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Natural stone tiles
Travelqueen
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After DIYing the rest of my house, I have decided to hand over the bathroom to the professionals. Naturally this means I am paying for the priviledge. It also means that since I'm having it done professionally I want to put nice tiles in there - which I probably wouldn't dare work with myself!
Theres a great local shop which is cheaper than Topps, Tile Warehouses & the like & I've bought floor & ceiling wall tiles in a lovely natural stone. Not cheap, but my bathrooms small, and I only intend to do it once since the fittings also weren't the cheapest!
However, showed the tiles to the tiler this morning & he freaked out. Problem being that he's also doing other things like boxing in pipes (essential), building a cabinet in an awkward corner for the sink to go on & give us some storage (essential) and aquaboarding (wha - necessary?), plus taking off the old tiles - which I could do myself if I wasn't going to be away / have no clue / time etc.
So anyway does anyone know whether it is standard practice to use a diamond cutter for tiles - I personally thought it was, and if stone is really loads harder to work with - I'm waiting for his revised quote with trepidation, but I also have another one to compare it to, and just wondered if anyone has any experience of this material?
Let me know!
TQ
Theres a great local shop which is cheaper than Topps, Tile Warehouses & the like & I've bought floor & ceiling wall tiles in a lovely natural stone. Not cheap, but my bathrooms small, and I only intend to do it once since the fittings also weren't the cheapest!
However, showed the tiles to the tiler this morning & he freaked out. Problem being that he's also doing other things like boxing in pipes (essential), building a cabinet in an awkward corner for the sink to go on & give us some storage (essential) and aquaboarding (wha - necessary?), plus taking off the old tiles - which I could do myself if I wasn't going to be away / have no clue / time etc.
So anyway does anyone know whether it is standard practice to use a diamond cutter for tiles - I personally thought it was, and if stone is really loads harder to work with - I'm waiting for his revised quote with trepidation, but I also have another one to compare it to, and just wondered if anyone has any experience of this material?
Let me know!
TQ
One day everything I earn will be mine and not the banks... ::rotfl:
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