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Only just got this after reading twice! "Grow a pair!" I think is the underlying message

I never realised the blade wanders on them, thought it cut dead true & straight!

Beer o'clock! ? IF I cut the actual tiles with the wet cutter I think I'll need to put some "pegs" in where the almonds are (yes I ate them afterwards).

Ta. I was hoping to use both halves of the same cut tile tbh. so a "half" would be either side of the fall line. To minimise chipping is there any merit in covering the cut line in masking tape and marking / cutting through that? Too hot for this. SWMBO needs to hurry back from Bluewater so I get get on the Cobra. Only holding off as her car's not been well. Any

Cutting with the old blade. As I say, plenty of meat on it but it's not exactly like a knife through butter!

Typically I've left it too late to get a new 180x25.4mm blade today! A Norton one from Toolstation for just under a tenner will be purchased tomorrow. Also ordered one from ATS for just over £20 as they get a good review.

Should I leave a 3mm grout line where the tiles meet the Aqua Panel? Obviously the wall tiles will come down over this.

Some further getting feel for this: I marked a wedge shape on a clean 6" tile with a Sharpie. I lined one end up with the blade by eye and figured the offset from the blade was 5mm with the aid of the brown, 5mm pack: Then I held the tile down by hand and went for it. I note one side cuts cleaner than the other so thinking a new blade might be worthwhile?

The wet cutter blade appears to be bang on 3mm which I guess is a bonus:

Figured where the pump goes, seems to work! Appears enough meat left on the diamond edge: So I cut an old 6" ceramic tile up. The cut to my mind isn't perfectly straight. A bit of breakout at the end too. This though doesn't show up on the glaze. A tile file I imagine would take this off. Is it good enough? This is holding the tile square against the fence. Can't do that for these angle cuts!

Really I haven't got a clue! Just setting this up to play...if I can figure where the pump sits!

Another question I've been meaning to ask! I have umpteen boxes of floor tiles. Do I select from random boxes as I lay them or lay a box at a time. Thinking shade variations. Cheers.

Ta. Never thought too much about that! Getting this right in my head then: The manual tile cutter won't give me a 3mm gap. No real gap at all as it breaks on a score line. The wet table cutter.....not sure on that gap. Going to set it up on the patio in a minute and have a play with some scrounged tiles. The water jet. Unfortunately it probably won't be mate's rates but hopefully not too bad. I had steel plates for my brothers astronomy pier done there and I think it was £60 cash inc materials. That was for 3 discs and 4 gussets. I supplied the DXFs. I'm hoping I can just draw a thin line on each tile and say cut a 3mm line along that. Just checked the email ref cutting along a line marked on the tile and the guy wrote: "That is not possible, but we have a way of doing this sort of job. Best if you bring the tiles to me and we will have a look and give you an estimate".

Yep, did think about linking to the pan extract somehow. Or at least a louvre top and bottom of the door. I imagine the cupboard will be shelved for bottles & potions.

Keep telling him he should write a book!

Very generous of you. I have this one though my chippy mate gave to me ages ago: I've spent the last couple of weeks looking for the "tray" to go with it. Phoned my mate last night and he thought he'd given me the stand and that it was blue. I'd already searched the shed, garage and stable a couple of times each. In the garage last night and looked UP...I'd lodged the stand /tray up in the rafters, it was there all the time! Never used one before. What do I do, mark the tile with a pencil(?) on the laser line and cut to that? YouTube I think for some tutorial videos!

Top job. Skirting to do? Some cracking views out of those windows by the look of it!

I hadn't added them up!

Work of art that is!

Playing setting out the "Union Jack" cut tiles. Where the laser line is in the first two photos below is where I cast my fall lines in the slab: Bit worried the "pointy" ones will crack when I cut them! But wondering if this is a better layout? Although it leaves me with two little piddly bits. Leaning towards my original idea. Bottling doing that first cut, not used a tile cutter in over 30 years. I still have the option of getting the pointy ones water jet cut though no idea of what it'll cost.

I'd clean forgotten about the floor / back of the laundry cupboard. SWMBO wants to put the dirty lien basket in here. Plan ORIGINALLY was to bring the back wall of the cupboard forward hence not caring about the rough, high slab edge. In the cold light of day I felt I needed to level it off with the rest of the floor. The old incoming mains water can be cut off now at/below floor level and that new copper used to down feed the cistern (pipe poking out from the right. DPM coming up in blue, I cut that off 2" above the corrugated / EPS slab perimeter strip.: And then hacked off the raised edge: Figure I'll fill that void with some concrete, level off and tile all the way in. I can figure the back of the wall / boxing in later.

2 coats Leyland Super Leytex 20% water Gyproc EasiFill 20 as required Rubbed down 2 coats Leyland Super Leytex neat 3 coats Dulux Diamond Matt Mulling tanking & tiling at the mo. When the Welsh Wizard has spoken I'll know where I'm going!

Many thanks as always! Would you aim to tile the whole floor in one go? I'm assuming yes. Should I do a "dry" run first as in lay the tiles out with spacers in, cut the edge ones and also the union jack ones for the wet room corner? Cheers

Done. All bits back on. Looks good..unless you know where to look! That Dulux Diamond Matt is proper white and sparkly!

Killed by the dust cloud it created seemingly: