and what is clear is that the only way I will know is by doing it and over time working out which is best for me ......

I initially sought the advice as this is my first time having todo this and wanted to have some confidence that I was apporaching in the right way...what this thread has done is also provide alternative methods and sound advice specifically regarding the "nibbling".....many thanks to all and ill let you know how it went !

 

[diamondtiling]

Just read all the way through this thread and it reminded me of the first time I had to cut around a loo and pedestal. I kept waiting until the owner of the house went out for the morning before I started to do the cuts. I thought they might think I did not know what I was doing if they saw my method.
It involved the paper out of my van, a pencil and a pair of scissors to make a template. The cuts were nice and tight and I thought I was really ingenious for thinking of doing the cuts that way. Only later did I realise that many many tilers use the same method.
Phil has a few years on me but that was over 25 years ago.


So long as the end result is satisfactory just stick to what you know but be prepared to learn a few tricks when us oldies start yabbering.

Now where are my slippers and pipe?

 

[MartinH]

diamondtiling - the great thing about this forum is that its good to know its there.........you can buy all the latest tools, cutters etc....but you cannot buy the experience...and the beauty of it is that on here, its free....well at the moment it is !.......as someone new to the trade, this forum was recommended to me by someone who simply said " you will learn more from tilers on that forum, than you will ever learn months on end in a training room"...enough said really and this forum for me is probably the most important tool I have..who knows in years to come I hope I can hand down the experience to others...that will depend on whether I get killed by the customer for him not liking my cut around his toilet !!!

 

[diamondtiling]

Cant ever see the forum not being free Martin, unless Dan does a pay per click for answers???
oooh...........a new porsche for Dan
:auto:

 

[MartinH]

Cant ever see the forum not being free Martin, unless Dan does a pay per click for answers???
oooh...........a new porsche for Dan
:auto:

.....it was the PPC scenario that came to mind ;->