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    Self employed, 40 years tiling, worked all over uk, Germany, Caribbean.

    Self employed, 40 years tiling, worked all over uk, Germany, Caribbean.
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    Tiling Mosaics

    Gordy, if it's something like a mosaic border and your using a cement based adhesive you have the option to mix a small amount of whatever grout you are using and using your squeegee spread a thin layer over the mosaic then fix it. That eliminates any adhesive showing through, if there's enough...
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    January

    I thought that was some new Italian super car you were referring to antonio.
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    The Merry Christmas Thread....

    Merry Xmas & all the best to you all. Cheers.
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    January

    Supercar showroom 700mtrs, not sure it's a good thing with my knees.
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    Kitchen Island

    Dave, it doesn't matter that they installed the island, it's normally common practice on domestic jobs I've done ( not that I do many) There could be two or three in a large kitchen but if you set it out properly and take a bit of time then there shouldn't be a problem, if the floor isn't as...
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    Not bansko stasimov, I bought a luxury apt in bansko and lost it due to the developer going...

    Not bansko stasimov, I bought a luxury apt in bansko and lost it due to the developer going bankrupt.
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    Plunkett

    Plunkett
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    Any Decent Pens

    Staedtler felt tips are excellent for ceramics,
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    Tiler 40 years experience, lives in Gateshead. Currently employed as fixer/foreman for one of...

    Tiler 40 years experience, lives in Gateshead. Currently employed as fixer/foreman for one of uk's largest tiling company's
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    Tiling Supervisor Needed Asap, Cayman Islands

    There were loads of opportunities to work abroad years ago for good tilers there few and far between now. The carribean is a lovely place to work and wouldn't mind it myself but it's all about money and how much they pay, if they want good fixers they have to pay good rates. I'm sure there's a...
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    Tiling Supervisor Needed Asap, Cayman Islands

    Enjoy the experience, I worked on a holiday complex in the Bahamas many years ago. Was meant to be a 5 week contract for club med but they kept us there for 12 weeks, we were inundated with job offers for the islands and Miami but the wife nipped that in the bud straight away.good luck
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    Mitre box

    Theres a small mitre block available from soft flooring suppliers for around 40 quid, york flooring supplies have them. A floorlayer had one on site last week, they are small made of steel and look like they will last a lifetime.
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    Wandfleisen

    wandfleisen is not the make, it means wall tile. German tiles,grout,tools are all excellent in my opinion, their building sites are different class to ours regards quality of work, preparation etc. pains me to say it but its true.
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    Swimming pool tiling problem

    heard on the grapevine it is expansion problems, its an existing pool tank, a new sand&cement screed has been laid. The tilers have followed the original expansion joints but unfortunately the screeders have not. Should have been noticed but unfortunately it wasn,t.
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    Spot fixing

    That just about sums up my apprenticeship, some of them old fixers should have been reported to the cruelty man.
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    Spot fixing

    I started my apprenticeship in 1975 and all floor tiling was done monolithic, it was the tilers job to screed and fix in one operation. Wall tiling was mainly adhesive but there was the odd job where the spec required sand&cement fixing ,pit head baths etc. As far as floor screeding goes my...
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    Can I work on site as a tiler with just a green CSCS card?

    A green card comes under the title (general operative) correct me if i am wrong, however as sir ramic says if your accompanied by a fellow tiler you wont have a problem. I myself travel all over the country and all sites insist on the correct card for the job, not only that but now they all want...
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    Contract work

    The tiling company have a big job starting in dundee, leisure centre something like 12,000 mtrs. Have to pay your own digs etc, I would think its a lodging job for you if your based in hamilton. Also simpsons are going to be busy soon, might be worth a ring.
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    working local

    probably do phil, I remember a really good old floorlayer mick higginson was still doing aldi-lidl floors with his team and they were all retirement age, unbelievable how they got through them.

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