Floor Tiles
4 Reasons Why Wood-Look Tiles are Trending in 2018
It’s the start to a new year, new beginnings, new years resolutions and new trends of course. With the festive season behind us and the thought of another year ahead, we have to think on our feet about ways to keep life interesting. We believe change is as good as a holiday and there is…
Read MoreColour Schemes and Patterns in Tiling
We are firm believers that pattern mixing isn’t just for the wardrobe. We love the idea of introducing this trend into your home décor. Patterns and colour schemes in tiling is the perfect opportunity to create this sense of character in any room. A simple pop of colour, addition of pattern and sense of symmetry…
Read More5 Ways to Blend Your Interior with Your Exterior
Lately, a lot of people keep mentioning the idea of blending indoor and outdoor space, but why? Firstly, blending the spaces, or blurring the lines between the spaces works very similar to having an open plan kitchen and lounge, it makes the area visually larger. An additional attraction to this design that incorporates the outdoors…
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 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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