Designing Your Ideal kitchen
A kitchen is not just a kitchen. It is where everyone comes together. Kitchens are where you and your family connect, you talk over a good meal about your days, you help your kids with their homework and you share a couple of laughs with good friends over a glass of wine. The kitchen is…
Read MoreGet Your Home Ready to Sell
Here we are in the heat of Summer and now is the season to put your house on show. This may be to command the best price while the garden blooms and spirits are lifted. Well, that is the theory anyway. Frankly, a garden can easily be given a face-lift but when a potential buyer…
Read MoreThe Truth About Tile Pricing
The South African tile market is very cost conscious, with many retailers competing for your business by discounting prices. As the saying goes “bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten”. This certainly rings true in the tile industry. Before purchasing we have some tips for better understanding of…
Read MoreLarge Format Tiles – How to Use Them Wisely
Large format tiles are becoming more trendy and growing in popularity. Smaller houses can easily look cluttered and busy. It is for this reason that more people have started using larger tiles to create a spacious feel. Large format tiles are easier to clean than smaller tiles. Grout lines are harder to clean so with fewer grout…
Read MoreDesign Tips for Making a Small Bathroom Feel Bigger
Small bathrooms in the main room can be challenging when making sure everything fits without looking cluttered. Luckily, having a small bathroom is not the end of the world as there a few small bathroom design tips design that can easily open the space and create the illusion that the bathroom is larger than it…
Read MoreDIY Tiling Series Part 5 – Applying Grout Tips
We are coming close to completing your tiling project! Up to this point, your sub-floor has been prepared, your full tiles have been laid with adhesive, all your tiles have been cut and now the last step is applying grout to the tiles to finish the project. Step 9: Applying grout to your laid tiles When…
Read MoreDIY Tiling Series Part 4 – Cutting Tiles
Once you have placed all your full tiles you can move on to cutting tiles and placing the cut tiles. This process is the longest part to tiling and possibly the most complicated part. There are two tools for cutting tiles, a manual tile cutter for when you need to cut a straight line through…
Read MoreDIY Tiling Series Part 3 – Laying Tiles Correctly
Once you have prepared your subfloor(Part 1) and mixed your adhesive(Part 2) you can start laying tiles. We learnt in Part 2, how to mix the adhesive. Lets recap a few main points to get you back up to speed. Step 6: Applying your adhesive (Main points) Use your trowel to spread the adhesive Press adhesive…
Read MoreDIY Tiling Series Part 2 – Preparing Tile Adhesive
This is a DIY Tiling series to help you through your tiling project. In Part 1 we spoke about preparing your sub-floor and planning your tile layout. In Part 2 we are going to look at mixing and preparing tile adhesive for laying your tiles. Things to do before getting started with laying tiles Firstly,…
Read MoreDIY Tiling Series Part 1 – Floor Perperation For Porcelain Tiles
DIY tiling is easy if you follow the basic floor preparation steps and tick all the boxes before commencing your exciting project. You must ensure you have done your research before embarking on this challenge. You don’t want to waste countless hours tilling and have it turn out wrong. Over the next couple of weeks,…
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