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Cheers jason.. so you reckon a rubi t70 might be ok for the straight cuts?... but if i do get a plug socket in the middle of a tile, what do you reckon? I obviously don't really have a clue, but an angle grinder seems like it might be a bit risky... do you reckon i could hold the tile...

Hi just wondering if I could get a bit more advice from you guys... I have been asked to do a splashback, the customer has decided she wants to use "very large" glass tiles (i haven't seen them yet).... firstly has anyone got any advice on how to cut them? I am hoping that my rubi wet...

ah ok as i feared!.. many thanks gcol :D

Hi i have just been offered a job tiling a bath with a shower attachement. The problem is the wall around the bath is emulsioned. I remember being told by someone from Bal that as emulsion is water based, you should not tile on to it in any area that might get wet.... has anyone any advice on...

Hi Andy I have done a few tiling courses in my time, i did a week floor and wall tiling at the builders training center in east croydon.. which was ok for a bit of diy but did not really cover enough to prepare me for a career. I then did a six week course at a place called abacus in luton...

hi i'm no expert as my name suggests, but here's a few ideas. The wood will definitely expand and contract, so if you were to use grout then you should use flexible grout... the type you use with heated floors... hoperully you should be alright with that. alternatively you might use an...

in future thought i think the real answer is to use a 3mm trowel to avoid so mouch adesive oozing everywere, also if you use a product where the grout and the adesive looks the same (i think bal do one)... then you avoid having to worry about picking out the grout in the first place :wink:

Dear compheat thanks for reply. When you say "Vent" the radiators am i right in saying: after draining i should make sure all the valves and bleed nipples are open - is this what you mean? after that, i would close the bleed nipples and begin re-pressurising? Sounds good to me. cheers...

turn them all on then bleed themjavascript:emoticon(':roll:')

How to drain a combi I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on changing a couple of radiators on a combi system. I have done this before on a conventional system but never with a combi. What I am planning to do is, turn off the power to the boiler then isolate the cold supply...

try unibond flexible filler, i had a similar problem and it worked fine

If you hired a kango you could get the whole lot off extreemly quickly. As for the stabilising solutions, to be honest i don't know, it might be a case of following manufacturers instructions and hoping for the best!

I think the re skimming will give you a much better finish. I have done some extensive re plastering and damp proofing and have found that plaster sadly does often show hairline cracks after drying. The answer i found was to wait a few weeks till all the cracks have appeared and then buy a tube...

It sounds as if that cement needs to come out. I am not an expert but if you tile on top of it you are gluing the tiles to sand, which is why they came off in the first place. if you put pva on it (don't by the way) then you are sticking your tiles on to a thin sheet of unsitable primer attached...

Many thanks..as i suspected i need a professional product that fixes and grouts..thanks very much for the advice

This may sound like a joke, but i read in a diy book that creaking floorboards can be cured by putting talcum powder inbetween the the boards where they rub together. Also screwing them down into the joists will help (but make sure you get a pipe detector first about 10 quid fron B and Q

Dear M I am 47 and have just done a 5 day tiling course at the builders training centre croydon www.skillsclub.com tel 0800 389 277. It cost 400 pounds and was very good (i got a reduction for cash) since then i have bought a load of tools and i am starting to get some work. i would...

can anyone help me? what is the best way to install paper fronted mosaics on a wall? how can i solve the problem of adhesive seeping through the gaps on instalation and ruining the look of the grouting? should i pre grout the back of the tiles before installing them, or is it possible to...