** JOTM May 2011 **

[Dave]

Hi Tilers arms members.

Please enter your pics for JOTM May 2011..

The prize for this month is a GOODIE bag from Mapei uk....

And we also have this month a set of knee pads donated by Sprung Ltd | Home

So many thanks to Sprung ltd for donating these..

All entries must either be date stamped on the pics entered or a news paper dated within the JOTM thread shown in one of the pics.

This is to prevent entries that were completed before the JOTM started etc, this is to make it fair for all who enter.

So if you enter pics and they are not as above then your entry will not count..

EDIT BY DAN: I'm going to give £150 to the winner, and £50 to both 2nd and 3rd place - but only if we get 5 or more entries.

Please do join in this one!

[Dan]

Please note I'm going to give cash prizes to the winners this time. Well, a cheque, but still cash after a few days.

But only if we have 5 or more entries!

Come on people, enter the best you've done this month no matter what.

Thanks in advance!

[Brinkley]

i got one coming full kitchen and pics through out should be done by late next week

[deanotile]

i would settle for my badge lol

[Phil Hobson]

i would settle for my badge lol

Me too Dean, very generous offer from Dan. I have not had anything worth entering for a while.

I start one on Mon that may be OK. If it looks alright, I will enter it. But I would not take money from Dan. The badge is reward enough for me

Dan is a real good guy.

[deanotile]

the prizes that the sponsors are good enough to put up are nice to have but for me it is the best feeling when someone takes the time to vote for your work. like you Phil i have not had a lot to show. i did have a nice floor i was going to enter but as fast as i tiled it they covered it with junk so i did not get a good pic not even one

[Brinkley]

me too a badge is enough .Dan save your money

[widler]

ive got one to start next week,not seen it yet,my lads plastered it the other week,but she had her own tiler. apparently the tiler said he was too busy when she told him the tiles were nearly £1500 for 8m2,so ive been roped into doing it,i can use my new rubi 700

[simmy08]

P1000784.jpgP1000699.jpgP1000785.jpgP1000693.jpgP1000697.jpgP1000786.jpgP1000702.jpgP1000696.jpgP1000788.jpgP1000692.jpgP1000765.jpgP1000764.jpgP1000695.jpgP1000813.jpgP1000701.jpg Here is my 1st ever entry.30M2 of 800x400x20mm White Marble. Laid on 22mm plywood (customer wouldnt spend anymore on matting).Walls laid to marmox 4mm (which is really 6mm plus a millimetre for adhesive which marmox advised would take out the bounce).All external Corners I polished and chamfered at edges.Window sill i bullnosed just to finish the job off nicely.
The Bath weighed 178kg alone without water or a person.Nearly slipped a disk getting it up the stairs...took 5 of us.
I suggested drilling cores in the marble marked out where the legs would go and pack the floor up 1 or 2mm proud of marble to isolate the weight sitting on those tiles.
Wasnt much change of £15,000 for this room.
Great job,great to work with...Hope you like it...cheers

[Bri]

Nice starter for this month, good work. Very clean and crisp

[user123]

Nice!!

[hillhead]

Very nice job simmy, unbelievable weight in that room now too.
Let's hope that ply doesn't split the lovely marble.
Love the window board, one of my tricks there.. lol.
Well done.

[blocko]

Finished a shower room at the end of the week that I have been working on and off for the last month or so.
It was a complete rip out and refit (incl all new electrics, plumbing ....the works!)
A slight improvement on the original. The Argentinian rectified ceramic tiles were an absolute nightmare....some were so bowed they would rock on a flat surface
Infra-red sensor hidden under the basin that switches on the LED's automatically and huge shower niches really are the nice bits I fitted in this one.
Geoff
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[Brinkley]

very nice well done

[Stewart]

Nice bit of tiling there Blocko..... It's a shame the new rad, sink and toilet supply pipes weren't coming out of the Walls instead of the floor as it would have looked much tidier IMO, but a very nice job non the less.

[user123]

Beautiful, blocko - the customers must be over the moon!

[blocko]

Nice bit of tiling there Blocko..... It's a shame the new rad, sink and toilet supply pipes weren't coming out of the Walls instead of the floor as it would have looked much tidier IMO, but a very nice job non the less.

Totally agree stewart, but customers spec and choice of goods. Would have made my life easier too as one of the basin pipes started leaking after being under pressure for a week (after I had put down floor and hardibacker too!). I had to rip the whole lot up and re-do again. Very frustrating

Beautiful, blocko - the customers must be over the moon!

They were indeed. Got a £40 Prezzo voucher and a load of beer as a thankyou for my efforts

[Bri]

Another top quality install, well done mate. Can't beleive they didn't want to keep that toilet seat

[simmy08]

nice work blocko

[STEVO]

Thats sexy!

[Mike]

Nice bit of tiling there Blocko..... It's a shame the new rad, sink and toilet supply pipes weren't coming out of the Walls instead of the floor as it would have looked much tidier IMO, but a very nice job non the less.

i think you'll find that 'sink' is a basin very nice work blocko, tidy finish too.

[Thespanishtiler]

here goes for May to make up the numbers

trav bathroom and ensuite done as part of a full refurbishment of an appartment.

liked the trav on this job nice warm tones with very little filler

had the dewalt set up in the master bedroom and no splashes !

Hope you like

should i get a place then please give the money to a cancer charity

[charlie1]

here goes for may to make up the numbers

trav bathroom and ensuite done as part of a full refurbishment of an appartment.

Liked the trav on this job nice warm tones with very little filler

had the dewalt set up in the master bedroom and no splashes !

Hope you like

should i get a place then please give the money to a cancer charity

very very nice!!!

[Stewart]

Looking good Spanish and nice looking Trav too....

[Dave]

Some really good entries so far... looks like we have a competition..

[user123]

Very very nice, I like that a lot. Did you use epoxy grout again?

[Aqua Tiling]

nice one for offering to give the money to a cancer charity. very thoughtful mate

[Phil Hobson]

Nice job Spanish, as always

[Bri]

Thats amazing work Spanish, trav is my favourite, love the detail work.

[johnryan]

very nice work not really a fan of travertine, but that does look stunning.