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Evening everyone...help!!! Got to price up a pool and surround - roughly 105m2 in each. Pool will be mosaic and surround is Trav. I know what to charge roughly fo the trav work, but am unsure of what to quote for mosaic in pool as is way bigger than any other mosaic work I have done. Will...

hello to you all. any advice on tilling a swimming pool, 12m x 5.5m x 1.8m deep.the job is to start mid may so got plenty of time to get my head `round it.thanks in advance for any help.. darren.

Hi, can somebody shed some light on swimming pool tiles? I have a pool to build in spain, my problem is the spanish would sell you a toaster to cook chips!! If you know what I mean. I have found some tiles with paper on the front that you stick on then wet the paper then grout. Today I found...

Hi lads 19 yr old apprentice here, just wondering if you's could answer a question: the company i work 4 do alot of jobs in swimming pools where tiles are obviously exposed to water. this week i'am working down whitley bay swimming pool and i was wondering, what will they use to repel the...

Hey guys... I need some serious professional advice from the best of you lot. I have a job I need to quote for and its MASSIVE. Its close to 400 square metres in fact it may even be more than that. The area to be tiled is around a pool. I'm not sure of the current state of the area around...

Hello all, this is the situation and I am asking for one of my German customers who does not take part in this forum. A private outdoor pool in Bristol, bottom and walls painted with special blue paint for pools, short below and over water surface up to the pool surrounding glass mosaic...

Looking at maybe repairing tiles to swimming pools without the need to drain. I am PADI qualified and feel it could be a good service to offer future clients. Hope you guys can advise me if you have any knowledge on this subject, i'm assuming i need to adhere to some sort of Health & Saftey...

I have just been to price up a job to tile the floor of a pool house and shower room. The customers are trying to source some pale colour tiles (white or beige preferably) which have good non slip surface. They have some options from local tile stores (Topps, Pilkingtons, CSW, Tile Giant) but...

ok someone has passed me on to someone that has a swimming pool and wants some tiles replaced i have never done a pool before it can't be that hard to do or is it :huh2: simon scotland fife

how on earth do you go about setting out doing a swimming pool

Is there anyone out there who has experience of tiling swimming pools and can render, and tile a swimming pool upto 25m to a high standard?

I have been building a swimming pool for a friend and have just finished rendering it to take the tiles, the question is being the 1st swimming pool do i have to do any thing else before the tileing i have stoko finished the walls [plain & flat]and wat addy's do recomend???

hi everyone, just a quick one that appeared in the local paper this week(liverpool post).apparently a major sports development in the nw due to open very soon has encountered what could be described (in tv terms)as a techniqual problem,although in this case normal service may...

Hi guys, got a swimming pool to quote and need a few questions answering. Never done a pool before. Pool is indoor has a flat bottom and is constructed of concrete on top of a waterproof membrane. The tiles are going to be glass mosaic with nosed tiles around the edge and then porcelein floor...

I am at home today doing estimates and one is for a swimming pool. It's 130m2 of old mosaic tiles to come off, then a builder is in to render it, then he wants it re-tiled in mosaics. Not done a pool before so any advice appreciated. One thing I noticed is that the corners of the pool are not...

Ive been tiling for about 7 years but its always been bathrooms and kitchen walls and floors, ive now been asked to price a job for tiling a pool. Can anyone give advice on this . The pool is 8M x 4M and has been made waterproof. JL

Anyone know the correct spec for expansion in regards what material to use. Bearing in mind the pool promenades are is washed down each night . I am having to write a letter to a builder which needs to state that the wrong type has been used (normal sanitary sealant). Thanks

check these out! how many of you done anything like these b4? http://www.moillusions.com/2008/01/mosaic-pools-optical-illusion.html

Just wondered if any one can give me any good tips on tiling a swimming pool with mosaic tiles on sheets. I haven't got the job yet but you never know and preperation is everything :grin: Basically it's a big extension, just been built 2 months ago with the 7m x 4.5m concrete swimming pool...

i have a customer that requires 350sqm of non slip floor tiles and 200sqm of mosiac for inside the pool anyine on here deal with this kind of thing ? can send pics of the samples he has so far