Recent content by DJS

I find if the kind of tile your using gets marked by the mini monty, then a piece of white electric tape over the breaker helps to prevent marks. Once you have a roll of tape, it's cheap to replace to!!

Mistakenly rushed out and bought a rubi washboy soon after finishing my tiling course 2 yrs ago. Used a karl dahm one on the course, and I can't wait till my rubi one finally gets retired. Still, I always have 2 or 3 grout floats for different shades, and only use segmented sponges. Trick is...

Thanks Del, just what I'm looking for on p.169 of the trimline brochure. Not heard of them before, so promptly added to my favourite's.

HI guys and girls, does anyone know if I can get a backer pad for my grinder, and if so where? I've searched and searched with no success! Can only find them on ebay in the US. Cheers Denis

Anyone ever used one of these?? HTC 420 VS - a small and durable grinding machine Hire shops would charge around £400+VAT for the machine/transformer and dust extraction. The big cost seems to be with wear and tear on the diamond heads £30-£60 per mm. Would be interested to know if anyone...

I read the email about the changes/door being unlocked, so can you remind me how to get in? PM maybe? Cheers

Sorry not been on for a while. Things been up/down, off and on. I just had an interesting point to make on this topic. 2 yrs ago, I bought a lead off ratedpeople that cost me £3. The lead said 3m2 bathroom floor Travertine, my first stone job. Turned out to be a full bathroom. Affluent...

Ok then see you next Wednesday. Tuesday...phone rings. "Are you calling round today?"

I've used it since I started out on my own last year. I have found it useful to an extent, but I am now coming to the same conclusions as everyone else. The lead costs have gone up considerably in the last 12 months as they have started to do more national advertising to promote the site...

Nybor, I would like to gain some proper commercial experience (have worked in domestic tiling for the last few years) and hope to progress into more commercial work over the next few years. Trafford centre is about 6 or 7 miles from me, so let me know if I can be of any assistance and gain some...

Hi John, I've just renewed my policy for the next 12 months and I am covered. Thanks for the tips. Denis (DJS)

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone at Mapei for a very interesting and informative day. The best tip I got was about mixing the grout. I realised after watching the demo that my grout mixes were to wet!! First time I grouted after the training day, it went on much easier and got a better...

Never mind Mike. It'll be something to look forward too. I still can't find my email from Suze, so I'm just heading to halesowen!! I seem to recall thats where it is!!

Yep, I'll be there tomorrow. I'm searching for the email from suzie and think I may have deleted it or move it to a folder I haven't checked yet!!

Thanks for the advice about tiles Gary. I'll make sure I check that non-slip spec. I was planning to scarify, clean & render the concrete steps first. Some very nice tiling there hillhead. Cheers for sharing. I do like the granite, but don't think the overall budget will stretch that far...