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  1. Andy Allen

    Preparation Tanked plywood and need to Marmox

    Stick the marmox down with tile adhesive, As well as the screws with washers.....
  3. Andy Allen

    Tilers: Why Not Say Good Morning Before Work?

    Brilliant for porcelain, absolutely rubbish for ceramics....
  4. Andy Allen

    Can anyone help me find bumpy white 396 x 297 x 7mm tiles?

    Topps do a 300 x 500 plain white which will probably turn out to be 298... As long as you can match the width near as dam it the height doesn't really matter and the boarder and white grout should hide any discrepancies. It's a case of making do with what is available or stripping it all off and...
  6. Andy Allen

    Hi, hoping to retrain as a tiler

    8 week's.....lol I spent a whole year just grouting...!
  7. Andy Allen

    What's the best tip/trick/advice you were ever given?

    Don't eat yellow snow.... :) .... blah...
  8. Andy Allen

    Tilers: Why Not Say Good Morning Before Work?

    Morning... Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah... And post...........!
  10. Andy Allen

    How did it all start for you? And where? (How did you become a tiler?)

    I remember going to the job centre at 16 seeing a job for a trainee tiler, went for it as I wanted to learn a trade instead of being in a dead end job......got the job and I'm 53 now still tiling....! (Just)..:)
  11. Andy Allen

    Extinction Rebellion Rally

    Should of just ran them over....!
  12. Andy Allen

    Tilers: Why Not Say Good Morning Before Work?

    Morning.... Just work today then I'm off to santa pod to watch the European finals of the top fuel dragsters till Sunday....!
  14. Andy Allen

    Repair fibre glass bath chip

    Get the kit and watch how to use it on YouTube, there's some great hints like making a small hole in a sheet of paper and spray through the hole, it stops the over spray going everywhere. And when using the spray only do very light coats and build them up slowly.....the repair I did had about 8...
  15. Andy Allen

    Tile edge/biscuit visible after grouting. What can be done?!

    I've been there.... Tried adding more grout, leaving the grout to virtually completely dry before wiping off .. You can get the grout absolutely flush with the tile but If the glaze isn't covering the tile edge then you will always see a slight biscuit edge. All I will say is the more it fully...
  16. Andy Allen

    Just finished my tiling course! Go easy on me. :)

    Welcome to the tiling forum
  18. Andy Allen

    Tile edge/biscuit visible after grouting. What can be done?!

    I fix alot of metro tiles, and this is a very common problem with them and many other 2nd rate ceramics, and quite frankly it drives me up the wall, I can tile perfectly flat with full grout joints, only for the biscuit edge to be showing, the problem is the glaze doesn't reach the edge of the...
  19. Andy Allen

    Repair fibre glass bath chip

    Bath / shower tray repair kits.... 1567249319 From tool station.... 1567249544 1567249604 I used it on this repair.... 1567249646
  20. Andy Allen

    Looking for a new Laser level

    I have a yellow spirit level, and a pencil that produces a nice thin line....:D
  22. Andy Allen

    What would you do?

    Builders are your best friend on Monday's, when you start a job, and don't answer the phone on Friday's when you finish...!
  23. Andy Allen

    What would you do?

    And does that every really work ??? I had many a builder tell me to just do what I need to do to get it tiled, then screw me for any extra cost.... Better off just walking away...
  24. Andy Allen

    Data protection its a good thing ?

    Never leave collars on in the house, both of our dogs have got there Dew claws cought in the coller ring, thankfully we were in both times, the thought of them being in that situation with no one there sends a shiver down my spine....
  26. Andy Allen

    Bath / shower tray repair kits....

    I cover all my Bath's with a bath board I made up from some 22 mm ply. In this case the bath was a shower bath so one edge was exposed, despite covering it with a 2 layers cardboard and 2 layers of dust sheets, the tile just had to hit that spot on the corner of the tile from ceiling height...
  27. Andy Allen

    Bath / shower tray repair kits....

    With 3 kids in there house, I should imagine in 3 years there will be more chips to contend with....

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