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I'm quoting for a 40sqm floor job that needs ply boarding onto wooden floor boards. Looking for the best deal on fouteen 18mm boards and so far the cheapest up here seems to be this one from Wickes: Structural Spruce Plywood - Plywood - Sheet Materials -Building Materials - Wickes If screwed...

I have just been to a house where the tiles have been knocked off the (plasterboard) walls and there's several nasty looking holes to fill before the surface will take some tiles... What would you recommend for filling holes say 1" - 1.5" deep and maybe 3-4" across? I would use tile adhesive for...

First time with UFH, customer has existing chipboard floorboards but wants a ply board on top then electric ufh mat and tiles on top. Is this a good idea? Had conflicting advice from my local tile supplier over this issue... The ply is to be screwed down to the chipboard. If the UFH heats (and...

I started my little tiling business about 5 weeks back, have had a good run of jobs, completed one and am busy with the current one with 3 more ahead of me... My question is - what do you guys do on the matter of getting paid? I give a written estimate, it gets accepted, I do the job and then...

Can anyone advise me about hand held tile scorers... I bought one from Wickes but it was blunt after a couple of days... It was supposed to be Tungsten Carbide - I did put it through a lot of use - but expected it to last longer. How long do these things usually last? Maybe folk buy a bag of...

I'm finally getting around to getting my little one man band business up and running and have a question for you... I regularly see other tradesmen advertising in the local media and saying things like 'free no obligation estimates'... (surely all estimates would be free anyway...?) I don't...

Hi folks, newbie here, just joined, just beginning a new small business as a sole trader in tiling & painting. Fed up with 16 mths on the dole after 17yrs management then redundancy with 450 job apps and personally writing to 125 companies... Figure there's no harm in trying to work for myself...