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What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee who immigrated to the United States under the Lost Boys of Sudan program. It was a finalist for the National Book Award.

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    What is it with main contractors

    I was speaking to a guy the other day who was asking a contractor for payment of work he had done ( I don't know what the terms of payment were when he took the job ) to be told he should speak to the bank about a loan to ease his cash flow . I had somebody ask me to do some work with terms of...
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    Garage Conversion - what flooring to use for tiling onto?

    Hi, We're in the process of converting our garage into a kitchen/dining room. The back of the space was originally a separate utility room and we've knocked though. The floor in the garage has has a damproof course, insulation and joists. The utility room has a concrete floor. I'm wondering...
  3. Muff Tiler

    What to do with this floor...

    Hello all, This is my first post on here... I've been to see a kitchen floor to be tiles but when I have investigated the sub floor it's a block & beam floor with jabblight (polystyrene stuff) and chipboard layed over the top, the chipboard doesn't look like it's been screwed anywhere and...
  4. S

    Help, Grout Has Cracked In New Bathroom. Now What?

    I've had serious problems with a tiler I found on mybuilder and what I've been left with is a bathroom floor which has a heck of a lot of movement and the grout has all cracked. It's a high water area so obviously I'm extremely worried and it all has to be ripped up. It's a tiny space - only 18...
  5. Joe Clinton

    None Paying Customer - What advice?

    So then guys, completed a tiled floor for a private customer based on an accepted written quotation of £1400. Customer very happy with the work, have texts from them to say how happy they are with the floor. Finished the job on the friday and they said they would bank transfer by monday. Long...
  6. M

    Waffle pad left imprint on black slate floor. What can I try?

    Hi All, I put down a small rug on a rubber(ish) waffle pad on top of our black cleft slate floor. I pulled up the rug today and saw that it already left a waffle pattern on the stone. It's only been about a month. I have so far tried Dawn, baking soda poultice (18 hours), ammonia, and good...
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    What is best to use in this situation.

    Hey guys, quick question. I’m going to be filing a bathroom soon and I’ve just a little confused. Seen lots of conflicting info online so need a few things cleared up. The bathroom will be hardibacked so will I need to seal the board or prime seal it. The tiles are 300mm m2 so which adhesive...
  8. Andy Allen

    What the hell is wrong with that NHS

    As you know I was due an operation tomorrow for a hernia, everything has been planned, got all my work up to date, planned to have 4 weeks off to recover and have jobs booked in to go back to after..... Happy days. That was until they have just rung me to inform me that it has now been...
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    Is this a bad tiling job ? what can i do ?

    Hi i was wondering is this a bad tiling job and what can i do ? the tile is around the bath tub and its not even all the way to the top of the wall. Was the job was done well or not ? the dirt can be cleaned off from the tiles so thats not an issue, but what about the grouting work is it done...
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    What size notch trowel should I use ?

    Was recommended some mapei p9 adesilex for my ceramic 360 x 275 (8mm) tiles going onto plaster in kitchen, by tile giant. It says adhesive thickness no greater than 5mm on the bag. As ive just finished doing my bathroom using tubbed adhesive and the walls were a bit off i was able to get away...
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