2 week course           

This course provides comprehensive training on all aspects of ceramic tiling and provides skills and knowledge necessary to begin a career as a tiler.

The course covers:

Week 1

• Substrates and adhesives (talk)
• Tools of the trade
• Use of different adhesives and grouts
• Mixing adhesives
• Applying adhesives
• Practical cutting (using nippers, dry and wet cutter)
• Hole cutting  (using nippers and drill bits)
• Cutting board
• Herringbone framed
• Tile around a sink
• Grouting (demo)
• Business start up and getting work/ advertising (talk) / tanking systems (demo)
• Grout sink and herringbone pattern
• Trims (Talk)
• Tile around a window including reveals
• Laser levels, water levels and chalk lines   (demo)
• Setting out for tiling, finding and setting your datum line,  (demo/talk)

Week 2

• Boxwork
• Stone theory on fixing, grouting and sealing (demo/talk), Setting up your work area (demo/talk), mosaic borders (demo)
• Setting out for floors (demo)
• Lay floor (straight set)
• Plan out your final bay
• Measuring up, Pricing and quoting a job (demo/talk/practical), Under-floor heating (demo/talk)
• Creating access panels

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