** JOTM July 2011 **

[Dave]

Hi Tilers arms members.

Please enter your pics for JOTM July 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..

[SquareEyes]

Hi Everyone,

After seeing so many people putting up their work for JOTM I thought I'd give it a go myself. Just finished a project in London working with some very nice materials. A lot of imported marble, tonnes of mosaics and a great deal of prep work! Can not recommend prepping up enough!

In total there were 4 bathrooms and a oak floor entrance with marble insets. As I cant put forward all of them (or can i) I have chosen photos to one of my favourite bathrooms.

Floor had to be brought up about 2 inches to meet the wooden floors on either entrances as well as fitting the UFH throughout. Hope you like the final finish as much as I do. It was one great big jigsaw puzzle and a load of fun.

Thanks

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[Bri]

Lovely work SquareEyes. How long did each of the rooms take?

[SquareEyes]

Thanks Bri. Tiling the floor took me four days. The first day and a half was spent adjusting the sheets to fit the room perfectly. That involved cutting the borders off and adding/subtracting from the patterns to suite room. The rest of the time was used to dry lay the mosaics to make sure they fit snug into the skirting and re-glueing mosaics that fell off sheets...which was a complete nightmare as the glue used by the suppliers wouldn't hold the really thin bits of mosaics in place. Patience was my friend on this one.
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[SquareEyes]

didnt really answer your question did i...because I've had to wait for vanities to arrive and one piece 1800x100 marble shower trays to bring up 6 storeys as well as having other trades in there trying to do their bits and pieces its taken a while. I've been there for almost 2 months on and off. The self levelling that the previous contractors poured was shocking - I mean, UFH elements were sticking out of it, bits of poorly mixed SLC jutted out..its been a real pain to prep everything, but like i said, if you take your time to do these things properly then the rest (tiling) is plain sailing....

[hillhead]

Very tasty square eyes.

[user123]

Lovely job - don't really like the look of the floor per se, even though it's mosaic, but can really appreciate the work involved

[Phil Hobson]

Nice work

[whitebeam]

Looks good mate.

[widler]

superb work,looks great mate

[Dave]

Very nice work.. A great first entry.

[garythetiler]

top notch work

[SquareEyes]

Thanks a lot guys.

[MissTiler]

Nice job Square Eyes, quite an old fashioned mosaic pattern. A year or so ago I did a small refurb job on a rediscovered old mosaic floor and it was all in that curve pattern, it was atleast 50 years old.

MissyT

[Phil Hobson]

Yes Sharon, the fan mosaic has been used for centuries. I remember seeing shop doorways in the high street done like, this as a kid

[whitebeam]

We've got a very old town in Hemel and there a few shop that still have the fan pattern..

[user123]

Yes, that's why I didn't like the floor really, I would hate to have a bathroom like it, seems so so dated! But the work itself is so very good, and that is what is being judged on JOTM after all Small spaces like that are so hard as well, when there isn't much room to move..

[whitebeam]

Another quality job spanish.

[user123]

Very smart, Rob

[MissTiler]

very nice Spanish

missyT

[Phil Hobson]

Nice work Spanish

[Gall.B]

Gall.B's Album: Bothwell Travertine

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This is my first entry for JOTM, hope it is half way worthy seen some tremendous work posted here.

I supplied everything in the room, the tradesmen & ran the job, total turnaround 6 days the tilling taking most the time with the profiled facings & Cills.

The prep was done by me, Wedi tanking etc, addy Weber rapid spf, Grout bal superflex Ivory, Mastic Mapei A.C.,
Sealer Hagesan Marble Impregnator, Filler was Jolly. Bathroom suite is from Phoenix

Posted link to album as there is a lot of photos of every stage of the build, the original floor was done by me 5 years ago.

[SquareEyes]

great work Spanish and Gall!! Looks like you used a lot of silicone on that job Gall - hope you used a fugi.

[user123]

Very nice Brian!

[Gall.B]

great work Spanish and Gall!! Looks like you used a lot of silicone on that job Gall - hope you used a fugi.

Will try one out soon used ma finger im afraid didnt lick it tho .

Cracking job yerself buddy, must have made ye dizzy

[Sir Ramic]

Gall, what discs are you using on the polisher/grinder to finish with ?

[Gall.B]

Normally a dolly disk with wax on, stopped at 1200 grit customers wish. Working up from 60 grit

[Bri]

Brilliant Gall, I love the window cill and door architrave, great attention to detail.

[Phil Hobson]

Nice work Gall, another tough vote coming up, at the end of the month

[Sir Ramic]

Normally a dolly disk with wax on, stopped at 1200 grit customers wish. Working up from 60 grit

Silicon Carbide ??