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Had a call from a very pleasant lady last night about changing a 'few' cuts around an architrave on a recently fixed floor. She was crying on the phone and when I went to visit her this morning, very very distressed. A very nice house and the people obviously have money. When I looed at the job...

Really really bad tiling

When fitting a shower screen over a bath is it good practice to put a bead of silicone sealant behind the wall channel before being screwed to the wall. Thank you

Yes, you need to start in the middle of the floor to make it look symmetrical. Put a mark on the floor halfway across. Now lay some tiles down (dry) first with the edge of a tile in line with your mark to see what size cut you get against the unit legs. On another tile put a mark halfway along...

Hello, I am refitting a bathroom and my client wants 5 downlights fitted. 5 lights have been supplied and they need 110mm space to fit. Upon drilling out the holes to accommodate lights we see we only have 80mm. At the moment changing the ceiling is not an option unless there is no other way. My...

Mark the hole you want to cut on the back of the tile. Cut hole from back of the tile with an angle grinder. Cut small bits at a time, turn tile over and check size of hole from front. This way you can cut small holes with a big blade. Or, mark your hole on the front, drill though the tile on...

Hi, I recently tiled some big pub walls with pebbles that were more like boulders than pebbles. Knock your adhesive up stiff and use rapid because they will slide around a bit and you may need to keep pushing them into position until the adhesive starts setting. Like the idea with the baton...

I have a large cabin in my back garden that I want to paint. When the cabin was new 3 years ago it was painted with an 'exterior shed' paint, Sandtex I think. Timber is in perfect condition but does need painting again as original stain has gone a bit flat. This time I want to paint it, rather...

i can tell you who not to use, Thompsons in Crews Hill.

3 years ago had a large shed installed into our garden. We have decided to reposition to a new part of the garden but are having trouble dismantling the shed and removing screws. Almost without exeption, every screw has been driven too far into the wood making them hard to find and not only that...

Hi Andy, yes, i had thought of spraying them but having spoke to some decorator friends they are of the thinking that this approach would not stand the test of time what with water etc. The handles will be used aswell so we think paint would wear off pretty quickly.

Updating a bathroom for a client and have decided to keep the old bath as it is spotless and of high quality. Going to change the taps and waste etc from gold to chrome. Problem i have is that the handles are gold and i have no idea what make the bath is to see if i can get chrome replacements...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2fe_1348111302 This was not me in the accident, found it on Liveleak.

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I have been tiling now for 27 years, done it all. Just been offerd some work that requires a cscs card, something until yesterday i have never heard of as i now only carry out domestic work. Trying to get through this morning to the helpline and talk with someone but lines constantly busy. From...