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    Important Changes to Tiling Standards

    I would say that almost all of my bathroom jobs have a cut or trimmed tile at the bath ( or shower tray)to avoid that awful finish at ceiling level or anywhere else.
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    Tiling Rates Per Square Meter - How much does tiling cost?

    £45 sq mtr walls £35 floors if porcelain or ceramic and a reasonable size tile. Anything else would be on a day rate of £175/200 depending on travel time parking etc. Hope it helps
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    Public Thread!: Poor Tiling Workmanship by DIY and Rogue Traders

    Perfect. !
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    Might Need To Replace The Floor

    Bit of 6mm ply and a few screws........................sorted.
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    Thank You.

    Excellent looking job. Well done you. (Shouldn't have put a pink suite in though , not cool.)
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    No Need For A Plumber

    Hope that's rust on the end of the spanner.!
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    Sod's law says! What do you say!

    Snap, I'm in the same boat really. And in regards to catching things........I tore a nice strip out of my backside on a radiator bracket that was left there by a plumber.............Thankyou.
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    Silicon splashbacks

    I usually take that in to account before I start tiling and fill the void with some tile adhesive, then tile then silicon when all is dry. You could use foam, but I wouldn't use expanding type it could make things hard to clean off the tiles. Hope it helps.
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    Have I been wasting money all theses years!

    Ah that would make sense.
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    Have I been wasting money all theses years!

    Just out of interest, how had it all faired after 15 years?. If it was all okay, perhaps we are all wasting our time and money!.
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    Tile over old self-levelling compound?

    Have a look at this thread.................... http://www.tilersforums.com/43-tiling-forum/74700-conrete-floor-black-rubber-glue-after.html
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    Best Adhesive and sealant for skirting boards

    Yep Stixall is good, I use if ever there is a damp (newly plastered ) issue. But its expensive at +- £6 tube.
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    Recommend a new diamond blade

    Received very fast, thanks.Will be using them next week and if they work out as good as others say and in the words of "Arnie.........I Will Be Back".
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    Best Adhesive and sealant for skirting boards

    P.S. no its not really a tiling issue. But Hey Ho.
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    Best Adhesive and sealant for skirting boards

    I always use the green tube (gripfill) on skirtings, it has to be a fresh tube and don't be stingy with it. The trick is to lay a bead (I normally put about a 80mm bead every 150mm alnong the length in a vertical pattern). Then push the skirting in place and pull it off again straight away, if...
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