Ceramic Wall and Floor Tiling

With over 30 years experience in ceramic tiling you can rest assured that we will get the job done with minimal fuss and an expert finish. We maintain a tidy clean environment from start to finish. We won't leave our mess behind. We use quality tiles and grout and pride ourselves on a superb finish.

Choosing tiles for walls and floors.

Ceramic wall and floor tiles are made in a huge variety of colours, sizes and designs. Different styles and designs can be seen in all DIY Sheds and specialist tile shops.

Colour and design of tiles is a matter of personal taste so you will need to spend some time looking at different ranges to find the tiles that suit your eye. Look out for combination tiles. These are basically tiles with the same background colour with the majority used being plain but with decorated tiles in singles or sets of two or three.

These tiles are used to form pictures or patterns on the wall and can be a much cheaper option than buying different types of tile to create the same effect. Some of these tiles are hand painted, then glazed and can make a tiled wall exciting.

Look out also for tiles which are a colour match for modern bathroom suites. Wall tiles sizes are usually 150 x 150mm (6 x 6 inches) 200 x 200mm (8 x 8 inches) 200 x 250mm (8 x 10 inches) and 200 x 300mm (8 x 12 inches). As a general rule aim for large tiles in a large room and small tiles in a small room. This is partly for aesthetic reasons and partly for practical reasons. The larger the tile, the quicker it is to finish.

Working out wall and floor tile quantities.

The easiest method of working out how many tiles you need is to measure the height of the wall or floor space and calculate how many of your chosen tile size will be needed to fit from floor to ceiling or over the floor space. Count any halves, or "bits" of a tile, as a whole one.

Do the same for the wall width or floor width. Multiply the number required for the height by the number for the width and this will give you the total number of tiles needed for your wall or floor.

Repeat the process for the other walls and using the same process to deduct for doors and windows where you will not be tiling but do not forget the "reveals" or window returns and any cills you intend to tile.

When you have a total for the whole room, add 10% , that is add a further 10 tiles for every 100 that your calculations say you need. This is to allow for mistakes, breakages and to make sure you have some tiles of the same colour should any get broken later on.

You should buy all of your tiles in one go, from the same place. Colour variations do occur with different batches and sometimes this is not noticeable until the tiles are on the wall. When you get your tiles home, open all the boxes and shuffle them around. This distributes any colour variations and makes them unnoticeable over the wall. Use plastic spacers when fitting the tiles to keep a uniform gap that is wide enough (usually 2mm) to allow you to force grout in.

Adhesives and Grout.

The long term success of tiling depends to a large extent on the adhesives you use to bond the tiles to the wall and you should always select the correct adhesive for any particular situation.

For wall tiling work in bathrooms you need a water resistant tile adhesive. Water resistant adhesive is slightly more expensive than standard adhesive but do not be tempted to cut corners.

The spaces between the tiles are filled with a grouting compound and again, in a bathroom, this must be a water resistant grout.

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