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- The detailing studio after the removal of the old partition wall and dynotile floor…
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- The exposed concrete floor and kitchen block looks spartan and uninviting…
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- A solid core plastic ecotile; note the bevelled ramp edge and raised disc pattern…
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- The ramp edge tiles were laid first at the base of the roller entrance door…
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- The first row of tiles were then tapped into place using a rubber mallet…
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- One of the alarm sensors was then fitted on top of the freshly tiled surface…
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- Subsequent rows of tiles were fitted in cross-shaped patterns as per the instructions…
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- A thick foam pad made all of the kneeling down painless and hassle free…
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- The recommended cross-shaped laying pattern keeps everything well lined up…
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- Just a few taps are needed per tile to make the joins neat and even…
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- Rapid progress being made due to the simplicity of the fitting system…
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- The main floor area was fully tiled over in just four hours; not bad for an old man…
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- The edge pieces were carefully measured and cut out using a jigsaw…
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- Tapping a freshly trimmed edge piece into position using a rubber mallet…
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- Masking tape was used to create life sized templates for complex shapes…
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- Each masking tape template was carefully lifted in one tile sized piece…
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- A freshly cut tile after jigsawing, showing how it was cut to shape…
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- The trimmed piece fully fitted, giving a neat professional finish…
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- The detailing studio straight after the final ecotile was laid; much better!
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- Note the improvements made to the kitchen block; again, much better!
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- What’s that in the distance? A brand new Karcher scrubber-dryer…
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- Washing the new surface with the scrubber-dryer in preparation for a sealant application…
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- Applying three coats of a thermacrylic varnish using a microfibre mop…
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- The final result looks amazing and sets off freshly detailed supercars perfectly…
As part of our plans for expansion in 2010, many changes have been made to both our existing unit and the two additional industrial units we have also taken on. Whilst we are not quite ready for a proper show and tell yet, we thought it might be nice to show you the changes that have recently been made to our existing unit. Many of you will have been familiar with the old layout of a single well equipped detailing bay and a small partitioned off stockroom, and this format certainly served its purpose well for the last three years. However, in order to double our stockholding and make room for another detailing bay and more overnight storage, we recently moved the stockroom into one of the new units and then set about taking down the partition to make the detailing space fully open plan again. We didn’t record the demolition process as it was very dusty and thus not camera friendly, so this post picks up afterwards and shows how we have transformed the feel of the new open plan space by fitting an ecotile floor.
