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20. Dan fi ts tiles into his door bar. The door bar has a slot that the tile slips under. 21. Dean starts to mark out the diagonal basketweave layout on the other half of the ‘room’.

22. Wes is now well into setting out his diagonal basketweave. The edge cuts 23. Here Wes uses a template cut from
are at about 45 degrees which makes it more diffi cult than a straight lay but scrap material to ensure he gets his 24. Neil marks out the template for
each angled cut has to be measured off the platform to ensure it is a tight fi t. angle cuts as accurate as possible.
the top of the curved step.

25. Hayden cuts the last tiles of his basketweave into the door bar. 26. Dean does the fi nal trimming against the skirting boards of his diagonal basketweave.

28. The fi nished basketweave design. The illusion makes it
look like the wood planks are woven into each other.
27. After the stickdown, Dan cleans up with a LVT cleaner
– the mark of a good fi tter, cleaning up as he goes. Photos Richard Renouf
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