Trading Places
Buy or sell here at place 4 trades
Anything owning trades status can be bought or sold here at
October 22, 2008
October 18, 2008
Builders
Builders, trades people and trade suppliers can advertise here for just £50 per year.
Place4trades is an advertising space for trades people and trade suppliers.
You can advertise your company large or small in less than 30 minutes, just email your contact details to sales@place4.co.uk
We will contact you by return mail; your company information will then be added to place4trades it’s as simple as that.
The cost is just £50 plus vat for a full year.
Changes to you advert can be made as often as required during your advertising period by simply emailing us for fast changes of phone number areas of work etc
Place4trades is operated by the PITT group so your advert is safe in our hands.
We have set up advertising space for suppliers, the cost is the same £50 + vat per county you choose to advertise your business in, therefore is you have 200 shops and four of them are in the county of Staffordshire you would be able to advertise all four in Staffordshire for just £50 + vat
Please mail any questions to paul@professional-itt.com
Place 4 Trades is advertised by us to ensure customers find you.
Arrange your advert by phone between 8-00am and 9-00pm 7 days by calling
01782 566166
October 14, 2008
Mapei Tiling Forum
Mapei have their own forum as part of the UKs leading tile forums.
About Mapei
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.
Founded in 1937 in Milan, Mapei is the world’s largest manufacturer of adhesives for the construction industry. Over the past 70 years Mapei has initiated an internationalisation strategy to include manufacturing facilities all around the world ensuring local needs for all customers and reducing transportation costs.
The group consists of 51 associated companies including 47 production facilities worldwide across 5 continents and 23 countries
In addition Mapei has invested significantly in research and development in order to both produce the most technically advanced materials and to meet with safety standards and regulations for individual countries and provide professional technical assistance and consultation for construction professionals worldwide.
Established in 1989 in Middlesbrough Mapei UK Ltd moved to the West Midlands in 1999, and in 2004 cemented its commitment to the UK market with the completion of a brand new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Halesowen, West Midlands.
The UK headquarters is Mapei’s 47th manufacturing plant worldwide. The building accommodates manufacturing, stock, marketing, sales and technical services - all dedicated to the provision of efficient and friendly customer service - all under one roof. This 7.5 acre site is home to on-site training facilities, holding regular training and educational sessions.
Manufacturing facilities at Halesowen are capable of producing up to 103,000 tonnes of product annually. We now have 111 members of staff employed by Mapei UK to provide support and assistance to an ever increasing customer base of over 500.
Special Events and Updates
OLYMPIC PERFORMANCES FROM MAPEI
The Aquatic Centre in Atlanta; the Athletes’ Village in Sydney; the Velodrome in Athens; just a few of the many Olympic facilities and structures where, since the 1950s, Mapei’s products have been used. And this year is no exception; once again their high quality, top performance ranges have been chosen for the Beijing Olympics 2008.
Whether it be ceramic, porcelain or stone tiles, for covering floors or walls of hotels, stadia, airports or swimming pools, Mapei’s fixing and grouting products have also long been used; the Media Village in Athens and the Olympic Village in Turin are just some examples. This year, porcelain tiles in an indoor swimming pool have been fixed using Granirapid, an adhesive with extraordinary bonding and fast setting properties. The tile joints have been grouted with Keracolor GG in White, mixed with the liquid polymeric additive, Fugolastic, to improve flexibility and reduce porosity and water absorption and achieve the right resistance even under severe conditions of use.
The swimming pool, which has been built as a leisure facility for competitors, is part of Beijing’s ‘Shooting Range’ venue and it is here where 1,400 m2 of indoor tennis courts can also be found. Mapei Ultraplan an ultra-fast hardening self-levelling compound for 1-10 mm has been used to obtain a perfectly flat substrate, able to receive four coats of Deco Turf flooring.
With its comprehensive range of products, its technical assistance and commitment to research and development, it is no wonder that Mapei continues to give winning performances at the Olympic Games.
The new Mapei brochure ‘Mapei and Sports Facilities around the World’ is now available on request.
Mapei is the world’s largest manufacturer of adhesives, sealants and chemical products for building. With over 70 years experience, Mapei is a specialist in the production of quality products for the installation of all types of wall and floor coverings, and has a vast range of admixtures and repair products for concrete and building materials.
For further information on Mapei products call 0121 508 6970 or visit www.mapei.co.uk.
Mapei product range is available from
Next day delivery service, trade and public welcome call 01782 566166
October 10, 2008
Tiling News
Tiling News
Tiling news is a tiling news web site where you can learn so much without leaving the house.
At tiling news you will find many news items related to tiling, tiles and the tiling industry.
We at tiling news have many featurs like Riley’s tiling tips, manufacturers news on new products, and much more.
If you have questions to ask about tiles or tiling then mail paul@professional-itt.com
Visit again soon to read the latest tiling news available on the net.
Tile Forums
Tilers forum, Tiling forum, Tile forum, Tilers forums, Tiling forums, Tile forums.
Tile forums - for tiling tips, tiling chat, and tiling advice.
For the professional, non-professional and DIY enthusiast. It’s FREE TO JOIN!
Tile forums - for tiling tips, tiling chat, and tiling advice.
Tile Forums where both the DIY and true professional can join in harmony to enjoy a wealth of knowledge, help and advice.
Tile Forums has operated for some five years and welcomes over four thousand members with a staggering seventy thousand posts full of valuable tile and tiling content.
The Tile Forum is fully supported by many companies who form part of the tiling industry.
Support can range from specialist people from manufacturing plants to financial support that helps in the running and advertising of the Tile Forums.
Financial Support Companies
Pitt Ltd (Training in ceramic and natural stone tiling)
Trades Direct (Distributors and suppliers of tiling products)
Mapei UK (Manufacturers of quality tile adhesive & grouts)
Magnum (Suppliers of quality under floor heating)
Aquamix tile and stone care (Suppliers of water based tile care products)
Bars-by-Design (Builders of tiled Home Bars)
Tile & Stone Journal (producers of an industry magazine)
Tile and Stone Journal (TSJ) is dedicated to providing information, analysis and inspiration to all sectors of the tile and stone industry in the UK and Ireland. The editorial blend accurately reflects the differing, yet complementary, information needs of retailers, fixers, distributors, agents, specifiers and manufacturers.
Through the pages of TSJ, readers will be kept up-to-date with global developments in the industry, through company and national profiles and informed reports from all over the world’s major ceramic tiling exhibitors, including Cersaie, Cevisama, and
Coverings.
TSJ is the official magazine of the Tile Association and is sent to every TTA member as a benefit of membership.
Tile Forums comprises of many forum sections:
Tiling Forum
The Professional’s Chat Forum
General Discussion Forum
Mapei Forum
PITT Tiling & Plumbing Courses Forum
Trades-Direct Tiling Products Forum
Pro-ITT in partnership with Aqua Mix natural stone forum
Plumbing Forum Corgi
United Tilers Forum
Quoting Forum
PITT Forums
Editorials and Articles Forum
The Tile Association Forum
Tile Related Topic’s Forum
Tile Adhesive & Grout Forum
Under Floor Heating Forum
Other Forums Forum
Tile Forums also has a team of moderators who are long serving on Tile Forums. A very professional team to help keep the Tile Forum free of un-wanted language to allow you the user to be open and free to leave the Tile Forums live on screen while you are away from your P.C.
Tile Forums welcomes some two thousand visitors per day logged on as guests. We would always encourage all guests to register to become a member; you can join Tile Forums in just one minute and enjoy the benefit of asking questions and receiving answers normally within a few minutes.
Tile Forums is advertised in many tile industry magazines along with newspaper adverts and some DIY programs aired on T.V. will offer details on their web sites ensuring you the DIYer can find and enjoy the Tile Forums.
Tile Forums encourages few adverts on the forum pages as we feel adverts stacked in and around the main pages can detract from the real content.
The Tile Forums has numerous experts available many hours each and every day, these experts offer help and advice and they are not paid a penny for their commitment to the Tile Forums, they are just very technical people who are devoted to the tile industry.
All members on the Tile Forums are real people who have registered and joined therefore the Tile Forum is very realistic not a site of fiction.
Tile Forums moderators & owners would chose fifty quality members rather than five hundred none quality members, we work hard to keep the Tile Forums full of factual information and low on peoples opinions.
The world is full of opinions that tend to change when they are introduced to facts.
Tile Forums owners are excited to announce the building of a new forum to replace the present Tile Forums, don’t worry anybody! All the past posts will still be available, we just feel there are better forums available now we are five years old, we expect a change over during the night in the first quarter of 2009 so avoiding any disruption to you the user.
If you have any idea’s you would like to put forward on how to make the Tile Forums more exciting than it already is then mail your ideas to paul@professional-itt.com
The Tile Forums was reviewed some months ago, read below their findings; the review was carried out by the Tiler Register www.tilerregister.co.uk
This is their conclusion
Over the last few weeks we’ve been using a number of forums to assess which tile forum offers the best experience for the professional tiler. Admittedly there aren’t that many tile forums out there, but if you are going to invest your time and effort in using a forum to either learn something new or offer advice to others, you have to ensure you picked the right one.
Tileforums.com recommended by UK Tiler Register
Over the last few weeks we’ve been using a number of forums to assess which tile forum offers the best experience for the professional tiler. Admittedly there aren’t that many tile forums out there, but if you are going to invest your time and effort in using a forum to either learn something new or offer advice to others, you have to ensure you picked the right one.To establish which forum was suitable for our recommendation, we had to ensure the said forum met certain criteria. Fancy features were not at the top of our requirements, neither was the graphical look of the forum but the following points were essential to determining the best tile forum for UK tilers.
- Quality of advice and guidance
- Professionally moderated boards
- Unbiased opinions
- Data and personal information security
- Site stability and response speed
- Overall user and visitor experience
Time and again we kept returning to the same forum for more than the criteria listed above, but for a while there was a potential contender. This contender was naturally removed from the running when we noticed threads which publicly slandered a member who had recently been banned, allowing the thread to go so far to publicly name the member and his address along with unsubstantiated claims. These claims were also mirrored on an associated blog. Please note that whilst the thread and blog post have been removed, the damage and defamation of the ex-member in question has already been done. Copies of the aforementioned threads/blog are available to interested parties.So that left a sole runner in the tile forum arena the Tile Forums run by the Professional-ITT training centre. We arranged to meet with the system administrators of the Tile Forums to discuss data security and site stability which we felt was sorely lacking on the other sites. Right from the start we were impressed with the professionalism of the staff and the dedication involved in maintaining the forums quality.So to conclude, we found the forum run by Professional-ITT to be the best overall forum experience for tilers, with exceptionally good advice and guidance. Keen moderation and an overall the members of the board are highly commendable for their professional approach.
Admittedly some may criticise the board for promoting their own products and courses, but surely that makes perfect sense was they’re ensuring that their company, forum and staff promote products that they believe are the best they can and products they believe in. This is a far more professional situation than a board that sells advertising to the highest bidder with no control over the quality of the products or courses offered.
Once again thank you for the kind hospitality offered to us by the Professional-ITT Tile Training Course staff.
Find their site page by clicking the link below.
http://www.tilerregister.co.uk/tiler-tiling-news_files/tile-forums-reviews.html
Thank you for taking the time and showing interest in Tile Forums, we all look forward in reading your questions and following up with some fantastic professional answers.
Many people have saved large amounts of cash through taking the time reading how to do the job correctly, will you be joining them? The biggest Tile Forums in the United Kingdom.
For the professional, non-professional and DIY enthusiast. It’s Tile Forums
October 9, 2008
Building Adhesives re-branding
BAL, the leading brand of professional tiling adhesives and grouts, offers an unrivalled range of products for all tiling applications. It is the preferred choice of professional tile fixers, contractors and specifiers. Whatever the tile material, background or function of the tiled environment, a BAL solution can be trusted for quality and lasting performance.
See why everyone’s talking about BAL!
As the adhesives and grouts leader nears its half-century, BAL’s new look is appearing everywhere from advertising to packaging.
Visit your local BAL distributor to see how every sack, tub and bottle features the new design. Now, you will find it easier than ever to find all the facts you need quickly.
We don’t take for granted being the industry’s most familiar, most trusted brand. Continuous product innovation and development since 1962 gives BAL a long heritage of leadership. This, combined with a youthful approach, is summed up by the exciting new look.
Building Adhesives specialises in the development, manufacture and distribution of ceramic tile adhesives, grouts, silicone sealants and ancillary products for a wide range of applications.
Founded in 1962 as a development centre for the British ceramic tile industry, the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ardex GmbH, Germany. Its main activities are based in Stoke-on-Trent in the UK. The UK activities comprise R&D facilities, administrative centre and UK manufacturing activities.
Products are sold under the BAL and Dunlop brands. BAL is the leading authority in the UK professional tiling market and renowned for its stringent product quality and excellent technical and training services, whilst Dunlop offers a comprehensive range of tiling products for a wide spectrum of building and DIY applications.
Backed by 40 years experience and supported by the global resources of the Ardex Group, the Company is committed to continuous product innovation and development programmes.
Whatever your needs are in tiling please contact us for timely and professional assistance.
Call us for FREE help from 8-00 am to 9-00 pm 7 days on 01782 566166