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  1. macten

    Fancy ensuite very nearly finished

    Really happy how this one turned out
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    Terrazzo wetroom

    First time using the Impey 2 way linear tray and cut my teeth on it with 20mm Terrazzo. Here's a pic diary of the job. May help others using this system. I had lots of questions and searched on here to find others with the same questions but no answers.
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    Been a couple of years since I did a wetroom then 2 come along at once

    First time using Impey Easydec tray. Perfect for this job as existing joists and pipe runs were a problem. Here's some pics of the job
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    So much prep was a pain on this bathroom

    My favourite customers of over 8 years have moved house and this is the first of 5 bathrooms/ensuites ending with 130m2 floor. Original bathroom looked great at first look but on closer inspection there were a few red flags. Tiles came off the walls in seconds with no damage to substrate as...
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    All the things I hate in one bathroom

    Cheap Turkish metros with no glaze wrap Discontinued BCT hexagonal marble mosaics for floor which had been stuck to the mesh by boz eyed Bob Seriously unlevel floor An alcove Sloping ceiling The need to use fine grout (don’t get on with it, can never get it to look anywhere near as good as UC)...
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    The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away!

    It's been a very profitable couple of months for me and I'm looking at my bank balance feeling smug and out of nowhere on my way to work my van suddenly sounds like a tractor and massively down on power. Limp it back to my local garage and turns out it would be an engine out, strip down to find...
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    My big plank job - cement based screed

    It's been a couple of weeks of hard graft and I'm glad it's over. Forget the name but it was a Tarmac cement based screed. Nice and flat, first big pour that I've encountered that actually had movement joints built in. When I first went to look they had been back to repair one crack. There was...
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Dewalt D24000 problems

    End of last job my saw has started to sound dog rough - like gravel. Bit of vibration too. I'm guessing the bearings are wrecked - anyone had experience with this before?
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    Advice please lovely tilers

    So I'm in the middle of a PITA bathroom (may do a full post when I'm done) but at least the end is finally in sight. The main field tiles are these: Because of the riven nature being a pain to keep clean the wet area is the smooth version: I've set out so the shower glass profile will be...
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Herringbone walls ! The definitive answer?

    I've committed to my first 450 herringbone job - will be 3 walls of a shower enclosure with little 2x6 inch tiles. Lots of advice out there tells you to find the midpoint of the wall and keep the tile points to this plumb line: From all the google images of jobs where this has been done I...
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    Metro and marble ensuite

    First job I ever got off the forum was about 7 or 8 years ago. Was a main bathroom that was leaking and failing and a WC. Spin on 3 years and I had very little work on and I was struggling financially. In a stroke of good fortune the clients contacted me again for 2 more ensuites, a WC and a...
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    This one nearly broke me!!

    Was 2 weeks late starting this one to be fair. Complete rip out, back to block, got it boarded out, ditched the window in the shower area and built them a Jack and Jill alcove (Should have kept my mouth shut as the brief was to just lose the window). Finally start tiling (remember I take ages to...
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    Pics of things you hate that make your job harder

    Todays pain in the ***:
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    Bathroom start to finish

    End of second day on a new bathroom job
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    Shower screen wall channels

    Anyone know where I can get these? Refit I’m doing atm has a decent enough screen to reuse but couldn’t remove the wall channel without damaging it. My Plumber’s merchant checked with their suppliers but the computer said no!
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    self assessment online

    Just completed it (yes very last minute.com) but on the page dealing with class 2 and 4 NI contributions it asked if I wanted to voluntarily pay as part of my return to which I clicked 'yes' but it kept throwing up error on page and could only progress once I clicked 'no' So return has been...
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    Bifold doors in - I wouldn't be happy

    Job I've been dropping in and off for a few months now and one of the gaps was a 4 week wait for bifold doors. I was there when they were measuring up and I told them a shed load of leveller was going down and that I'd get that done before they fit them as the last thing I wanted was to end up...
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    Sensor settings - air only

    My understanding is that thermostats that have a built in air sensor and external floor sensor can be set at floor only, ambient air AND floor (where the air temp takes precedent and the floor sensor merely acts as a limiter to prevent overheating of cables. So my question is what is the air...
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    Best gobbo for skirtings

    I normally counter sink, screw, fill, sand and paint when fitting skirtings. My old man is buying pre primed and painted skirtings so wondered what the concensus is on the best make of glue for sticking skirting to brickwork?
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    Thread text size gone all big

    All the text in the threads have got bigger - I've not touched anything. Can't find any settings tab

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