Recent content by david mccullough

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    Tool modifications - post your tips here .......

    i used to buy those crappy gauging trowels, that have the handle welded to the blade, after one fell apart a couple of weeks after buying, i bought a smaller style marshalltown brickies trowel cost me £40 :eek: and cut about 4" off the point that was a year ago and i've abused it constantly and...
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    Adhesive for exterior tiling.....

    i prefer to use any slow set adhesive i recon that fastset isn't up to the job for exterior work
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    Rubi rubi tx max

    the reason i ordered the tx max is because you don't have to push the arm up to lift the breaker foot after breaking the tile, there's a trigger on the handle to lift the breaker foot, also the breaker foot is about 100mm wide so should break large tiles easily
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    Rubi rubi tx max

    went to a rubi tool demo at local tile shop, had a go on the new rubi tx max, i was blown away with how easy it cut "hard to cut" tiles that the shop owner supplied, he was well impressed, he tiles their displays, so after 30 years of using only sigma i've ordered the tx 1020 max rubi were...
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    How to get shower tray into recess?

    you should have a rubber/flexible strip stuck to the wall sides of the tray, it's about 75mm deep with a very sticky film on the bottom half of one side, to stick to tray, to make a waterproof joint. then stick the top half to the walls, with silicon, then recommend tanking the walls
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    Tile cutter recommendation

    pro tilers buy sigma, degenerate, wantabe tilers buy rubi:p
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    Tile cutter recommendation

    i thought i was the only one that didn't clean my cutter
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    Grey. Anyone getting bored of it yet?

    not criticizing in any way I've just done a couple of jobs with same bond and it's easy to slip up, but i'm talking about the tiles going round the corner going in the same diagonal rather than the V shape
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    Grey. Anyone getting bored of it yet?

    has she noticed the lose of pattern at corner above the plant?
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    Grey. Anyone getting bored of it yet?

    o next they'll come up with a "50 shades of grey" theme the ladies will go mad for it
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    festool diamond plunge cutter

    i bought an angle grinder out of halfords with soft start works the best and only £21.00;) i've bought all the toys over the years and track saws and end up with a grinder and as good quality blade:( i hope you stick at it and get better use out of it than i have
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    Grey. Anyone getting bored of it yet?

    the manufacturers want you changing kitchens, bathrooms every 10 years or so
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    Rubi TS75 advice any Rubi experts?

    i use a sigma but i found that it very much depends on how much pressure you put on the cutting wheel, on whether the tile breaks straight or not,
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    Qualifications needed for domestic / private work

    having to get the laborers card didn't stop me tiling, the contractor just needed a card

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