Silverline Professional Tile Cutter

Smile while you Tile!

Advantages: Good value, precise and easy to use
Disadvantages: Only cuts straight lines

On deciding to give our bathroom a revamp, we bought some lovely new ceramic wall tiles and stone borders, then contacted a local builder (who is also a friend) to give us a price for fixing them. We were thinking of a price of around £150 as it isn't a very big area. To our shock, he quoted us a price of £300 excluding adhesive, grout, edgings, spacers etc. Thinking that this was a bit ridiculous, we decided we would do it ourselves. We went to our local Focus DIY store to get all the tools we needed, most importantly, a tile cutter. Having never used one before, we decided to make our choice by choosing somewhere in the middle of cheap and expensive. There was a choice of cutters ranging from £12 up to £40. The Plasplugs Contractor Tile Cutter retailed at £19.99 and caught our eye because it actually looked more expensive ...

nic63 01.03.2007 · Read full review
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Saw with this silverline

Advantages: saws well
Disadvantages: none

Perusing the garden tools section for a tool that I own and so could write about I came across a Silverline SW21 525 mm Pruning Saw . Now I suppose technically I do not own this but it belongs to the Butterfly conservation work party that I belong to . We store this in our garage for winter work parties clearing shrub on nature reserves. I have used this saw several times clearing encroaching shrub. This saw has an orange coated heavy gauge, oval steel frame this tapers to a point. The 525mm saw blade attaches to this. There is a quick release tension lever for this blade, this is attached to the flat handle part of the oval frame. The orange frame of ours has got scratched with use and has a little rust The blade is a Swedish steel blade with many hard point teeth. This blade gives a fair cut through branches and small tree ...

mumsymary 17.07.2009 · Read full review
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Piles of Tiles with Smiles

Advantages: Range, Price, Service
Disadvantages: Poor range of adhesives

use the website to find out what their current offers are and their availability. You can also find out what your local stores are and how far they are away from you and you can also give them your details to obtain a copy of their FREE 40 page catalogue. There is a useful hints and tips section plus some help-lines if your having trouble. ~Summary~ I fully recommend Topps Tiles to anyone who intends to buy tiles or laminate flooring in the near future, they are easily the best company out there offering these products. They are not just the cheapest but they are professional too and provide excellent customer service and after-sales. It is really good to see a company being successful because they deserve to be and I'm glad to be the first person on here singing their praises. General advice helpline: 0800 1381671 Ignore ...

WormThatTurned 29.09.2003 · Read full review
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