Recent content by simplesteve

My Tilers van is full of bags of spacers:- I still used clothes pegs when I done my coping stones !

I’m 100% with ‘ree’ on this one. If the Silicone bead is not performing a function, then I’ll also ask the customer if he wants it or not, and explain the +’s and -‘ I would never ever grout the Sanitary Ware or skirting. Your new bathroom looks neat and tidy without pumping in any unnecessary...

My choice would be option 3. You can’t go wrong with 6mm H.B. on the floor. ( I know it’s highly personal, but 1M sq tiles on that floor are way too big )

I think the last two ‘posters’ haven’t noticed that it’s a concrete floor. You don’t want to be pulling that up !

You can never wrong with a cardboard template. Just flatten an old box

Great info, thanks. I'll get some Z.B., And some cheap throw-in-the-bin-after-use brushes. Given a lot of reviews mention the smell, it looks like a job for early in the morning :)

Hi guys, looking for a bit of advice on how to paint over a ( dry now) mould stain on the wallpaper of our bedroom ceiling …. We had a leak caused by missing roof slates- now fixed and bone dry. I very stupidly wallpapered over the ( what I thought was dry) ceiling before it had dried out...

They look like porcelain slabs. If you are using a wet grout outside, then I’d advise you to watch a couple of YouTube videos on the basics of grouting - that white haze is indicative of a poor ‘sponge off’ technique. It’s very very hard to get it right on a hot tile - I’d only grout them at...

The trims won’t seal it :- I’m assuming there’s a sink somewhere in the worktop that will need silicone on the bottom row of tiles behind the taps ? With an 8mm notched trowel ( condensing to 5 or 6mm after you have pressed in) + a 7mm tile, you are only a couple of mm short ( thickness of a...

Fill out the gap between the wall and the worktop with strips of cardboard from the tile boxes. Pack them tight and your first row of tiles will sit on them no problem. If you’re using big heavy tiles and the gap is worrying in places, then put said cardboard in a thin batch of tile adhesive and...

Another vote for the most excellent 'PlantNet' app. Permanently free, and it's photo recognition and answers are always bang on !

If they’re not being used, and are just ‘things to hit’ with your car etc, is it worth just removing them ?

TBH, if you’ve been puting up with the staining for 19 years without a puting a sealer on, I think it’s probably time for a re-grout.

Personally, I think it looks very neat and you’ve done a good job. I’d be reluctant to put any kind of strip on it. Just get a new piece of vinyl the right size ?

Datsun 180b Bluebird.