"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , Simon Stroud
writes

This type of flooring is a pleasure to fit with the modern adhesive. With
this type you apply the adhesive (with a special grooved trowel) and leave
it to dry completely. This leaves an extremely tacky surface and the tiles
drop very nicely into place. Far easier than the original "wet" adhesive
which was a right old messy pain to work with.

BTW I fitted both lots myself - having something complicated like my
checkerboard layout done by a "pro" would be reassuringly expensive!

Any tips for the marking and cutting of the curved border work?
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fred
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Yep - take your time and cut it all and dry-fit it all before sticking
anything down!

The tiles actually cut really easily with a very sharp Stanley type blade.
You don't always have to get right through the whole thickness in one go -
as long as you get through the strongest bit (which is the top textured
surface layer) you can usually bend the tile "in half" and easily cut
through the back layer which is much more "rubbery".

I can't quite remember exactly how I marked out where I was going to cut - I
THINK it involved sticking on loads of good quality masking tape to give a
nice surface to write on, and then marking it all carefully and just cutting
freehand.

There are probably tricks and/or special tools used by the "pros" but I
didn't have too much trouble. The best thing was if I cocked it all up I
could still buy two more full lots of materials and have two more goes and
STILL work out cheaper than the quote I had for a pro to do the install.

Good luck!
Simon.