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Marshalltown pre worns are the bees knees, expensive but I think fully justified. If you can afford it get a pre worn trowel. Over the last year I had to throw out the old trusty trowels (both Marshalltown) and the switch to the new trowels was hardly noticeable, slight difference in balance and...

Softus, to answer your question - I always tile off the batten when tiling to ceiling, never off the tray - unless tiles are not going to the ceiling. Thanks for correcting my spelling re slivers and slithers much appprecciateed :D

If you start with a full tile off the tray there's no guarantee that the top tile meeting the ceiling will be as near to a full height tile as possible. Theres nothing worse than slithers of tile meeting the ceiling. I always thought you started from a level batten tiled up then cut the...

I agree with Richard, if it is substandard then you should contact the plasterer and explain your concerns ie that unless he makes good the work you will withold all payment. Reskimming the part plastered ceiling is no big deal :wink:

For a week I'd say that £1100 is about right - £500 for a weeks labour plus materials good grief how can anyone sustain a business charging those prices. As with all decorating its all in the prep, if the 1st guy talked you thru it and you feel he's good to his word go for it - or as was...

Timber framed building not suitable for uk until recently, you go to the nw usa, where it rains more, snows more and gets hotter summers and all the residential buildings are timber framed. Theres no right or wrong on this one, yes plastered boards are a better finish and what we're used...

Sorry I misunderstood, he's going to take the original door off, shoot in and hang the new door, take the new door off, rehang the original door and paint the new door then take off the original door and then rehang the new door. sorry am I missing something here :shock:

Don't know about Oz but in the Staes its still quite unusual to paper the walls - at least in NJ where I lived. They prefer a quick coat of paint, but as has been said its as quick to skim the board as to tape and join it

Mines a Marshalltown too, tho' rather an old one now. Has yours got 'pre worn' edges? A while ago I got a new corner trowel but I just couldn't get on with it, it didn't have enough spring for me. When I was taught I always used one with lots of spring, old habits I s'pose

Plasplugs are fine I'm sure of that but for the extra £20 the Vitrex has an extra 100w of power and more facilities with regards to the fence and angles. Maybe I should sing its praises in a year or so from now though :oops:

Dulux 1,2,3 is the way to go - on both sides. As to shooting it in and hanging it, then removing it to paint it, that doesn't make sense. While the various coats of paint dry what is stopping people from walking in to your house. Hang it then paint it - job done :D

Travis Perkins do an excellent matching service, take a piece down and they will run you up a perfectly matched piece.

Yes, I dont work on a per m2 price, just on how long it will take - half a day £200, full day £200 etc etc :twisted:

Is it a new corner trowel? sometimes they lack 'spring' until they're worn in a bit. Just do what I do and try to avoid wet on wet walls :shock:

Just replaced my old workhorse with a Vitrex pro 750 wet saw £99.00 from tile depot, topps tiles also do them. Really smooth motor, hardly any water spray and it has mitre cut facility and angle cuts from 0-45 degrees. I'm really pleased with it - mind you I'm not a pro tiler, but for the...

Yes, I can testify that they are absolute con artists, I rather foolishly got involved with this mob - you know the situation half listening whilst trying to fit a kitchen - sounds interesting I thought, send me some details thru', next I get an invoice for £170 lol............. they pursued me...

Need a bit of help here chaps - about to install a bathroom, one of the things changing is the position of the bath and therefore the bath waste pipes. Is there a minimum distance from the wc pan connection with the soil pipe to the point where I can connect the new bath waste? At the moment...

Can b&q supply that many tiles for 60m2 :shock:

Good advise to draw up a diagram for positioning of downlights - I've been back to 2 customers recently who after I'd skimmed the ceiling they drilled the hole saw straight into rafter as they couldn't remember the correct positions for lights. Very annoying and fiddley job to patch up stray...

Rightly or wrongly the fact is there are millions of concealed comp fittings and push fits throughout the country. Ideally there should be access to them but thats usually not practical, if you cannot easily make an access area to your fittings tile straight over them or replace with solder joints.