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FITTER OF THE YEAR | OVERVIEW
12. Dan begins setting out his angles for the diagonal basketweave.
‘The size of the bay was quite awkward to set out. To have it perfectly central meant 13. Once the dry fi tting is completed, the competitors start to stick
you’d have very tiny cuts of the light tile against the wall. I decided to shift the pattern. down the tiles. Here, the competitor is leaving the gluing of the
This still gave you equal cuts but they were offset to each other on the opposite walls.’ edge tiles until he’s completed the fi eld.
14. Neil starts to mark his angles for the diagonal basketweave. 15. Here’s how the diagonal lines help in the alignment of the diagonal basketweave pattern.
16. Wes trims some of his edge tiles to fi t perfectly against the
skirting boards and architraves. 17. Dean cuts his door bar.
18. Dan puts adhesive down with a notched trowel.
‘Trowel size was A2.’ 19. Hayden uses his utility knife to bevel a cut edge so it looks the same as the other tiles.
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