Recent content by Oddbod

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    Is a gap needed between shower tray and wall tiles?

    Thanks Cris for your thoughts. The tiler just said that's the way plumbers on site have always told him to do it, basically to save them time, as I understood it.
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    Is a gap needed between shower tray and wall tiles?

    I'm sorry to be asking more questions, but I'm quite worried about my current tiler's work. After further inspecting his progress I note that the wall tiles are installed hard down onto the shower tray most of the way around the tray. Shouldn't there be at least a 2 mm gap between the tray and...
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    Quality of tile cutting when installing a metal edging strip

    Thanks Ed, this would definitely make life easier for my tiler. Cheers
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    Quality of tile cutting when installing a metal edging strip

    No, this is a different chap. Seems that tilers with real knowledge, craftsmanship and pride in their work are getting hard to come by these days. I guess you're out there somewhere!
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    Tiling onto non-flat chipboard floor - and with or without Ditra matting?

    Didn't need to. Initially the guy that did it first defended his work as a best possible attempt, but after friendly discussion agreed himself that it wasn't as good a piece of work that he would normally be able to achieve and, at the end of the day, offered not to charge me. He's actually a...
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    Quality of tile cutting when installing a metal edging strip

    Hi JK, No they are only ceramic, 9 mm thick. Cut on a Siri score & snap, I think.
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    Quality of tile cutting when installing a metal edging strip

    We now have a professional tiler in attempting to tile a wall up to an external corner where he has suggested incorporating a metal edging trim. Due to the overall layout of the tiles, the tile edges next to the trim need to be cut, which the tiler has attempted to do. He's also trying to butt...
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    Tiling onto non-flat chipboard floor - and with or without Ditra matting?

    Nothing strange at all really, and nothing messed up other than the tiling. The finished floor simply wasn't flat, and it was the tiler that insisted the vanity units were installed after he'd tiled the floor. But the good news is that after I dug up the tiles and re-plyed the floor, my...
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    Please help, this doesn't seem right at all

    Goodness gracious!! Sorry for the late response, but I only just saw this and couldn't believe the mess. This is not the work of a professional, or even an amateur tiler. Rather the work of an opportunist who clearly has no tiling experience. As Huddersfield Tiling also said, no tiler would...
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    Tiling onto non-flat chipboard floor - and with or without Ditra matting?

    We just had a 1.5 sq. m area of floor tiled professionally in our ensuite. The base floor is 18 mm chipboard and is screwed down hard to the joists, but dips down by a max. of around 4 to 5 mm in places. When laying the tiles, the tiler followed the floor precisely, and hence the finished...
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