(bugger!   Can't "like" my own topic!    that sucks! )

I am off to put the dinner on...  

I will come back later, to read the wealth of knowledge that this thread will no doubt contain!

in my expert opinion ..... errrrm, nah, can't wing it .... check out this fred ditts

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co...ld-i-buy-t31763.html

What you wanting to tile Ditty? and is it something you will do often??

You could probably rent a good quality one Ditty, something like that is only worth the expense to buy it if you are going to use it a lot - like a professional tiler would.

When I tiled my kitchen I just used some tile cutting kit from Homebase. It did the job alright I have to say.

Like working with wood, the secret is to measure twice and cut once

Sorted

(Or if you're feeling really hardcore - headbutt them )

Will do..   ta barns! 

The WHOLE of the bathroom..    ceiling to floor.

IF I don't make too much of a hash of it..   there is then some bits of the kitchen to be redone.

ooh!  I'd forgotten about hiring..   I will look into that Veggie.. 

& I will remember that advice..  ta! 

If my Dad gets wind of the project I may well end up headbutting them..   the tiles, the wall.    maybe even him...  

He IS the "Only Me!  You don't want to do it like that" character off Harry Enfield

ditty, your dad is my grandad

You can send your Dad round to my house.  Mr Cinds bought a tile cutter last week to retile half a wall in the downstairs loo, it's still not finished 

Cinds - My dad would just barge in..    stand there, harumphing & tutting..     point out every mistake (that you are already aware of), and say something useless like "You don't want to do that"

He is Mr Demotivator! 

Dits at least your Dad stops you before you've completed the project. My ex (who was a builder/carpenter) used to let me buy the stuff (cos I wanted to prove that women CAN do 'mens jobs'), follow all the instructions, take ages and then say 'Why'd ya do it that way for? I could have done that in half the time'

I hope you got to the point where when he approached your completed handy work you just snarled at him "if you are not here to compliment me on a job well done, then be quiet & go away"   Karms!

Or..   when he said his smarty arsed comment you just replied with a big fat "eff off" 

Thing about my Dad is..   not only is he not always (in fact, rarely) right with the advice he gives..   if I do let him in to a project, within ten minutes he will have totally changed the bloody project.

Like when I wanted to sort my garden out..   a few years ago, when I had zilch gardening experience.   At the time I said I didn't want to do anything with the lawn..   I wanted to sort everything else out first..   2 days later my dad had decided that the lawn was the main project!    I laughed it off altogether then for another year..   then I did what I am gonna do now with the bathroom..    I began the project in secret..   I ignored ALL advice given & learned by my own mistakes.  I broke all the rules..  and found out that some of the rules were a load of old bollocks..  

The girl & I are determined..    WE are gonna do the bathroom 

(the girl has more experience than me..    she did her 2 weeks work experience with a property developer.. & has laid laminate & tiled walls )

& just in case anyone was wondering.     MrD is shit at stuff like this.    He thinks he's good at it... but he is shit.    He even balls up putting together a flat back chest of drawers!

awwww..   & thank you to the person that "liked" this thread for me!   

I wasn't that polite but yeah, something like that

And I don't know how to quote and separate a post so.....

*roffles*

Has anyone dropped in offering you a part in "DIY stories from Hell" yet?

So is Ditty your mum?

I have liked the topic.....on account of it being the only useful thing I can add to this thread.

Ohhh, I love a bit of tiling! Im good at the old tiling too Ive never done a wall but tiled about 4 or 5 large floors in my time. Infact once i paid some bloke to tile my bathroom, he did such a crap job i pulled up the floor tiles and did them myself (much better than he did i may add).

I have only ever used the cutters that score and crack, much cheaper than that circular saw and easy, once you get the hang of it.

GWANNNNNN DITTY, you can do it !!!!!!!!

Ditty, my eldest son tiled my kitchen for me, with a tile cutter from B & Q. It cost around the £35 price mark, although we got it for £29 in the sale. Son (who is very handy, unlike his dad) said it was easy to use, and he made a brilliant job of the tiling.

I liked the thread for you.

thank you!

(I thought you just recently redid your bathroom..    you didn't tackle the tiling then?)

Yay!   thank you!!

That actually did make me think..   "HELL YEAH..  I SO CAN!"   

ooh.  thats interesting Yogi... 

There are some paper cutter style ones at B&Q & the heavy duty one is about that price..    it got good reviews too.    

(ta for liking the thread!    I am most put out I can;t like my own thread..    tis not  in the spirit of "if you can't love yourself you can't expect others to love you"..     if I don't love my thread, how can I expect others to love it! )

omg..   

I'd accept I was Barn's Mum..    just don't send Cilla out to tell me about it! 

The one we bought looks similar to the pic you posted of your dad's tile cutter.

I'm with you all the way on the thread liking issue.

Only the paintwork!

My tiles are boooootiful. No need for retiling for a good while yet (so long enough for you to get good before kindly coming to do mine )

a basic tile cutter like you are looking at and a pair of tile pincers for nibbling away ackward bits is all  Oh uses for work 

just popped in to say if you are looking for tiles give this place a glance http://www.wallsandfloors.co.uk/

saved over £300 today for a customer  by using them instead of Topps for bathroom wall tiles 

hope they are as good for the floor tiles 

I *liked* for ya too  

DITTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Swallow your pride - ask your Dad if you can borrow his tile cutters and then ..........................positively encourage him to come and help. Dad's really do like to help - there's nothing sinister about it - surely it's a win/win situation.

Well I've heard Jeremy Kyle's not bad...I mean just look at THIS for a revelation

Right I'm off in the bath to say 10 Hail Marys and cleanse my good Catholic soul

ooooooooooooooh - just read the thread in it's entirety - still think it's a good idea to get him involved though - just be clear in what you want.

That very much depends where you are on the girlie scale Soozy.

I still haven't forgiven my Dad for putting together my son's cot while I was out for the afternoon, and it's been 19 years. I LOVE PUTTING TOGETHER FLAT PACK STUFF....I DO NOT NEED A MAN TO HELP

Firstly....    ta for liking MrsH 

And I already have the tiles..     we have had the tiles for over a year actually!!   They are sitting in boxes in the conservatory, taking up space..  staring at me! 

NOOOOO!

Why on earth would I encourage him to come & help!    he drives me round the bend! 

My Dad does like to help..   he also likes to belittle, critisise & get arsey. 

Honest Sooz..   not all Dad's are the same...    the less time I spend with mine the better & thats not me being bitchy..    I tolerate him more than anyone else in the family, but I have my limits.

Speak for yourself!     I've just done a bookshelf and various other stuff, and  while it's not necessary to have a man, sometimes another pair of hands can be helpfull 

it also depends on what your Dad is like