Pics of things you hate that make your job harder - Tile Advice

[macten]

Lol. 2 flights of stairs where I’m working and a cat that looks like the 1 in the photo. House cat of course, some inbred pedigree with no immune system that will just die or rack up £1000s in vets bills if I let it out apparently.

 

[macten]

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Sockets.....and especially those stupid bloody white caps over the screws that ping out and end up god knows where when you try and remove them..

I never look for them Andy cos I don’t think I’ve managed to remove one yet without destroying one side of it. My Sparky mate did give me a bag of them though so I don’t mind them now. Sometimes I’ll pop em in even if they didn’t have them before (only the really nice customers though!)

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Bal microflex grout!

 

[Andy Allen]

I never look for them Andy cos I don’t think I’ve managed to remove one yet without destroying one side of it. My Sparky mate did give me a bag of them though so I don’t mind them now. Sometimes I’ll pop em in even if they didn’t have them before (only the really nice customers though!)

I lost one once......had to rob another one from the socket behind the sofa before they got home...

 

[Blunt Tool]

I’ve lost the customers cat before, left the door open and there wasn’t a replacement behind sofa I looked,

 

[Old Mod]

When you put two tiles back to back and they seem to bow a little.

 

[Kieks]

When some idiot designs a shower room that’s doesn’t work.

Then having to design it on the fly.

 

[Qwerty]

When some idiot designs a shower room that’s doesn’t work.

Then having to design it on the fly.

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Looks an interesting project. Is this current?

 

[Kieks]

Yes mate, is a little painful to say the least. I’ll upload the design that has designed it a bit.

Is going in travertine, if I ever get all this prep finished ha ha

 

[Blunt Tool]

When you put two tiles back to back and they seem to bow a little.

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And did your 2by4 solution work?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

When some idiot designs a shower room that’s doesn’t work.

Then having to design it on the fly.

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Are you using waterproof tile backer boards?

 

[Kieks]

Are you using waterproof tile backer boards?

Yes, the board is Jackon board. I’ve started to board the area today, but will finish off tmoz.

 

[Old Mod]

And did your 2by4 solution work?

Ian, would I dare post anything that didn’t? Haha
We had to use that technique or similar throughout the whole room, and it was an 80m2 ensuite, walls only too.

 

[Blunt Tool]

Ian, would I dare post anything that didn’t? Haha
We had to use that technique or similar throughout the whole room, and it was an 80m2 ensuite, walls only too.

80m2 en suite? Is it call Windsor? Jeez

 

[Old Mod]

80m2 en suite? Is it call Windsor? Jeez

Haha I know mate, quite a large room. A bathroom with a cloakroom and a separate shower room all within the same space.
I’ll post the project when it’s finished in next couple of days.