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FITTER OF THE YEAR | OVERVIEW

4. Dan Jones fi ts his door bar at the front of the platform. The other competitors
left their door bar to the end. Dan (not to be confused with previous winner,
also Dan Jones) went on to win the competition.
‘It’s always best to fi t this kind of trim fi rst. Normally you would feather 5. Wes at the next stage. Now he’s found the centre line in both directions so he’s
fi nish where the plywood fi ts up to it.’ started to work out where to lay the pattern in order to get it fully centred.

6. All fi ve contestants at work in the early stages of the competition.
Right from the start, show attendees were attracted to the action. 7. Dan Jones fi ts the main door bar before setting out the pattern.

9. Neil working on his edge tiles. He dry fi tted all the
8. Dean sets out his basketweave. basketweave and here he’s working out how to fi t the edge.

11. Dean continues to dry fi t and check his layout. He’s using tape to
10. Wes cuts his main door bar. All the trims were supplied by Stairrods. hold tiles together to stop them moving around while he works.

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