Fantastic mosaic job

[Keith]

wow.Check this out for mosaic.And it was laid hundreds of years ago. Amazing floor in Cologne cathedral. The Koelsch bier was also great in cologne.

 

[sWe]

They sure knew their stuff :83:

 

[Keith]

Bet they didn;t use Bal flexy.

 

[doug boardley]

I think I worked on that job, with Sir Ramic and a few other coffin dodgers!!

 

[TilingLogistics]

I think I worked on that job, with Sir Ramic and a few other coffin dodgers!!

Nah!!! That was after your time Doug:46:

Kev

 

[doug boardley]

no need Kev!!:smash:

 

[Keith]

They started laying the mosiac sometime around the year 1750.The whole Dom took 500 years to build. Finished in 1880. Here endeth the history lesson. I think they worked :cheers2: @ 1 bier per metre2.

 

[White Room]

Could'nt even imagine how much something like that would cost today

 

[sWe]

Could'nt even imagine how much something like that would cost today

Do you think they charged per day or per sqm :rofl:

 

[enduro]

Do you think they got them from Topps Tiles? thought i saw them in there catalogue.

 

[sWe]

Do you think they got them from Topps Tiles? thought i saw them in there catalogue.

I bet they didn't use Unibond tubbed 2in1 addy-grout though :smash:

 

[atec]

I'd love to try and do something like that,

 

[Rob Z]

While reading more about the Cologne cathredral, I found this photo of the staircase ascending the spire of the Ulm cathedral. Look at the stonework!

File:UlmMunster3.JPG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia😱

 

[Rob Z]

I can't get that link to work now. Here is another shot, although the photo quality isn't as good.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1159/1218333322_fab74d0add.jpg?v=0

 

[DHTiling]

wow!!!!! looks great rob..

 

[doug boardley]

I'd love to try and do something like that,

me too!

 

[doug boardley]

wow!!!!! looks great rob..

that is fantastic, the masonry and the vision to design something like that,very humbling

 

[sWe]

Not a job for the faint-hearted though...

 

[shane176]

:26:
do u think it was hard work..........

 

[Fred]

AND it all originates from the Eygptians...........stone work I mean..........then the Greeks took it a bit further, then the Romans even further............incredible stone work IMO.

 

[doug boardley]

AND it all originates from the Eygptians...........stone work I mean..........then the Greeks took it a bit further, then the Romans even further............incredible stone work IMO.

oh! I thought it was harry enfield and paul whitehouse, knocked it up before brew wivva bit o' 4x4x2!:santa_cheesy:

 

[Fred]

oh! I thought it was harry enfield and paul whitehouse, knocked it up before brew wivva bit o' 4x4x2!:santa_cheesy:

:lol:.......................

 

[Fekin]

One thing for sure, I would never be able to do that without a whole lot more training, and then I still proabably be able to pull it off :veryangry: