** Time to vote JOTM May 2011 **

[Dave]

Hi Tilers arms members.

Please cast your votes for winner of 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!

[simmy08]

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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

[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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[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

[kilty55]

this is a full kit refit i had

i ripped out,i ran the job,tiled it,helped plaster it and also paint it and cove it
pics of before and after ,really enjoyed this one

[Tenchman]

Wasn't going tobother with this even though i'd said to Phil i would put it in. Turned great but it is a very plain floor.
Looked at it 18 months ago ! i know some of my lead time is horrendous did a job the other year it had been 9 years since welooked at if first. my longest is 11 years
This floor is a Grade 2 listed the original tiles are Ruabon and are over an inch thick 30mm for the younger members.
The tiles had been butchered in the early 80's prior to this sort of damage being a criminal offence.
as you can see from the pics the floor had different sections that had been damaged or changed. nearest the door modern tiles had been put down in a bad attempt to blend. near the cellar door a pipe run had been cut through. these pipes are live.
middle of the floor two sets of pipes had been fitted and one set was dead. the section looked like it had been smashed in with sledge hammers as broken tiles were found in the infill.
the tiles used to restore were bought by the client from a re-claim yard in Ludlow, close match but because they are dust pressed slight shade difference the Ruabon tiles were extruded clay. so they vary like mad.
the floor was also covered in approx 2 inches of latex screed this was removed by the client, without damage to the floor tiles.
A lot of the floor was covered in carpet glue and grippers, plus old sealer /paint/varnish etc .
I used Exakt saws to cut around the edges of the infill areas and makita hammer drills to chop out approx 2.5 hundredweight of crap.
Fein supercuts to grind down to allow a bed of adhesive and an Arbortech power chisel for fiddly chopping and awkward areas.
Various KeraKoll leveller & self leveller products used to help with new screeding the bulk of which was fibre rich semi-dry.
Fixing and grouting was with KeraKoll as this was intended to be a neat totally green contract. they are a green building Co. with the use of re-claim tiles i think the contract was approx 98% green.
After all the tiles were re-laid and tamped down allowing for the fact that having the floor cut in half had meant it had risen on the door side by more than 40mm it made beating in the tiles interesting.
Floor was cleaned with a low rpm Numatic scrubber and allowed to dry out and sealed with Dry-Treat .
Looking to try & polish one of these floors with a HTc twister one day see if i can get a gleam on the floor .
A lot of invisible work to get to the finish and the floor was laid in 1880.
Hope you guys like it.
Cheers Steve
Thanks Joe, missed some pics out here they are i know you guys love seeing levelled floors
Cheers Steve

[tommyzooom]

I just found the pics for this, thought I would stick it in
completed a couple of weeks ago, Tiles are 100x300 iirc, quite time consuming, and the borders were a lot thicker than the tiles, towel rail section and each side had to be built out about 5mm. W.C, granite top and waterproof TV(drool) still to be fitted. No date pic but I hope you can make out the headline lol.

[doug boardley]

I'll enter this 45m2 poolside changing room, 45m2 of 660 x 440 porcs with stainless trims running through at two levels. I had to alter window heads and cills so that I could accomodate them to run through uninterrupted so to speak

[Dave]

Voting is now open, good luck to all who entered.

[Colour Republic]

Great to see some more entries, well done too all

[whitebeam]

Lovely work there, good luck to all.

[Phil Hobson]

Nice work all thanks for sharing, good luck

[Sir Ramic]

A nice diverse month this time. All the best to those entered....My vote is in.

[garythetiler]

my votes in, some super work again this month thanks to all who entered

[doug boardley]

my vote is in too, good luck and some great entries as always

[blocko]

Done! As above.... all great entries.....good luck to all

[kilty55]

well done everyone,lovely work

[strummerman]

my vote is in there all cracking jobs

[deanotile]

my vote is in. All jobs to be proud of.

[tommyzooom]

My votes in too. All cracking jobs again, good luck to all

[Stewart]

Votes done.... First class display of work as usual.... Good luck to all.

[Thespanishtiler]

Voted

all top class as always

[CJ]

Voted.................Some cracking work again.

[jay]

Voted quality work there well done to all

[Richard Edwards]

Good job Steve - aka Tenchman labour of love and just up my street ! Not used the NTC Polishing pad yet then ?

[blocko]

Looks like a landslide victory is in store for Doug then!!!

[Sir Ramic]

Looks like a landslide victory is in store for Doug then!!!

Pretty much and a 1st for a Mod winning JOTM

[Stewart]

Pretty much and a 1st for a Mod winning JOTM

Is Doug a mod.....? I had him down much more as a rocker.......(;0)

[Sir Ramic]

Is Doug a mod.....? I had him down much more as a rocker.......(;0)

More of a Mocker I would say !

[doug boardley]

Oi Neale!!, just got an "acquired" music taste that's all!