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Recent Posts
November 11, 2014 |
Boxing in and tiling around a bath
Boxing in and tiling around the bath can be very effective in the family bathroom, and the en-suite too if its big enough. In this bathroom it works well because the tiles are huge and the room is fairly big too, big enough to carry the modular design which means all the grout lines of the tiles match up on the walls and the floor. It also works well because there is only 1 vertical tile on the side of the bath which adds to the effect, lots of smaller tiles lessen the effect but having said that mosaics look great there too. When constructing the boxing its important to use the correct timber, for the...
October 26, 2014 |
Herringbone wall tile design
Herringbone tiling is almost without doubt the most difficult tile design to fit and when its done on a wall 8 meters long and 2.8 meters high with tiles measuring 10 cm by 30 cm it becomes a bit of a challenge to say the least 🙂 The key to tiling it is to make sure the start is absolutely perfectly flat and then the first rows of tiles have to be fitted with exactly the same spaces, every gap between every tile has to be 3 mm because if its not then as the tile design progresses the gaps will get either bigger or smaller depending on the error, and if that’s not picked up...
September 17, 2014 |
Tiling a Kitchen Floor in Portlaoise
Tiling a kitchen floor can have a dramatic effect on the look and feel of the whole house, if the tiles are a rustic or older style of tile then that can set the tone of that room and possibly the house too if the kitchen as it often is, is the center of the home. This is how it was in this house until the owners decided to update their tiles and replace the whole floor with a more modern clean looking tile. The tile they chose is ceramic and 45 cm square and the design very similar to Crema Marfil marble, and they also decided to replace the timber floor which used...
July 5, 2014 |
Red Subway Kitchen tiles
I just love the subway tiles and these red tiles with the contrasting white grout really makes them stand out. It really makes the most of the kitchen as well brightening it up no end which shows the granite countertop and upstand in its best light. And most of all the customers love them, red is in their countries flag and its their favourite colour, oh and they match the curtains too...
June 1, 2014 |
Jura Limestone Kitchen Hall & Bathroom Floor Tiling
I am a Jura Limestone tiler and I tiled this kitchen hall and bathroom floor with 60cm x 40 cm Jura Limestone polished tiles and it looks just great in this size. The kitchen floor was already tiled with porcelain tiles which had to be removed with a kango and then the floor had to be cleaned so it could be tiled. The customer asked for 2mm spacing which is a good size for this type of natural stone tile so we used 2mm tile spacers which you can see in some of the pictures. When I had finished tiling the floor it had to be washed thoroughly so it was perfectly clean and then I sealed it twice,...
Boxing in and tiling around a bath
Boxing in and tiling around the bath can be very effective in the family bathroom, and the en-suite too if its big enough. In this bathroom it works well because the tiles are huge and the room is fairly big too, big enough to carry the modular design which means all the grout lines of the tiles match up on the walls and the floor. It also works well because there is only 1 vertical tile on the side of the bath which adds to the effect, lots of smaller tiles lessen the effect but having said that mosaics look great there too. When constructing the boxing its important to use the correct timber, for the framework its got to be 4″ x 2″ or 100mm x 50mm and the covering timber sheeting has to be 3/4″ or 18mm marine ply. The sheeting has then to be treated with a primer that suits the adhesive that is going to be used and then the adhesive has to be flexible. I tiled the rest of this house as its brand new and ill put the pics up of the kitchen floor and the en-suites when I have a little more time...
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