Intermediate Wall & Floor 5 days

Quick enrolment  Please choose a dateMonday, 02 Feb 2009, £385

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.
• Tiling onto different wooden surfaces.
• Tiling around radiators.
• Tiling around sink pedestals and toilet bowls.
• Introduction to waterproofing (tanking).
• Customer service.
• Trade suppliers.
• Trade associations.

Course benefits

• Skills to tackle jobs involving wall and floor tiling as well as 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 already done some tiling and are looking at improving their tiling skills.

At the end of the course you should be able to undertake straightforward tiling jobs around the house.

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

Course content

Techniques

Tiling

• Tiling around windows.
• Tiling into window reveals.
• Tiling kitchen or bathroom walls.
• Tiling around sink pedestals and toilet bowls.
• Use of wet-cutter to mitre tiles and cut holes.

Business

• Customer service.
• Trade suppliers.
• Trade associations.