Tiling News

The latest news for tilers and the tiling industry


October 22, 2008

Trades people

Please note that place 4 trades has now operated as a trade advertising site for well over 3 years. 

If you would like to advertise your business, email us sales@place4.co.uk the place to find your skilled trade’s people and trade suppliers.

Less than £1 per week will place your business in front of thousands of customers every week, in any one county.

We are committed to placing you at the forefront of quality customers.

Be found today and every day at place 4 Find trades people and trade suppliers here

Find at place 4

Trade training courses
Tilers
Plumbers
plasterers
All trades
Trade suppliers
Kitchen suppliers
Bathroom suppliers
Trade forums
Decorators
Handymen
Restoration specialists
And so on

Find all your trade requirements at place 4

Call us on 01782 566166

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October 16, 2008

Tilers Tiling Tool Kit

Filed under: Tiling tools, Wall and Floor Tiling — Riley's @ 7:14 pm

Tilers Tool Kit, tiling tool kit

 

Starting out in the tiling world?

 

Riley’s Top Tiling Tips

 

Tools to get you started

 

Round notch trowel

 

Thin bed solid bed trowel

 

Thick bed solid bed trowel

 

Gauging trowel

 

Mosaic trowel

 

Wall & floor nippers

 

Scriber

 

Rubbing block

 

Spirit level

 

Hacksaw

 

Chalk line

 

Tape measure

 

Pencil

 

Marker pen

 

Grouting squeegee

 

Sponge

 

Tile cutter

 

Wet tile cutter

 

The list above should be enough tools to get you started in ceramic tiling.

All above are available form good tile shops, or visit the web site below for next day delivery

www.trades-direct.co.uk

October 10, 2008

Tiling News

Tiling News

Find a tiler

Find a tradesman here at www.place4trades.co.uk

All the trades people found here are skilled people and most will be professionally trained at PITT tiling course centre www.professional-itt.com

At www.place4trades.co.uk you will find tile fixers from many areas across the UK.

If you contact your trades person via place4trades tell them you found them here at tiling news.

We also welcome comments about the trades person you used for that ever important tiling project.

Thank You for visiting Tiling News and we hope to see you here again soon.

http://www.place4trades.co.uk    

 

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)

www.professional-itt.com

Trades Direct (Distributors and suppliers of tiling products)

www.trades-direct.co.uk

Mapei UK (Manufacturers of quality tile adhesive & grouts)

www.mapei.co.uk

Magnum (Suppliers of quality under floor heating)

www.trades-direct.co.uk

Aquamix tile and stone care (Suppliers of water based tile care products)

www.tilestonesolutions.co.uk

Bars-by-Design (Builders of tiled Home Bars)

www.bars-by-design.co.uk

Tile & Stone Journal (producers of an industry magazine)

www.tileandstonejournal.com

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.

www.tileforums.com

For the professional, non-professional and DIY enthusiast. It’s Tile Forums 

August 7, 2007

Great Prices on Quality Tilers Washboys and BAL Tilers Sponges

Filed under: Tiling tools — Riley's @ 8:52 pm

Trades-Direct, one of the leading internet supplies of tiling tools, tile adhesives, and tile grouts brings you the very best offers on the net.

This week at Trades-Direct we have a couple of new 20%-off Offers

I think we have the best deal in the UK on these quality Washboys at the moment.

1) SPECIAL OFFER 10x BAL Sponges

This is the perfect sponge for grouting and washing off when tiling or just about any other trade.
size 180mm x 110 x 60mm

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*** SPECIAL OFFER - BAL Sponges 10 units - for a limited time only. The standard Trades-Direct price is £1.50 x10 = £15.00. This special offer gives you 20% off - now at just £12.00 (£3.00 off) !**

SPECIAL OFFER 10x BAL Sponges

2) Professional Tilers Washboy

A professional tilers washboy specially supplied to Trades-Direct by Karl Dahm.

metal grid, ball-bearing rollers, 1 sponge.

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*** SPECIAL OFFER - Professional Tilers Washboy - for a limited time only. The standard Trades-Direct price is £46.00. This special offer gives you 20% off - now at just £36.80 (£9.20 off) !**

Professional Tilers Washboy

July 12, 2007

BAL Adhesives - Special Offers from Trades-Direct

Filed under: Tiling tools, Wall and Floor Tiling, Tile Adhesive — Riley's @ 5:02 pm

Trades-Direct have some new special offers up, 20% off the following items:-

(Find all our special offers here :
Trades-Direct Special Offers)

1) SPECIAL OFFER 2x BAL Superflex Wall Grout (WHITE)

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Cement-based grout designed with built-in admixture to give increased flexibility and high bond strength. Ideal for grouting porcelain, marble, natural stone, glass and ceramic mosaics, glazed and fully vitrified.

* water/ frost resistant
* high bond strength
* interior / exterior
* suitable for power showers and swimming pools

(2 units of 10Kg bag) colour= WHITE

Special Offer - for a limited time only - 2 units of 10Kg BAL Superflex Wall Grout (WHITE) at just £27.40 . The regular Trades-Direct price is £17.12×2 = £34.24. That`s a great saving of 20% (£6.84)**

SPECIAL OFFER 2x BAL Superflex Wall Grout (WHITE)

2) SPECIAL OFFER 2x BAL Microflex Wall Grout (WHITE)

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A cement-based grout formulated with built-in Microban antibacterial protection to inhibit the growth of bacteria, such as Listeria, Salmonella, E-coli and black mould. It provides and added level of hygiene protection in bathrooms, showers and food consumption areas. The grout also has built-in admixture to provide flexibility and to enhance the bond to tile edges such as fully vitrified/porcelain.

* continuous protection against bacteria and black mould
* stain-resistant
* flexible

(2 units of 10Kg bag) colour= WHITE

* Special Offer - for a limited time only - 2 units of 10Kg BAL Microflex Wall Grout (WHITE) at just £35.85 . The regular Trades-Direct price is £22.41×2 = £44.82. That`s a great saving of 20% (£8.97)**

SPECIAL OFFER 2x BAL Microflex Wall Grout (WHITE)

3) SPECIAL OFFER 2x Dunlop 2Part Rapidset Flex

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A rapid setting flexible 2 part ceramic floor tile and adhesive kit for wooden surfaces.

Contains all you need- flexible powder adhesive and liquid. Suitable for fixing ceramic, porcelain and fully vitrified tiles. Sets in 3 hours. Ideal for wooden surfaces. Flexible formulation. Water resistant.

(2 units of 11.55Kg bucket) colour = GREY

* Special Offer - for a limited time only - 2 units of Dunlop 2Part Rapidset Flex at just £50.80 . The regular Trades-Direct price is £31.75×2 = £63.50. That`s a great saving of 20% (£12.70)**

SPECIAL OFFER 2x Dunlop 2Part Rapidset Flex

January 22, 2007

Fliesenlochboy or Lock Boy

Filed under: Tiling tools — admin2 @ 9:15 pm

Any one know were i can get one of these from or what they are called in England

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Tiling Tools 

 

January 20, 2007

Welcome to Tools 4 Tilers - tiling tools

Filed under: Tiling tools — admin2 @ 3:00 pm

Tools4Tilers

 

At Tools 4 Tilers we have a fantastic range of tiling tools and general trade tools, also tools that have been designed and manufactured exclusively for us.

Tools, Fein MultimasterWe are a supplier of quality Fein equipment. Take a few minutes to browse our online shop to see our extensive range.
Our parent company professional-itt has a range of tiling courses and plumbing courses if you are interested in learning the trade.

Tool order payments can be made through Protx secure for next day delivery. All major cards accepted. You can call us on 01782 566166

bal adhesives, trades-directOur affiliate company, trades-direct, is now a leading stockist for tile adhesive products as well as a comprehensive range of professional tiling tools.

To find a professional tiler in your area Also, click to find a tiler.

Prices SUBJECT TO VAT @ 17.5%. All orders are plus delivery. We use ANC to deliver all parcels.

For tiling advice and tiling tips visit www.tileforums.com.

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