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I have a big (50 square metres...) tiling job to do, in a garage. Satin white tiles that bounce the light (1.8kW of HF daylight flourescents...) around nicely and are easy to wash down.
Walls are breeze block with grey render but no plaster and pretty flat. Got lots to tile and virtually nothing to tile around (1 lightswitch) so thinking that bigger is better within price bounds!
Have read the basic giude at the top (and set mum off looking at wetrooms after discovering tanking...) and was thinking of using the following:
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/product-details.php?tid=2841&t=Tile
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/acc-details.php?aid=10&acid=5
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/acc-details.php?aid=37&acid=5
Local tile prices are 3x the price by comparason. Has anybody used this place before/are they any good? Anything wrong with 'Blancos' tiles? Anybody else I should look that delivers?
Tools wise, are hand tile cutters any good, or whould I tile the easy bits, then hire a spunky electric job for the weekend to do the rest? All I'll be doing (except for the lightwsitch) is straight cuts to fit up against the ceiling/into wall corners.
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/acccatdetails.php?acid=7
Else - spirit level, 6mm square trowel, sponges, decent bucket, some battens/masonary nails/hammer and good supply of tea?
Walls are breeze block with grey render but no plaster and pretty flat. Got lots to tile and virtually nothing to tile around (1 lightswitch) so thinking that bigger is better within price bounds!
Have read the basic giude at the top (and set mum off looking at wetrooms after discovering tanking...) and was thinking of using the following:
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/product-details.php?tid=2841&t=Tile
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/acc-details.php?aid=10&acid=5
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/acc-details.php?aid=37&acid=5
Local tile prices are 3x the price by comparason. Has anybody used this place before/are they any good? Anything wrong with 'Blancos' tiles? Anybody else I should look that delivers?
Tools wise, are hand tile cutters any good, or whould I tile the easy bits, then hire a spunky electric job for the weekend to do the rest? All I'll be doing (except for the lightwsitch) is straight cuts to fit up against the ceiling/into wall corners.
http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/acccatdetails.php?acid=7
Else - spirit level, 6mm square trowel, sponges, decent bucket, some battens/masonary nails/hammer and good supply of tea?