G’day guys!

Again, thanks for your input:)

I ummm’d n rrr’d… then after doing a few tile cuts I’ve decided to go with the skirting boards on top of the tiles. I see your point Tools – however in my situation placing the skirting boards on top has allowed be to make a few “measuring mistakes” along my wall lines and be able to get away with it!

I guess if I had a bit more practice and was more experienced with getting the cuts right then I may have laid the skirting first.

Over the weekend I laid my edge tiles and have done about 5 rows of the diamond pattern from the games room corner.

Things have gone pretty smoothly and I’m pretty happy with the results![biggrin]

I hope to do at least 3 rows each night after work – so hope fully in a couple of weeks I’ll have it all finished up:)

Once I’ve finished I’ll post up some pics:)

Cheers guys!

Wayne Leech

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Cheers calvin! Thanks heaps for your advice!

Yeah i picked up bag of 5mm spacers yesterday:)

Gunna pick up an electric tile cutter at lunch, so hopefully i can make a start – tonight, or tommorow night:)

cheers!

Wayne

Hi Calvin,

I spent last night cleaning up the area to be tiled and have started laying a “Dry” line of tiles to find out the best way to go. I’m going to be laying the tiles with a border, then in a diamond pattern across the living area.

I understand that I have to choose the appropriate corner to start from – eg, to start laying the diamond pattern.

The corner I choose to start from will look great as I can simple cut a tile in half and the triangle shapes (half a tile) will fit in along the straight lines of the corner I start in.

However, when I get to the other side of the room I’ll have tiles I will have to cut- giving me un-even diamond patterns on the opposite side of the room.

My question is – how do you choose which corner to start from?

The living area has 3 door ways and a main patio entrance… therefore there’s not just the one door way to start from.

Any advice is much appreciated

cheers

wayne

Cheers Calivn, That’s some great advice!

i was gunna start laying the skirting tonight in the room that has tiles! I’ll start the tiling instead:)

I don’t suppose you can recommend a good tile cutter??

I’ve been looking at the manual and electric ones. The electric ones are nice those the tiles I have are 333mm in width, so cutting those tiles diagonally won’t fit on most of the electric tile cutters.

The manual one I was looking at is a DTA 570mm tile cutter – bout $200… This should do the job – though the electric ones make the job look so much easier:)

Just with the skirting…won’t it look a little weird if the skirting is at a different height in the rooms with carpet – compared to the rooms with tiles?

Thanks for your help!

Wayne

Wayne Leech

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G’day all:) thanks for your feedback:)

Cheers for the offer chupachup! Though unfortunately I live in Perth…

Yeah I haven’t been too impressed with bunnings either – yes, their prices aren’t to bad though their customer service is shocking!

Because I plan to do a fair bit of wood work – both in this house, and future IPs:), I’ve decided to go pick up a router:) I’ll be doing them this weekend – so I’ll let u know how I go:)

Btw, has anyone had much experience with laying skirting boards?

I’ve just laid it in two of the rooms, and I’m now thinking that I should have given them a coat of paint before laying them! The reason I didn’t is that I’d have to paint over the dowel holes after fixing them to the wall – though I guess painting over a few holes, would be much easier than painting the whole skirting board:)

What’s the go… to people usually paint them before laying them? The skirting I’ve laid is the pre-painted white MDF stuff – so it should only need one more coat to finish it off…

cheers

Wayne

Btw, hope all you Perth people enjoyed your long weekend!!!

Wayne Leech

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http://www.landsearcher.com.au – List your land for FREE (Private sellers only)
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thanks Simon!

If a first home buyer did buy a block of land as their first piece of property, would they still get away with not having to pay stamp duty?

btw, did u get my email bout my other post?

cheers

Wayne

Wayne Leech

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thanks Terry!!

Wayne Leech

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g’day simon… what kind of extra info do u need to know?

Wayne Leech

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