Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Tiling and the Nibe

We understand, from friends who dropped in at the Wood recently, that the tiler is having a perfectly frightful time with the bathroom floor. We did not know that Max's strong opinions were shared with anyone other than ourselves. Perhaps Mary had remonstrated. Anyway, the shower floor is being redone and the tiler has vowed never to work with big tiles again.

The Nibe has been commissioned, which makes it sound like a nuclear power plant. We will be given a seminar in how to use it, sometime.

3 comments:

Janet said...

If the tiles are that big, then they are slabs not tiles!! Notoriously difficult to get people who are any good at paving. Almost as bad as brickies and kerb layers.

Cecilia said...

What is the definition of a slab?

Janet said...

I was joking.

In terms of proportions, a slab is thicker than a tile.

Historically, I suppose a tile was clay or ceramic and a paving slab was stone?? Probably now tile indoors, slab outdoors.

Slab definitely bigger though!