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I'd also want to know who was going to be training you and see a portfolio of their work. I've done a few small geometric jobs but could talk as if I'd done way more than I had. Doing a few jobs doesn't qualify you to train others. Make sure they really do have the correct experience to be teaching you.
 
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I've even seen some "masters" of geo work make mistakes or take strange shortcuts.
It's not easy at all and is a whole lot more specialist than any other fiddly tiling job due to the set-out.

Try one - you'll soon see!

...for the record - Andrew O'Sullivan - AOS Tiling is extremely busy with geo work in and around London.
His are good enough to be photographed and featured in OS catalogues and he'll be the first guy to tell you how hard it is and how many mistakes he still makes!
 

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Tiled my pathway, been tiling near on 20 years, I still managed to balls it up, as it was my own and a bank hols just wanted it done. Respect to the guys who do this day in day out. For me, it's an area I do not have patience for, I would probably decline a customers request to do one to be honest. That doesn't make me a bad tiler just an honest one
 
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View attachment 84288 Tiled my pathway, been tiling near on 20 years, I still managed to balls it up, as it was my own and a bank hols just wanted it done. Respect to the guys who do this day in day out. For me, it's an area I do not have patience for, I would probably decline a customers request to do one to be honest. That doesn't make me a bad tiler just an honest one
I am not an expert ....
but I would have centered field and removed the band.
I'm wrong?
in any case, good ;)

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Centred field , the wall post on left comes out further than the right. Wife wanted it this way... Border round outside .. I did say about the red diag bleeding into the border on left, she was adamant .
 
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I've knocked geometric work back as I didn't want to do it.
I did tell the customer that if they really wanted it done then I would put them in touch with someone that knew the job inside out.
I don't think TJ or Phil would have came up to Scotland..
 
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I've knocked geometric work back as I didn't want to do it.
I did tell the customer that if they really wanted it done then I would put them in touch with someone that knew the job inside out.
I don't think TJ or Phil would have came up to Scotland..

Go anywhere for Geometric!;)
 

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