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    drilling into damn hard tiles (Stone)

    FORGET dry drilling, even with diamonds. This has got to be wet drilled. Dry drilling these tiles produces so much heat that the diamonds simply melt into the bits, becoming effectively blunt! Your cheapest and most effective option is to go to Topps tiles. They stock a cheap wet drilling...
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    Tiling a wall with 600x600 tiles

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    Grout revive on wrong part of tiles

    Can you post a pic? It might just be me, but isn't "around tiles" supposed to be grouted?! A photo will help!
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    Manual tile cutters

    Big Clinker from ScrewFix - 70 quid and a really good professional cutter. Will easily cut porcelain too!
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    Strange things happening with grouting

    Looks like there are 2/3 different grouts in use there to me? I think there are 2 main possibilities: 1) B & Q / Unibond grouts are not good in shower areas no matter what the packaging says. As a pro tiler I would not use them - ever. From experience they have a nasty habit of staining...
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