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    or do job types go in cycles? It seems that for a while every job will be a bathroom - then for a while no bathrooms and all conservatories - then only kitchens........
    At the moment it seems to be that every job I get is in travertine!

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    It was black slate floors for me, for ages every job seemed to be black slate
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    Quote Originally Posted by merlecollins View Post
    It was black slate floors for me, for ages every job seemed to be black slate
    Yep.....I had a spell of those too!

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    I started this commercial loo refurb in 1976..............it seems to be dragging.


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    There taking the pee
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    There is one type of 10x10 that i hate the sight off now,it's called bottochino and i'v fitted thousands upon thousands of them......
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    Quote Originally Posted by whitebeam View Post
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    All i do is bathrooms now, (well with the exception of building a new roof and looking after the kids)

    I had a run of 8x8 bumpy white for about 3 years working for estate agents rental properties, bored me whitless!

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    Scottley! ~Wash your mouth out with soap! dont mention the bumpy whites! thats just perverted!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mistral View Post
    or do job types go in cycles? It seems that for a while every job will be a bathroom - then for a while no bathrooms and all conservatories - then only kitchens........
    At the moment it seems to be that every job I get is in travertine!
    i had a couple of months of just floors to lay. my knees were in bits... and yes, that was with knee pads!

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    Was it alpro knee pads
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    Quote Originally Posted by whitebeam View Post
    Was it alpro knee pads
    no, my cheap ones but they do work well

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