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[mikedavey]

Re: Any new tilers stuck at all, with anything?

Cheers Felix

Thats a good one, putting your card in houses that just been bought by new tennants. Dropping leaflets was my next plan. I hear alot about leaving your cards at tile shops can be a waste of time as they never give them out, or only give them out when you've used them on a regular basis. But i don't wanna seem a pesimist as it can't hurt to leave cards with tile & bathroom fitting shops.

 

[felix]

Re: Any new tilers stuck at all, with anything?

When you go into the tile shop make sure they have cards on their counter. I know Topps do this and so do a few others. Your right though some of the shops have their favourites and it is a waste of time.

Another thing you can do (as long as you have your logo and details on your van) is hit a different tile shop every saturday morning and park your van in the car park. Most customers potential customers buy their tiles on a saturday morning and even if they have been given a card inside the shop they will more than likely take your details to get a quote as well

 

[steve1]

Re: Any new tilers stuck at all, with anything?

Hi

Wonder if you can help. I am pricing up two bathrooms and one down stairs toilet in one house totaling 8.4mtr sq in natural stone. priced for labour, material (ie adesive, grout, ply wood, water proofer, sealent, etc. at a price of £720 does this sound about right for the east anglia area. Also when you ply boarded and layed your tiles you have a step in the door way, how would you finish the edge?

Thanks
Steve

 

[weesammy]

Re: Any new tilers stuck at all, with anything?

alrite davey.from just outside belfast.done nett course in june.tiling part time.gimme shout m8
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alrite davey.done nett course in june.tiling part time.gimme a shout m8

 

[boyfrog]

Re: Any new tilers stuck at all, with anything?

Hi Dan,
I am going to tile my hallway, I have read through all the forums (or at least it seems that way) and am going to put 12mm ply over the existing floorboards, and go from there. I've read in a few posts about sealing the ply with acrylic primer. My question is do I do this on both sides? And can anyone recommend a good primer that isn't £35 a throw like the BAL SRB stuff? As I have only 28'x3' to do, it seems excessive...
Thanks a lot,
D.

 

[DHTiling]

Re: Any new tilers stuck at all, with anything?

hi b/frog...try using bal APD ...apply it neat to edges and back of ply... i prime the face side as well but some adhesives don't require you to do this but always read the instructions on the bag first.....dave..

 

[Dan]

Re: Any new tilers stuck at all, with anything?

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[Dan]

Don't mind me while I bump some old but popular threads to see if the topic is still active in some way. Wondering if either the original idea or original issue still exists. I've done this with quite a few threads, so don't be offended if this is just jargon these days and not applicable. But I thought there might be a small chance a small percentage of the small number of threads might just be slightly applicable and the thread could get a new lease of life.

Reply to this if you've read a bit and have something to say.
There IS going to be a bigger chance when i do this, that the thread is dead. So don't worry if that's the case, just don't reply to it, and we'll all move on and let the thread drop out of view again.

 

[Dan]

Just bumping some of the older popular (sometimes not so popular) threads. Probably wont be current discussion these days but I just need to do it. So just ignore the thread if it's not current for you.