** JOTM September 2011 **

[Dave]

Hi Tilers arms members.

Please enter your pics for JOTM September 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..

[Rich]

Hello all, here is my entry. A shower room that I finished up today. It was for a builder and good friend of mine. The customer wanted the mosaics on the floor to be fixed in this pattern and not as they came on the sheets, so every other course of tiles had to be marked and cut by hand into wedge shapes, this took an ages to do but I like the outcome. The floor was then grouted in epoxy. The walls have LED lights in them that make a nice touch. Unfortunately tho, I dont have many pics of the job in progress as my camera with most of my stage by stage pics on it was pinched. Anyway, I hope there is enough to be interesting.

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[Bri]

Cracking job Rich. Really like that. Nice one mate.


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[Stewart]

Loving the work and effort that went into that tray........


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[garythetiler]

hope you done that on a day rate Rich must have took ages

[TF Ed]

who built the curved partition rich?
nice job by the way ;0)

[blocko]

Very nice indeed mate

[MissTiler]

Nice effect on the floor Rich, although Im curious to know why after all that hard work on the floor you didnt keystone the last course next to the plug?

missyT

[Bri]

Miss T, please excuse my ignorance, but what is keystone (ing?) I'm not a mosaic expert in case you didn't guess!


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[doug boardley]

Miss T, please excuse my ignorance, but what is keystone (ing?) I'm not a mosaic expert in case you didn't guess!


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wedging cuts Bri.

[Rich]

Thank you every1. Gary, it did take me ages and OH yes it was on a day rate.

Ed, the builder built the shower enclosure itself, I just did the tiling.

Missy, you will have to ask the customer that one, same reason she didnt want them cut in on the step I would imagine. She had some strange design ideas in this house. The wet room down stairs was all 300x300 slate with a bright fire red ceramic border... Wasnt my cup of tea but they loved it. The customer is always right

[user123]

Wow, Rich, I think that's incredible!! Love how you did the tray, how very very smart! and working in such an enclosed space, too, must have been a pain. Looks perfect - and I like the design!

[Rich]

[QUOTE=Mosaic Girl;539883]Wow, Rich, I think that's incredible!! Love how you did the tray, how very very smart! and working in such an enclosed space, too, must have been a pain. Looks perfect - and I like the design! [/QUOTE


Im 6ft 2", I was in agony after that!

[user123]

[QUOTE=Rich;539888]

Wow, Rich, I think that's incredible!! Love how you did the tray, how very very smart! and working in such an enclosed space, too, must have been a pain. Looks perfect - and I like the design! [/QUOTE


Im 6ft 2", I was in agony after that!

Can imagine, I really can. How long did this take you, (if you have been asked this already my apologies... cruising about a bit on here before bedtime...)

[Rich]

Hmmm... Hard to say to be honest, there was a lot of tiling in the rest of the house. I did a little bit here and there. I would guess that the tray took around a week and a half, give or take.

[tommyzooom]

Love that Rich, the floor must of took an age. What adhesive did you use?
The sort of job you would love to do, but hope no-one asks you to do it at the same time
Hats off to you

[MissTiler]

Thank you every1. Gary, it did take me ages and OH yes it was on a day rate.

Ed, the builder built the shower enclosure itself, I just did the tiling.

Missy, you will have to ask the customer that one, same reason she didnt want them cut in on the step I would imagine. She had some strange design ideas in this house. The wet room down stairs was all 300x300 slate with a bright fire red ceramic border... Wasnt my cup of tea but they loved it. The customer is always right

Im always curious to know why bods do things a certain way. As long as the customer's happy thats what counts lol. But doesnt hurt to advise them.

cheers
MissyT

[kilty55]

absolutely minted,i love it well done

[***tony***]

what a cracking job rich.

[Mike]

nice work rich, well worthy of the yellow badge

[Dave]

Nice job... but the slither cutting isn't my cuppa tea... but customers hey we do what they want.... off setting each course imo would have looked better but that is what they wanted.. well done to the hours of patience.

[user123]

It makes me wonder, the design, if the customer designed it, it has this look of a moving bicycle wheel, with the spokes and that drive chain centre, if that is what may have prompted the design... I am so glad you said it took one and ahalf weeks, things just take ages, don't they... I would love to see the rest of the house, looks an interesting place

[Rich]

believe me, it was not down to lack of communication with the customer! I spent many a long hour going through it with her (time and time and time again) I advised the best way of doing it, I advised what I thought would look best (this was not what she thought looked best), when she had her mind set on the design, I told her that I wanted to cut in along the step and around the drain (to no avail) and i told her that there was ways we could tile it and it look brilliant for much less money... Her room, her money, her call... What more can you say?


MG, the rest of the house was lovely but a bit odd on the tiling front... Very strange choice of tiles and perhaps mixing tiles that didnt really go together. So much so that I didnt retake any pics with the new camera. I will have a look through my computer and see if I have any on here of the rest of the house

[rooders]

rich that is lovely man!! that floor is spot !! what did you use to cut the tiles with?

[Rich]

rich that is lovely man!! that floor is spot !! what did you use to cut the tiles with?

Grinder with a marcrist disk, cut them cleaner than anything else. I fixed the straight full courses and then each slither was laid in place, marked both sides, then i marked a line across the tile with a ruler and cut it with the grinder. There was once or twice I caught my fingers

[rooders]

blimey rich!!! sounds hardcore lol! i been using a grinder too was hoping you had some clever way which was easier lol!! your cuts look a lot cleaner than myn, i think it maybe the disc i was using!! i will hopefully post some pics up tomorrow of the mosaic job i just finished

[Mike]

i've been using a glass disc from topps recently, cuts so clean, ideal for cutting squares out of tiles to put mosaics in

[timeless john]

Very impressive - I'd have considered making it up via a template and mesh.
6'2" in that area for 10 days

I love the effect of the coloured glass blocks - they were popular a couple of years ago and I still feel make a fashion statement.

[murf]

Hi folks, I am not sure if this will qualify as a bona fide job of the month but here goes anyway. In recent times, what with work being slack, I have taken to mosaic art as a hobby. After a few poor starts, I finally have come up with a piece that is presentable. I started by downloading a picture from google and then scaled it up in size on to some ply 600x 400. I spent about a week of evenings roughly 2 hours at a time and finally I have this to show for my time. I will understand if the mods don't allow it but I would still appreciate some feedback, especially from the mosaic art specialists on the forum.
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[Rich]

You should be well chuffed with that mate