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    Tiler wanted for contract works in Yorkshire & the North East

    Hi, you still looking for a tiler for your north east work?
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    Tiler wanted for contract works in Yorkshire & the North East

    Hi, i would be interested in any contracts you have in north east. Thanks
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    R.I.P Phil Hobson.

    Very sad news 😪 RIP
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    Recommendations- The best knee pads???

    Apologies for the late reply lee, I got them from amazon £64, tried many from the original pitmens to the alpro and I’m more than happy with these.
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    Recommendations- The best knee pads???

    Like most of you I’ve tried them all, probs had 3-4 pairs of the alpro pads and my knees are knackered. I bought the tough built gel-thigh support pads a few months ago and they are the best by far
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    Would you consider working abroad for a short period?

    Thanks for the reply, good luck to the lad.
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    Would you consider working abroad for a short period?

    Cheers
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    Would you consider working abroad for a short period?

    Anyone know what happened to the tiler who started that job in the Cayman Islands a while back, he posted a few pics of himself laying the first tile then that was it never heard nothing. He did say he would provide regular updates.
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    Would you consider working abroad for a short period?

    Used to be a golden rule years ago never ever travel anywhere overseas at your own expense, if any company contacts you offering work then request an open ticket. Any half decent company would sort all your travel arrangements for you, if they're not prepared to then beware.
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    My builder says epoxy grout too "inflexible"?!

    People say he might be trying to wriggle out of using epoxy, well he might be doing you a favour. If he's never used epoxy before then don't expect the quality job you want, you will regret it. I've been tiling for over 40 years and I personally would try and talk the client out of using epoxy...
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    Got these to try out

    Over the years I have used prob thousands of mtrs of this slate, it used to come in old crates and first impressions looked crap. However when it was laid and sealed it looked the dogs dangles we always laid ours half bond. It did vary in thickness from 3mm to maybe 30 mm which meant we went...
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    Old primers

    The fumes off the neoprene were awful John, the tiler who set himself alight wasn't TM by any chance was it.?
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    Grout not uniform colour

    Not something I have done, having said that I don't do much grouting, 95 per cent of my work is commercial and very large floors and the grouting is done for me. On the occasions I do grout especially with ultracolor plus I mix it as per the recommended water content but have never shaken the...
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    Grout not uniform colour

    Had the same problem with mapei grouts for years ie drying patchy. Next time try giving the bag a good shake to ensure it's thoroughly mixed prior to using it. We have been using grout supplied by porcelanosa recently which is actually mapei ultracolor plus slightly modified by porcelanosa, we...
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    Nationwide tilers needed

    Thank you.
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