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Tikkurilan Palloseura (abbreviated TiPS) is a football club from Tikkurila in Vantaa, Finland. The club was established in 1958 and its main catchment areas comprise Tikkurila and Hakunila in Itä-Vantaa (East Vantaa). The women's team competes in the Kansallinen Liiga ('National Liga') which is the highest division of women's football in Finland. Men's team competes in the Kolmonen ('Third Division') which is the fourth highest division in Finland. The club's home ground is at Tikkurilan urheilupuisto ('Tikkurila Sports Park').

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  1. Dan

    Tiling Tips

    Please post you top few best tiling tips in this one ;) Cheers ---- Mine are:- Start small: never take on too much to soon. Work smart not hard. Wash off ALL your tools and try to get in a habit of sticking the back in the right place. Always make sure the job is right once you're doing...
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    Diy Tips : What Tools Do I Need To Do My Own Tiling Job

    So, your thinking about tiling your own bathroom, or kitchen splashback, but what tools will you need to get the job done. Tile Cutters Tile cutters come in 2 variations, wet and dry. A dry tile cutter is a manual cutting device that cuts the tile in straight lines using a scoring wheel to...
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    DIY Tips : What is Grout

    What is Grout Grout is a construction material used to embed rebars in masonry walls, connect sections of pre-cast concrete, fill voids, and seal joints (like those between tiles). Grout is generally composed of a mixture of water, cement, sand and sometimes color tint which is applied as a...
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    DIY Tips : What are tiles

    What are tiles A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass. Tiles are generally used for covering roofs, floors, and walls, or other objects such as tabletops. In the past twenty years, the technology surrounding porcelain tile and glass...
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    DIY Tips : What is plaster

    What is Plaster When the dry plaster powder is mixed with water, it re-forms into gypsum. Plaster is used as a building material similar to mortar or cement. Like those materials plaster starts as a dry powder that is mixed with water to form a paste,and liberates heat and then it hardens...
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    DIY Tips : What is plasterboard

    What is plasterboard. A plasterboard panel is made of a paper liner wrapped around an inner core made primarily from gypsum plaster, the semi-hydrous form of calcium sulphate (CaSO4.½ H2O). The raw gypsum (mined or FGD) must be calcined before use. The plaster is mixed with fiber (typically...
  7. P

    Travertine tips

    Starting a job tomorrow laying 60 x 30 travertines. Never layed the stuff before and was after some tips, things like what is the best way to cut it etc etc Thanks
  8. D

    Grouting tips

    If you have never tried to grout a floor or wall before, then this list of grouting tips will come in handy for you. So for all those of you that are inexperienced with grouting, have a good look at this list before you start. Maybe it would even be worth printing out and having around! Mix...
  9. T

    Laying Glass mosiacs - Help/Tips Required tips

    Hello I'm new around here I'm also a novice so I'm hoping you experts will be able to provide me with a few tips/point me in the right direction. Want to put up a small quantity of glass mosiac tiles as a cooker splashback. These are in sheets of 30cm (12" square. I started with a small test...
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    Tiling Made Easy - 7 Tips For Beginners

    1. Start small: Do not plan to lay tile in a large kitchen for your first project. Try a small bathroom first. 2. Watch a "how-to" video: Reading is great, but this is a hands on project, and there is no substitute for watching an expert at work. 3. Buy quality tools: A trowel that costs 30%...
  11. P

    Tile Mitre cutting tips

    Doing a job on Monday and customer phoned me tonight, no longer wants trim around the windows wants it all mitred and will pay me the extra. Looking for a few tips on doing the mitre, straight mitre cuts not a problem, just raise the piece on my electric cutter and whizz it through. However (and...
  12. G

    Tips

    Hi there new to the game. Did a kitchen took me two days. Encountered a few minor problems any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Silicone. Any tips on profile tools. Cant get one used on nett as no wickes in Northern ireland. Setting out was fine till i came to window had three sockets...
  13. R

    grouting tips

    hi all, anyone got any good grouting tips bought a wash boy so that saves time, but still not very good at putting grout on im very messy only my second wall job thou will it just get easy the more you do it, took me two and half hours to grout 6 and half sq meters of kitchen, but were the...
  14. S

    Any tips on fitting Porcelain wall mosaic?

    My kitchen fitter has swerved fitting my kitchen wall tiles. They are a brick mosaic porcelain tile in sheets 300 x 300. I have bought (what I think is) a recommended powder based adhesive and just wondered if anyone could advise on preperation ie Unibond yes/no........thickness of adhesive on...
  15. B

    First Job Any Tips

    Im Doing My First Kitchen Floor On Sat Its 4.5m By 1,55m In An L Shape And Into Cupboard And Joining Onto A Laminate Dining Area.tiles Are Square Ceramics.is There Any Tips On Starting Off Or Anything To Look Out For
  16. M

    Newbie after some travertine tips.

    Hi guys, I'm fairly new to this sight, been reading some of the forums on and off as an anonymous viewer, just about finished the remodelling of the bathroom and nearly ready for tiling so thought it would be a good time to sign up and join in! I have a relatively small bathroom, which i...
  17. Dan

    Topps Tiles Top Tips

    There are a few half decent tips on the topps tiles website that might be worth checking out. They seem to scale the jobs down a little and not include everything in the step by step guides but I suppose they are only a guide.
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