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    Tips For Siliconing

    Whilst on this subject, this was the result of a plumber "teaching" someone how to apply and finish Silicon around a bath on cowboy builders...
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    Van Thread

    Or maybe even this one... Hello From Filplastic - Van Storage Products
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    Tips For Siliconing

    Sometimes I can get a uniform line straight out of the gun, but it's very difficult to do around the entire room, even if you a manage to do one wall. I can't see how a nice uniform line can be acheived with a finger, especially in the instance of dark Silicon on white tiles. Perhaps I need...
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    Tips For Siliconing

    I do the same, and not had a problem.
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    Hello From Filplastic - Van Storage Products

    I was looking at those Festool pull out drawers for my Makita Makpacs, are they any good?
  6. M

    Tips For Siliconing

    Yeah, usually I do, just I had one recently that was all boxed in so taps had to go on first. I like the idea of cutting one though, will have to buy another set!
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    Tips For Siliconing

    I'm a bathroom fitter, so I can't get away with leaving it, and it can be a right pain sometimes, depending on what taps they are.
  8. M

    Tips For Siliconing

    So, those of you who use a profiling tool (I do too), what about behind bath/basin taps when you can barely even get the Silicon nozzle down there?
  9. M

    Wall Boarding Advice

    I think these are your only options, if you do it right first time, then you should never need to do it again.
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    Wall Boarding Advice

    Yes, only fixings required for hardie
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    Wall Boarding Advice

    He said he couldn't batton all walls as the door wouldn't open.
  12. M

    Wall Boarding Advice

    Hmm, well perhaps you could batton the other walls, and knock the one near door back to brick?
  13. M

    Wall Boarding Advice

    If you batton first, you can probably avoid chipping it all off.
  14. M

    Tiles On Chipboard

    I'm sure I will probably see worse too!
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    Wall Boarding Advice

    You can use Hardiebacker without batons, following these steps: 1. Ensure wall is sound, clean and dry and ready to receive HardieBacker® The rear of HardieBacker® must be wiped down to remove dust. All existing old dry lining should be removed as it has the potential to fail further. 2...
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    Tiles On Chipboard

    Here's a bathroom I ripped out recently, the floor was chipboard and hardboard, completely soaked through and leaked through causing a huge hole in the ceiling below. Why do people do it?! Ended up replacing the entire floor with 25mm WBP ply.
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    Your Cordless Grinder Experiences Wanted

    So, looking at their brushless models, there is a dga454 and a dga455, seems one has a paddle switch and the other a normal, does anyone see any great benefit of the paddle switch?
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    Hi All :)

    Thanks guys :) I've uploaded an album to the media section, if anyone's interested... Matt James Home Improvements
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    Kitchen refurbishment

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    • Album: Matt James Home Improvements
  20. Kitchen splashback tiling

    Kitchen splashback tiling

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