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How To Choose Bathroom Floor Tiles

The London Tile Co.

Whether building a new property or renovating a current one, choosing the bathroom floor tiles should be one of the highlights. Or how about a vibrant colourful feature wall to start your day right? How to Choose the Material of Your Bathroom Tiles. Earth : With a subtle, mottled stone effect finish. The London Tile Co.

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University of Ceramic Tile and Stone launches tile specialist course

Floor Covering News

The University of Ceramic Tile and Stone (UofCTS) has provided training to thousands of people in the tile and stone industry over the last decade. The course also teaches how to inspect and prepare substrates and tiles, how to achieve full thin-set contact and points out quality workmanship requirements and practices.

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How to Install Floor Tile When It's Natural Stone Rather Than Ceramic

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

If you're considering how to install natural stone floor tile, be aware that there's a significant difference between natural stone and ceramic tile especially when it's over wood framing. This is completely untrue and will many times lead to a very costly replacement. Let's explore in more detail.

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How to Safely Remove Stains from Cement Tile

Granada Tile

However, one of the most common questions we are asked is how to maintain cement tiles when dealing with stains. Like any flooring, many things can cause stains such as biological growth, food and beverage spills, ink, and inorganic materials. Stains can appear on cement tiles for various reasons.

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How To Care For Marble Or Natural Stone From?

How to Floor Tile

[link] I personally do not advocate using Marble, Travertine and other natural stone in showers or wet areas because it is too soft and hard to maintain. I built this shower recently and all the tile looks like marble but it really is Porcelain and manufacturers copy natural stone for a reason. Repeat as necessary.

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New Range: Design Patterned Wall & Floor Tiles

The London Tile Co.

Unleash your inner interior designer with the Design range of patterned wall and floor tiles. Whether you’re looking for a feature floor in your kitchen, or a playful shower area in your bathroom – these tiles will help you make your design dreams come true. Here are some of our favourite uses: Kitchen splashbacks and floors.

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Natural stone 101: Understanding the basics

Floor Covering News

Natural stone can be a hard product category for some retailers to get into. One, for example, is its truly unique look, and that’s not just from stone type to stone type but from installation to installation, derived from the stones inherently irreplicable features—unlike look-alike products in adjacent categories.