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Discuss Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 300s in the Tiling Forum at TilersForums; thank you every one on the forum for the help and advice, i wouldnt have been able to do it without you lot, especially DAVE. thanks allot And thought i ...
          
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    Default Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 300s

    thank you every one on the forum for the help and advice, i wouldnt have been able to do it without you lot, especially DAVE. thanks allot
    And thought i would come back and show every one who cared lol and asked to see some pics when im done.
    i did the straight cuts with the vitrex 750 which was £100. it worked quite well. nice clean cuts.
    and done the angled cuts with my little angle grinder with a porcelain turbo thin blade.
    i was in two minds wether to have taken off the skirting, but i thought i wouldnt cos i had most of my cuts on the skirting end and knew i could cover them with sealant, im really happy with it all
    and so is the gf which is really what matters lol
    i went with the lithofin fz to seal before i laid them, and after grout, WORKED BRILLIANT thanks DAVE. and used the lithofin abra to clean the wax off the 30x30s. worked a treat.
    I must admit it took allot of time cleaning and sealing
    think it was 2 days. but tiling itself took me about 5 n half days.
    Again thanks to every one who gave advice and opinions on this. It really helped me allot.
    now im looking to sell the vitrex 750 wet saw if any ones interested.
    I bought it for £100.00 new from bnq. I COULD TAKE £50 FOR IT.
    but obviously pick up will be required. postcode is TS232PF. Stockton On tees


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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    NIceeeee pics.....thanks for sharing them with us amd SO pleased you managed ok....Helping you was a pleasure.....should serve you many years that floor and a lot of browny points with the GF,,,

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    nice job rud , looks clean and nice m8

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    ohhhhhhhhh yea. when i took some of the covers off from the shower tray, guess what was lurking underneath the shower tray lol
    a lid from a bucket of grout.
    CHEEKY so and so thinking its a bin underneath my shower tray
    couldnt bother getting it out myself either mind. lol

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    very well done looks sweet!

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    Great job, looks really good

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    very impressive for a first job!
    you owe yourself a refreshingor 2!
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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    a vetex 750 ? excuse ? it sounds goodjudging by the pics but could u elaborate on this tool please?

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    thanks every one. im buzzing that it looks good and that it came out better than what i expected it to.
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    its a VITREX 750 WATT WET SAW
    if you go onto screwfix.co.uk and search tile cutter. its for sale at £129.00
    ill add a picture of it new. you might need a new blade though. screwfix do them aswell for £20.00 and i will give it a good clean.

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    Excellent looking job mate - especially for a first attempt

    I know blokes who've been tiling for 40 years couldn't leave as clean a job as that.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by rudimm View Post
    thanks every one. im buzzing that it looks good and that it came out better than what i expected it to.
    reply to peterhouse
    its a VITREX 750 WATT WET SAW
    if you go onto screwfix.co.uk and search tile cutter. its for sale at £129.00
    ill add a picture of it new. you might need a new blade though. screwfix do them aswell for £20.00 and i will give it a good clean.
    topps are selling it for less than £100,don'y know what the trade price is though!
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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    i have atopps wet cutter is it better than that?

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    That looks like a cracking job mate, well done

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    nice looking job there

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    nice work well done

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    Good looking job, be proud of that mate
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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    Quote Originally Posted by peterhouse View Post
    i have atopps wet cutter is it better than that?
    if its the portable wet saw 750w its the same one. they sell it for £99.99 and so does b and q.

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    Thanks every one for the comments.
    Makes it worth while especially when most of you lot are established tilers.
    Just want to say thank you again for the advice you lot give every one and not just me.
    Its a brilliant forum. Its good to know theres somewhere to go if any one have any problems relating to tiles.

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    Default Re: Atlast! My 1st Floor tiling project. 6 days. 4 rooms. Porcelain tiles. 600s and 3

    No probs...your'e results in that tiling job make it worth while..

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    very nice clean job. well done

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    Wowza - Shiny floors. Lovely job

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    Looks a very nice bit of work

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