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  1. I

    2 Setting Out Questions = move centre line and off set brick bond

    Hi All, Been absorbing all you advice and tips on here.... top work guys! I am currently tiling my bathroom in 600 x 300 porcelain floor to ceiling and have two questions which affect two different walls Question 1 - I have sink which is 600 wide and I have already stuck the tile behind it...
  2. N

    Walked off job

    well im home walked off job i was on hotel in malton , just cant make it pay , plus poor prep work by contractor 400x400 20mm thick marble onto timber floors over laid with 6mm ply , £15.00 m2 theres upstand to fit , which is included in price the biggest floor is about 5m2 all cuts this is a...
  3. S

    Removing adhesive off tiles

    I would like to know if it is possible to remove tile adhesive of the back of some tiles. This is the powder type adhesive on the back of some porcelain tiles. thanks sasi
  4. K

    Finishing off a ceiling - Do we have too much gap?

    Hi all, We were feeling all very pleased with our first attempt at a tiling job until we started thinking about how to finish the tiles at the ceiling. Examining a B&B's bathroom one weekend we noticed their apparently immaculate 2mm grout lines at the ceiling. Then we went back and looked at...
  5. Andy Allen

    day off..

    finished a job early...so got tomorrow off...:hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray:......i love being self employed...:thumbsup:
  6. Andy Allen

    how long you having off for xmas.

    so then, how long you going to have off work for xmas, do you have a week off, 2 weeks, or do you eat your turkey and get right back to it..:lol:
  7. D

    Weekend off.

    Well that's me finished now till Monday..:hurray: Anybody else off all weekend..?
  8. D

    Worse off.

    I can't stand people who think they're worse off than everybody else. . . . . . . My mate Derek is brilliant, He had a bad car crash where he lost his voice and both his legs........ Does he make a song and dance about it... ? No!!
  9. M

    Cleaning grout off tiles.

    I fitted some tiles that were from B&Q. The tiles are a matt finish and it was a devils own job to clean the grout off. I went over then a number of times and eventually used a tile grout cleaning solution, this improved the situation and they look okay but not exactly as I would have liked...
  10. W

    UniBond Rapid Set Wall & Floor Tile Grout - Wasing off and crumbling out

    Hello, can anyone shed any help on this I've used UniBond Rapid Set Wall & Floor Tile Grout to grout my outside tiles, it says it's for internal and external use Did it 2 days ago, just come to polish up the tiles, and the grout is rubbing off on the cloth, you can even do it with your...
  11. R

    Im off on holiday!!

    I wont be on here for the next week as Im off to Romania in the morning (also going to see Lee Evans tonight :hurray:) for a wedding... Just in case you miss me :smilewinkgrin:
  12. E

    grout bits falling off

    hi got a new bath with new joist and noggin + 2 layers of 22mm marine ply crossing each other but still get cracks and grout falling out i tried silicon on the vertical gaps and it seems to hold but not on the floor anyone know if you inject a bit of gripfill into to the big grout...
  13. Dan

    15% off at Bathrooms.com for members of the Plumbing Forum

    Limited time offer, I think it's up at the end of this month. 15% off all products at bathrooms.com. For ukplumbersforums.co.uk members only.
  14. J

    Wetroom help, builders did an off!

    Hi guys, I am new to this forum, so please excuse me if I make any glaring errors. I have been installing kitchens and bathrooms for the last 10 years but havealways avoided wet rooms. I am workingfor my best mate who had a dormer conversion to his bungalow over 3 years ago.I am also trying...
  15. D

    Who's off all weekend.?

    Meeeeee :hurray:.. what about you.?
  16. W

    Lloyds laying off 15'000 staff

    Lloyds laying of 15'000 staff BBC News - Lloyds Banking Group to shed 15,000 more jobs Thats frightning...
  17. C

    getting paint off the walls

    got an artexed wall which has seen a good few coats of paint over the years. can anyone tell me if there is an easier quicker option than attempting to scrape it off?
  18. M

    week off for me

    i'm having a much needed week off unfortunately not by choice, i'm a witness in preston crown court this week, my mate alan died after being attacked on new years eve 2009. the c.p.s. are charging the accused with murder but i think it will go to manslaughter. i just hope they don't get away with it
  19. J

    Matt tiles - how do I get the white residue off after grouting - stressed...

    As it says lads.... Im stressed, I keep cleaning them and it keeps coming back, Is there a product one can buy from the tiles shops.... please say yes,.....
  20. D

    getting LTP colour intensifier and stainblock off slate tiles

    Hello! I thought this forum might be a good place to get some help! We've got green slate tiles on our kitchen floor and recently had to replace a few. It was suggested by the place we got the tiles from that we seal them with the LTP stuff. The guy that did the work for us did that, and...
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