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Here I am going to attempt to guide you through a the cutting of a 3 way mitre.
picture 1 is of the 3 way mitre.
trim for the top of the mitre is laid flat in the mitre box as in pic 2,
after...
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How to Tile a Floor using Ceramic Floor Tiles
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Measuring up for Floor Tiles
You will need a tape measure and a pen and paper for this, sometimes a square and other...
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10 Tiling Tips for Fixing Tiles to Bathroom Walls = From UKTilingForum.co.uk
There are a few ways to fix tile to bathroom walls. First you need to prepare the walls for tiling. Note that...
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Hi.
I have just finished laying a 30mtr floor using 600 x 600 CIMIC polished porcelain tiles.(Hards as nails and a nightmare to cut. :grin:)
The customer purchased the tiles and was told that they...
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Apologies mods of this needs to go elsewhere.. please feel free to move it or bin it!
Riiiight.. here goes....
We've been in our first house nearly 2 years now. We've (well ... more like I'VE!)...
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Hello,
I have just laid black indian limestone in my garden. I am halfway through grouting it all but tested the jet washer on the finished bits to see how it came out. Unfortunaley the slabs...
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i have done loads of jobs in bathrooms were the complete bathroom is painted.most of my customers supply the addhesive grout etc.to tell the truth i hardly ever even look to see what type it...
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There seems to be a few people on here talking about unrealistic wages and things are quiet, it can only be yourself at fault, dont want to come accross as arrogant and put anyone down, but when...
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the price of fuel now is over £1
PetrolPrices.com | Weekend fuel protest confirmed on the South coast - http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/protesters-to-fire-warning-shot-to-the-government-88.html
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Just interested in what hours all you lads work. Try to work about 9-5 myself, don't want to get there to early and don't want to be there when the family want to eat there tea.
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Have a job to do where the old kitchen wall tiles have been removed and some of the plaster has come away too. I was thinking the quickest wasy would be to screw 6mm plywood to the wall and tile...
Just checking that you can all get in the Live Tile Chat Room....
If not, let me know in here and I'll see if I can help. :)
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Ok the walls are laff? and render. Plasterboarded 1 wall and the 2nd wall seems ok apart from the bit under the window,this just crumbled away. the size difference is about 20mm. Whats the best...
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Building Adhesives Limited, manufacturers professional tiling grouts and adhesives, highlight growing popularity of wet rooms with their updated, all-in-one pack, 'Waterproofing Kit for Showers'...
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Basics of the tax system
HM Revenue & Customs collects tax to pay for public services. Each year the Chancellor's Budget sets out how much it'll cost to provide these services and how much tax...
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Has anyone use a baticoup 200 wet saw?
I bought one the other day, from a local tile merchant for £149.00.
As i was assembling it i couldn't help but think how primitive (cheap) the construction...
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Guys I'm also a newbee and the forum is currently giving me a headache :mad2: .
Everytime I try to access a section of the forum, it asks me to log in again, and then the links in the welcome...
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Hi all,
Although I am confident I can tile walls and floors to a high standard I have not had many different jobs to complete, ie surfaces, materials etc, just simple old ceramics. I am...
- JIMBOB187
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I've seen a while back an angle finder that was like triple jointed, so you can get the perfect fit quickly fo doing them off plumb cuts on skirting boards and what not... like a straight edge to...
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Merry Christmas everybody:8:
Can I have your input on the whole suply and fit process. Would I open trade accounts and take samples of tiles to a prospective customers house, when quoting a job...
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hi guys just wondering if you can give me advice plannin to tile my bathroom tomorrow for christmas bought a dvd but it was not really that helpful something out of the 70s but anyway if you can...
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..This will please you all and especially DAN we have just hit 40,000 posts.....
:party: :14: :cheers2: :17:
Thnkyou to you all and keep up the good work......:hurray:
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just set my drill on fire could not belive it i knew it was goin to burn out bvut go on fire as i am holdin it :ninja: any how all started when i cracked a rib and could only manage two days off...
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2 tough questions - are you ready
Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had...
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I was out in the garage getting the Christmas decorations, tree and lights and stuff when I found a present I forgot to give the kids last Christmas.
We'll, you should have seen their little faces...
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just came across this..the good old to seal or not to seal..
broken link removed
Mark.
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Anyone do stone tile restoration, cleaning and repairs full time? If so how did you get started? Where did you advertise? What customers did you target? Looking for ideas to develop my tiling...
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where do you guys advertise
I currently advertise in yellow pages, gonna advertise in local paper afetr xmas
Does anyone use/ rate tradepeople.com or other websites
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Just been to see a bathroom floor requiring tiling. The wood that is down has a green shade to it, should I prime it first (what would you recommend) or does the green mean that it is water...
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I'm just finishing of my first bathroom makeover, I've done all the work my self and am quite chuffed with the results (thanks in no small part to this forum):hurray:
I'm a bit stumped with how...
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Title says it all really.
Do any of you ever bother to use proxy servers for your internet surfing, and if so, have you found any good ones that work all the time.
Cheers.
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am over due a new pair ot knee pads the 1s am using r that old i dont even know wat make they r
any1 know were i would buy good pair?
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I have just started my first paid job. I visited the customer prior to starting the job to measure up and set a price. The job was to tile a small bathroom all mats provided. The problem was that...
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Got a customer who has two massive fireplaces that he wants the insert tiling in mosaics. The insert is a big slab of marble, is it ok to tile over marble?
If so what Bal adhesive would you...
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ello gents,
I just got a job today to start on 2nd Jan but was a bit miffed when I got there because the old tiles are still on the customer's wall. It's only a small bathroom but the walls are...
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just a quickie darling.
Got a new sponge for me washboy sponge thingy. Is it just me or do the new sponges appear to start off water and grout resistant? I sponged the wall down as usual and there...
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