This news comes as The Tile Association announce that their website peaked at an impressive 831,905 per month during 2011, with 304,374 hits going to member pages within the website, arguably the most important pages for members throughout the website.

TilersForums.co.uk has been running now since April 2006, and currently serves more than 19,000 members, more than 16,000 of those being DIY or professional wall and floor tilers, the rest being homeowners looking for a professional to carry out their work.

Many ’tile forums’ have been setup since TilersForums.co.uk took the lead, one forum even got purchased from a company that went into administration. Another was setup by an adhesive manufacturer. Non of them have managed to obtain any great numbers of regular members and regular traffic. TilersForums.co.uk still to this day holds the number one spot and its members keep on returning.

TilersForums.co.uk is free to use, and comes with a range of benefits for the professional tiler. For more information checkout www.TilersForums.co.uk.

Please feel free to reply to this blog post with details of the training centre you have attended that you would recommend yourself to others, and if you’re lucky enough, it might just get added to the main list.

The main list: www.uktilingnews.co.uk/tiling-courses/

If you read the guides you will see that a lot of thought has gone into putting them together. Topics include:-

• A quick guide to regular grouting using a washboy and a float
• A guide to diagnosing grout failure
• A guide to using silicone sealant
• A guide to using self-levelling compounds
• A guide to help professional wall and floor tilers with their pricing
• A guide to using epoxy and waterproofing
• Choosing adhesives and grout with standards as a general guide
• Cement, Gypsum, Anhydrite, Ettringite Crystals, and PVA; A Discourse - which had further important information from another trusted forum member.

Click here to get to the download page where you can download the PDF version of this tiling guide. You will need to register for your free forum account in order to download the free PDF.

Disclaimer: TilersForums.co.uk and / or UKTilingNews.co.uk (along with sWe, the originator of the content) do NOT take any responsibility for loss or damaged caused by using information found on any of the websites mentioned. Professional tilers’ advice should always be followed on a per-job basis. It is recommended that customers get specifications from at least three fully qualified wall and floor tilers (and not general builders, or plumbers, etc) before commencing work.

NP Tiling can cater for all types of Wall and Floor tiling including Natural Stone work, Ceramics and Mosaics, Wetrooms (including tanking shower areas for protection from water damage) and Bathrooms, Geometric Tiling and other forms of advanced tiling work.

Electric Underfloor Heating Installations

Electric Underfloor Heating can be installed in any room of your home and NP Tiling can supply and install your electric UHF at competitive rates. Underfloor Heating is the best source of heat for most types of rooms including small or large, conservatories, bathrooms, shower rooms, kitchens, living spaces and so on.

Tanking and Wetrooms

Tanking systems for wet area’s such as bathrooms, shower rooms and wetrooms are a must to prevent water damage to the substrate at a later date, which is a common cause for reinstalling a bathroom much earlier than its lifespan could last if installed and protected well the first time. The tanking and waterproofing systems vary depending on the size of the area required to be tanked but in most cases it is as simple as using a waterpoof coating which is applied using a roller, trowel, or paint brush. This then ensures that even if water does get behind the tiles, the background which can often be water sensitive plaster, render, or even worse plasterboard (which is commonly seen mouldy and badly damaged when ripping out old bathrooms and tiles).

Commercial and Domestic Work Undertaken

NP Tiling take on both domestic work and commercial contracts for large jobs including site work. With more than 34 years experience in the wall and floor tiling industry NP Tiling has carried out many large contracts using teams of tilers to get the work completed quickly and to a high standard whilst sticking within budget. All employees carry valid CSCS cards and are qualified to the highest of grades.

Supplying Tiles, Adhesives and Other Materials

NP Tiling have been in the tile industry for more than 34 years and over the time have built up good relationships with many suppliers all over the Midlands. Customers are advised to contact NP Tiling as soon as possible as advice can be provided with regards to the best ranges, prices and availability for all types of tile and materials required for the job. If customers have already purchased tiles and adhesives then an installation price will be provided only.

Free No Obligation Estimation

NP Tiling of Stourbridge can provide you with a free no obligation estimation which will include a specification of all materials required to carry out the job to a professional standard in the shortest timeframe. Quotations last 60 days and can be renewed and extended at no cost at all. All clients are advised to book an estimation visit as no prices can be provided over the telephone or via email without a representative from NP Tiling physically seeing the job in hand.

Customer Testimonials and Feedback

Customer testimonials and references can be provided on request for both domestic and commercial work.

Contact NP Tiling

NP Tiling
Stourbridge
West Midlands

Emails us: info@nptiling.co.uk
Website: www.nptiling.co.uk
Call us: 07970378507 or 01384 571996

Neale Pitts of NP Tiling is part of the team behind www.TilersForums.co.uk, the Europe’s Largest Tile Discussion Website with over 19,000 members. Neale’s experience in the tile industry is an important part of keeping the advice on the forum accurate and trustworthy. Only 5 professional wall and floor tilers are part of the team that run the whole website for the rest of the members, and Neale is one of them.

An Amey Tiling Project

Amey Tiling, professional wall and floor tilers in Lymington, are continuing to expand their business in the area. 9 years ago Richard Amey started out wall and floor tiling, and for the past 3 years has been running his own business, Amey Tiling, along with his brother, due to the poor quality of workmanship being accepted in the area by customers and builders as a whole.

2012 is coming and soon into the new year Amey Tiling will have a second larger van on the road and will even be taking on an apprentice under the Princes Trust scheme.

50% of work comes from regular domestic homeowners, and 50% from small builders. Amey Tiling are fussy about which builders to carry out work for as substandard is not accepted in any shape or form. Through sticking to this very good principle not only does Amey Tiling have no failures, even years later, but builders (and their customers) in the area of Lymington are even starting to accept the fact that only a high standard of work using the correct materials and practises is acceptable. And doing the job correctly the first time means it works out cheaper long-term as it only needs to be done the once.

More wall and floor tilers need to take on this fact, if all tilers ‘stuck to their guns’ on this matter, no work would be done but good quality tiling, and everybody would enjoy going to work, and reap the rewards from having near zero failures.

The First Amey Tiling Van

Amey Tiling does not need to advertise anywhere to gain business, word of mouth and a single (for now) sign-written van that is noticeable (blue van, white signage). The current van is a Vauxhall Combo which has been reliable enough to say the least, but the next van needs to be bigger. Vans being considered include Vauxhall Vivaro and the Nissan Vannette. Though please feel free to suggest similar vans in the comments box below.

Richard Amey is a ‘Trusted Advisor‘ on TilersForums.co.uk. Less than 30 people out of 19,000 have this member status on the forum. His forum profile can be found here: Rich

Feel free to contact Richard directly for any Ceramic, Porcelain, Mosaic, Natural Stone Wall and Floor Tiling that you require

Amey Tiling
Tiler in Lymington
Tel: 07817 904 897
Website: http://www.ameytiling.co.uk/
Email: ameytiling@hotmail.co.uk 

Richard and Stephen Amey of Amey Tiling

David Howe Tiling is a professional floor and wall tiling specialist based in the Darlington area.

David Howe Tiling is your one stop tiling company when it comes to tiling onto any suitable surface  in any situation that you require in the Darlington area.

If you are considering getting tiling work carried out in a domestic or commercial situation then please consider getting a FREE No Obligation Estimate at a time that suits you!

David Howe tiling also works close with other Darlington tilers and can always get that tiling project completed for you when times are busy.

David Howe Tiling can tile your bathroom,kitchen,hallway,living area,wet room, in fact any tiling that you wish to have completed ,be it walls or floor tiling.

David  Howe Tiling works with all  types of tile including .. :-Ceramic : Marble : Slate : Stone : Mosaic : Glass : Specialist Borders etc etc.

David Howe Tiling also installs electric under-floor heating systems in conservatories, kitchens, bathrooms etc. All fully tested by a qualified electrician.

Not every area has such an experienced tiler, if you’re still unsure – a portfolio of work can be seen here…  Picture gallery.

So if you need a Tiler in Darlington then do contact David for a no obligation quote.

Tiler in Darlington

Please feel free to pop over to the forum and contribute to the Poll as it’ll help give us a bit of an understanding as to what sort of percentages now have a Tiling NVQ.

Thanks

10 Day wall and floor tiling course block booking click here. Please mention tilerforums.co.uk when calling.

If you’re interested in either posting your request for a professional tiler, or are looking to find work as you’re a professional tiler, then please checkout the forum as soon as possible and we’ll get the ball rolling.

Once again, it’s free.

http://www.tilersforums.co.uk/im-looking-wall-floor-tiler/

A look at Mapei from its humble beginnings as a small company on the outskirts of Milan to its current position as a world-leading multinational specialising in adhesives and chemical products for the building industry.

65 years ago, Mapei was just a small company on the outskirts of Milan, dealing mainly in paints, plasters, and interior and exterior covering materials for large buildings, hospitals, and airports.

The big change came when the company began concentrating its efforts on a specific market niche: floor installation products.

This proved a very successful step and Mapei is now a multinational which has neither gone into the red nor laid off workers in all of its years in the business.

Its history is also inextricably linked with that of two generations of the Italian Squinzi family, in particular Rodolfo, who founded the company, and his son Giorgio who has continued his good work.

Checkout some of the training centre’s here: www.tilingcoursescompanies.co.uk

Tiling ICA – Wall and Floor Tiling ICA