Tiling News

Home Brew

Riley's — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:50:28 +0000

Home Brew

Beers, Lagers & Wines

In the lead up to Christmas I started looking into growth markets during 2009, there are not many industries doing well, so I thought I’d hit the high street to find businesses that were benefiting from recession, beer at home namely “Home Brew” is one winner up in takings by more than 300%.

Many questions were asked while visiting one small “home brew” shop in the small town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, the answers were so positive I felt it time for me to join in and try it out for myself.

I purchased 1 x food quality brew bin 1 x pressure barrel 1x beer kit starting off with a cheap £7 Young’s kit, well one week in the bin mixed only with sugar and water then transferred to the beer barrel, in just two weeks I could not wait any longer it had to be tried, taking a small wine glass I poured a small measure and looked at this near perfect beer I had made myself well the taste shocked me, as you may guess with the odd visit from friends and family the barrel was empty in just over one week. I have since made some 4 kits ranging from cheap £7 to £19 kits the more expensive kits require no sugar however my findings on the more expensive kits will be printed here in the next week or so.

If you have any experience in home brewing or would like to find out more use this space to post questions & answers

www.bars-by-design.co.uk

Tiling Courses

Riley's — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:19:44 +0000

Special offer

Recession beating tiling training courses,

Here at PITT we run career change tiling & plumbing courses, normal price is £645 per week, however due to the state of our economy we felt the need to reduce our prices on all courses booked before the end of December 2009

And our course content is exactly the same (see web site).

One week wall tiling only £345 Inc vat

One week floor tiling only £345 Inc vat

One week advanced tiling only £345 Inc vat

One week plumbing only £345 Inc vat

A one week training course will save you £300 where a four week course saves a staggering £1200 “interested”?

Book now by calling 01782 566166 open 8-00 am to 9-00 pm 7 days every week.

We also run weekend courses for the keen DIYer

Tiling course one day

Plumbing course one day

Ladies and gents welcome

www.professional-itt.com

Aqua Mix Ultra Solv Stone Sealer

Riley's — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:30:45 +0000

Trade & Public Welcome

Tile adhesive and stone outlet

946ml (quart) Aqua Mix Ultra Solv 1 bottle £32.54 + vat & delivery

A premium, no-sheen sealer that provides maximum stain protection, especially in food preparation and serving areas. This product allows moisture vapor transmission and is designed for use on all natural stone, porcelain, quarry, saltillo, terra cotta, masonry surfaces, and other porous tile and grout where a natural look is desired. Ultra-Solv is also an effective pre-grouting sealer

Click the link below then click on Aquamix section

www.trades-direct.co.uk

Telephone orders 01782 566166

Aqua Mix Enrich N Seal

PITT Phil — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:01:16 +0000

Aqua Mix Enrich’N'Seal™ is a premium, no-sheen, enhanced-look 100% Polymer-solid, penetrating sealer formulated to darken, enrich, and highlight the character and beauty of unsealed natural stone. It rejuvenates the color and improves the appearance of worn and weathered stone. May also be used as a pre-grouting sealer. Allows moisture-vapor transmission. It also effectively seals and darkens the color of grout joints.

150 grams of VOCs per liter of material.

Uses

Use on unsealed natural stone such as marble, granite, slate, limestone, travertine, quartzite and sandstone. Effective for interior and exterior applications.

Aqua Mix Enrich N Seal

Aqua Mix 1 & 2 Deep Clean

PITT Phil — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:56:24 +0000

Aqua Mix 1 & 2 Deep Clean is an effective, highly concentrated, high-alkaline, 2-part (1 part powder, 1 part liquid) industrial strength cleaner and degreaser. Removes ground in dirt, grease, and soap scum. Cost effective product for use in large commercial areas such as restaurants, malls, and hotels. Also effective for quick and easy removal of all types of waxes and synthetic floor finishes.

Aqua Mix No VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) formulas help provide better indoor and outdoor air quality compared to similar traditional products. 14 grams of VOC’s per liter of material.

Uses

Use on natural stone (such as granite, limestone, marble, slate, and travertine), ceramic, porcelain, grout, concrete, masonry surfaces and other stone and tile.

Aqua Mix 1 & 2 Deep Clean

Aqua Mix Heavy Duty Tile And Grout Cleaner

PITT Phil — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:47:25 +0000

Aqua Mix Heavy-Duty Tile & Grout Cleaner is a concentrated, high-alkaline cleaner and degreaser. Effectively removes grease, soap scum, body oil, mildew stains, and algae from areas that have been neglected or subjected to heavy use. Specially formulated to strip off synthetic and acrylic waxes and floor finishes.

Aqua Mix No VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) formulas help provide better indoor and outdoor air quality compared to similar traditional products. 25 grams of VOC’s per liter of material.

Uses
Use on natural stone (such as granite, limestone, slate, and travertine), ceramic, porcelain, quarry, saltillo, terra cotta, cement pavers, masonry surfaces, linoleum, or resilient flooring.

Aqua Mix Heavy Duty Tile And Grout Cleaner

Aqua Mix Heavy Duty

Trades-direct

Riley's — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:27:08 +0000

Customer service letter to Trades-Direct.co.uk

Call us on 01782 566166

I discovered Trades-Direct on the internet for tiling products and found them to be associated with PITT the tile training company. They were just down the road from me so I popped down to get a quote for all the adhesive, grout, sealers etc that I would need. I have done a bit of tiling before, but this was a big leap to natural stone and large format. The chaps down at PITT are exceptional when it comes to customer service. I am a DIYer, who has just popped in, I am not paying for a tiling course from them and I know little about the products that I require. They made me a cuppa, took me through to the tiling school and then onto the storeroom from where they supply their trade customers. I was armed with a stone tile and asked ‘how do I put that up?’ It ended up with 3 or 4 of their trainers all debating the best/ most suitable products for me and grout colours etc. They even demonstrated the various sealers to show me the available finishes. I left with my quote to supply all the required items and needless to say went back a day or two later to purchase having realised that their price was some £200 cheaper than a certain large chain tiling supplier. A few days later when I was struggling to get clean cuts they even lent me their radial arm tile-cutting machine for nothing (some £800 worth)! I cannot praise them enough for their exceptional service.

www.trades-direct.co.uk

Magnum Underfloor Heating

PITT Phil — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:10:43 +0000

Floor heating

Floor heating is the most comfortable form of heating. Underfloor heating radiates a pleasant, even temperature across the floor which rises equally across the whole room, unlike traditional convection radiators. This is the ideal solution for warming your room, whist experiencing freedom in your interior.

Magnum delivers the following heating system products:

MAGNUM enerCable for installing in concrete screed.
MAGNUM Millicable loose cable system for under tiles.
MAGNUM enerMat for installing directly in tile adhesive.
MAGNUM Microfoil heating foil for under laminate and wooden floors.
MAGNUM enerFoil heating foil for under carpets.

for installing in concrete screed.Magnum Heating

Mapelastic Smart

PITT Phil — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:00:23 +0000

Two component, high flexibility cementitious mortar, for waterproofing concrete surfaces, balconies, terraces, basins and swimming pools. Can be applied by brush or with a roller.
Applications:
Mapelastic Smart is used to form highly flexible, waterproof and protective dressings on concrete structures, even those subject to cracking.
It may be applied on cementitious screeds, existing floors (clean and well bonded to the substrate) and renders to waterproof bathrooms, showers, balconies, terraces and swimming pools before laying ceramic and natural stone.
The mortar is applied by brush or with a roller on surfaces that must be perfectly clean and sound.
Apply thickness of at least 2 mm and embed the Fibreglass Mesh or Mapetex Sel.
Avoid the Mapelastic Smart membrane come into contact with water for 24 hours after laying.
Wait at least 5 days before laying ceramic tiles.
Technical data:
Pot life: 60 minutes.
Waiting time: 4-5 hours between each coat; 5 days before laying ceramic.
Colour: grey.
Application: by brush, roller or
spray-rendering machine.
Storage: part A: 12 months; part B: 24 months. Protect from frost.
Consumption
approx. 1.6 kg/m2 per mm of thickness when roller or brush applied;
approx. 2.2 kg/m2 per mm of thickness when spray applied.
Packaging
30 kg kits (part A 20 kg + part B 10 kg).

Mapelastic Smart

Topcem Pronto

PITT Phil — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:58:37 +0000

Ready to use, pre-blended, normal-setting mortar with controlled shrinkage for fast-drying screeds (4 days).
Applications:
For forming bonded, unbonded and floating screeds on new or old slabs prior to installing moisture-sensitive flooring (wood, pvc, linoleum, carpet, rubber, etc.) or any other type of flooring in areas where fast-drying screeds are required to shorten completion times. Topcem Pronto is ready to use. Just mix with water. Topcem Pronto is the ideal solution where good quality graded aggregate is hard to find or for job sites such as those in city centres where the logistics involved in mixing conventional binders can be difficult. Topcem Pronto can be used in interiors and exteriors for screeds up to 60 mm thick. Bonded screeds (less than 40 mm thick) require the application beforehand of a bonding slurry of Topcem Pronto and Planicrete. Unbonded screeds (more than
40 mm thick) must be poured over polyethylene sheeting. Coverage
18-20 kg/m2 per cm of thickness, depending on tamping. Packaging

Mapei Topcem Pronto