Intensive 4 day Tiling

Intensive 4 day Tiling

Working through this programme will give you the opportunity to develop basic tiling skills and the confidence to apply them in your own home or a work place.  You will carry out practical project work to apply what you have learnt.  The experience will encourage you to seek employment and/or further qualifications in this type of work.
 
1. The student will be able to plan and prepare a work area in accordance with the work specifications.
 
· The health and safety considerations for each tool used
 
· Materials required for the project
 
· Estimating and scheduling the work
 
· Tools required for the job, kit to include appropriate tools from the following:

2. Will beable to use the correct equipment to cut and shape tiles
Surface preparation
·Tiling design avoids small cuts, positioned around fittings to minimise cutting ·
 
Marking on wall to enable a guide for tiles

3. Apply wall and floor tiles to an acceptable finish.
 
Techniques for level tiling, e.g. use of level baton attached temporarily to wall
·Trowel selection

Adhesive application
Pressing firmly into place and twisting slightly
Use of spacers

Tile laying technique
Straight/curved cutting
Drilling and snipping tiles

Cutting methods
Wiping off excess using damp cloth
Waiting for adhesive to dry then grout

Post tiling procedure
Cleaning off any dry adhesive
Wipe grouting mix over tiles and well into gaps using rubber squeegee
Wipe of excess and use damp cloth on finger to obtain professional finish
Cleaning tiles with glass cleaner when dry
 
Grouting technique
 
Serrated trowel for other areasPlasterer’s trowel for wet environments
 
Surface is smooth

Surface is free of loose material

Surface is made watertight by using diluted PVA

Plasterer’s trowel (shower and bathroom)

Separated tiling trowel (kitchen and work surfaces)

Scraper

Paint brush

Small container for water/PVA mixture

Waterproof tiling adhesive

Spacers

Waterproof grouting

Tile cutter

Tile snipper or pliers

Tile saw

Masonry drill bit and drill

Sticky tape

Coarse flat file

Grouting using a "squeegee"

Damp cloth