most tedious job

[nybor62]

did some franky & benny,s years ago feature around front of bar area .4 different coloured quarry tiles ,yellow black orane & brown. had to smash them into little pieces then fix them what a mare .then grout with charcoal grout. looked good though

[Tecnik2000]

Trying to get three little ballbearings in to the holes all together, in a christmas cracker toy that got wet so wasn't flat.. Not that it was a job! But reputations were at stake.

[merlecollins]

Raking out and regrouting 300m2 of 200x100 walls

Some other 'tilers' had done it previously - what a mess

[Scott]

Raking out and regrouting 300m2 of 200x100 walls

Some other 'tilers' had done it previously - what a mess

OUCH!

Most tedious for me was taking up a floor that was laid with 2 part flexible crumb (ultra i think)

SDS no good as the tiles just vibrate on the rubber, same with hammer and chisel. Tried to lift ply and pulled up floor boards with it. Luckily who ever laid the ply had scrweed in 200mm centres perfectly and i had to smash though the face of the tile and undo each screw individualy.

Prices £60 and took over 2 days with 2 of us!

[TF Ed]

as merle

regrouting, hate it!!! messy dusty and something i am not going to do anymore...
i understand why people wantr to save money but wheres the job satisfaction in regrouting for the tiler

[fergy7197]

tried re-grouting around my bath the other week, dont know if i done it right, but it just chips and damages the edge of the tile, by the time you have done it all and the hassle you would be as well re - tiling!

[Phil Hobson]

did some franky & benny,s years ago feature around front of bar area .4 different coloured quarry tiles ,yellow black orane & brown. had to smash them into little pieces then fix them what a mare .then grout with charcoal grout. looked good though

Seen some of them, they do look well my worst one was the 50mmx50mm cut down mosaics in my album

[merlecollins]

Prices £60 and took over 2 days with 2 of us!

£15 quids each a day - what's wrong with that? - Canny money that man

[mikebidd]

anything the wife asks me to do.

[andy8758]

tried re-grouting around my bath the other week, dont know if i done it right, but it just chips and damages the edge of the tile, by the time you have done it all and the hassle you would be as well re - tiling!

It is worth investing in the brilliant Fein Multitool and spending an extra £50 on their diamond cutter. Used it several times cutting out grout and never marked a single tile. And it is surprising how quick it is to remove the grout. Also includes a dust extraction which works very well with my Trend T30 extractor in reducing dust generated by the cutting.

In fact I recommend the Multitool as £175 well spent for any tiler. Comes with attachment to grind out adhesive from walls if you remove a damaged tile for perfect refit of replacement. Also a wood cutter that is great for cutting bottom of door frames to make perfect floor tile laying around door frames. And a blade that gets silicone off tiles without damaging the tile.

I don't work as a rep for Fein. Honest!