New Tilers Support - 1

[Dan]

Just a quick one. I am aware that if you as a newer tiler have any questions, it's not always easy to just explain them in a new post on here. And you can't always find somebody with the same problem with the solution already stated.

Now as we are the fastest growing tiling forums related forums, we want to stay the best in the game.

So if any of you have any problems, questions or just need guiding in the right direction, then tell me what your problems are in here and I'll do my very best to help you out.

Problems might be tiling skill related, product related, business related, maybe customer orientated? I don't know. But anything at all, ask in here and lets get this cleared up as soon as we can.

Thanks for your time so far registering and reading the forums. I hope this post helps many people out eventually!

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nice one its good to know that there are genuine people who want to give advice

hi dan i got a big job on in teeside a club gents and females loos 2 sets up and down the thing is they is a lot of work here tiles to strip out and a new 5 foot high band of white tiles to go on all so the females loo is to be floor tiled only i got the price of my tiles grout ect but i think i will just put a price on the full job rip out and fit wot do you think i have put some potos up of the job as it is now , as i say its two gents and two females

Make sure you price for removing / replacing the sanitary ware and cubicles. Will make your llife a lot easier and get a better finish.

[davandor]

Hi Dan, any tips on tiling 3 different coloured tiles into a kitchen splashback in a random pattern whilst trying to maintain a reasonably even spread accross the wall length?

[DevonR]

Originally Posted by davandor

Hi Dan, any tips on tiling 3 different coloured tiles into a kitchen splashback in a random pattern whilst trying to maintain a reasonably even spread accross the wall length?

Does this help at all?
IanSharpe.com - Using Excel to produce random tiling patterns

[tony TLC]

Originally Posted by davandor

Hi Dan, any tips on tiling 3 different coloured tiles into a kitchen splashback in a random pattern whilst trying to maintain a reasonably even spread accross the wall length?

good tip for you dont get to lost in it mix up 10 of each colour turn them upsidedown and dont look at the pattern just tile then repeate

[tony TLC]

you will end up with a random pattern
random is hard with 3 colours talk them into a parrern

[davandor]

Thanks for the tips that looks good to me

Hi Dan
Just priced job for three small bathrooms. Two of them have chip board floor so i guess i will need to pva them before tiling. never done this so could you give me a few pointers?

Cheers.

[Varley]

Originally Posted by fireman paul

Hi Dan
Just priced job for three small bathrooms. Two of them have chip board floor so i guess i will need to pva them before tiling. never done this so could you give me a few pointers?

Cheers.

I'm sure there are a few tilers on here will give you pointers on tiling directly onto chipboard, and i'm not saying in any way or fashion that it is wrong to do so, however i always overlay with ply first, then give it a coat of acrylic primer watere down to the correct ratio (normally around 3:1), not pva. Pva won't do anything on a wooden floor, you must use acrylic primer. Thats my advice, i'm sure someone will be able to give you more info on tiling directly to the chipboard .

[Dan]

Originally Posted by fireman paul

Hi Dan
Just priced job for three small bathrooms. Two of them have chip board floor so i guess i will need to pva them before tiling. never done this so could you give me a few pointers?

Cheers.

If it's the new green chipboard type flooring (which is water-resistant) you might not need to prime them. You certainly don't need to PVA them (don't use PVA when you need to prime something, use a primer that is from the same adhesive brand!).

[Jamie.I]

hi dan can you recomend a decent laser level up to 50 quid . And have u ever used nicobond adhesive if so what do u think ?

cheers fellas nice one. glad to see i not the only bhoy on forum.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by Jamie.I

hi dan can you recomend a decent laser level up to 50 quid . And have u ever used nicobond adhesive if so what do u think ?

Laser levels are not my thing to be honest mate. If you do a search on the forums for 'laser level' you should find a couple of threads with a mention or two in.