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Beginner Floor 5 days

You will learn

Basic Health and Safety.
Measuring and setting out.
Estimating tile quantities.
Tiling tools and their uses.
Tile cutting.
Choice of adhesive and grout.
Application of adhesive and grout.
Tile fixing and grouting.
Silicone sealant application.
Expansion joints.
Surface preparation.
Uneven surface treatments.
Tiling onto different wooden surfaces.
Tiling around sink pedestals and toilet bowls.
Introduction to waterproofing (tanking).
Customer service.
Trade suppliers.
Trade associations.

Course benefits

Skills to tackle jobs involving floor tiling and tiling maintenance around the house.
Capability to recognise tasks that require specialised tiling skills.
Training handouts.
post-course help line.
Additional post-course practical days if required.

Who should attend

This course is aimed at individuals who have no experience in floor tiling.

At the end of the course you should be able to undertake straightforward tiling jobs around the house including conservatory, porch, hall, and cloakroom tiling.

Four days 'hands-on' practical tiling is included in this course to allow course members time to practice tiling techniques.

Picture of floor tiles from Pilkington's Group PLC

Course content

Techniques

Setting out floors.
Choice of adhesive and grout.
Floor surface identification.
Floor surface preparation.
Expansion joints.
Tiling to different wood surfaces.
Ply and man-made board overlays.
Overtiling existing floor tiles.
Tiling to screed.
Tiling to masonry.

Methods to tile uneven floors.
Leveling compounds.
Using borders.
Brickbond tile layout.
Diamond tile layout.
Waterproofing (tanking) explained.
Floor preparation for wet areas.
Method statements.
Risk assessment.

Tiling

Tiling around sink pedestals and toilet bowls.
Dealing with radiators.

Business

Customer service.
Trade suppliers.
Trade associations.