Tilers sydney nsw

A tiler is a qualified tradesperson who lays tiles, which is a simplistic definition. The laying of tiles can mean levelling a floor, applying adhesive, laying the actual tiles, cutting tiles, spacing, mortaring, cleaning and sealing tiles as required. They may also be involved in the design of the space, selecting tiles, ordering and managing other required trades.

• Provide tiling advice to clients.

• Design and select tiles if required by clients.

• Calculate the quantity of tiles and other materials that will be required. These are calculated by measuring up the job or from the plans.

• Order tiles and materials to complete the job.

• Repair and level any surfaces that have cracks, holes or are uneven.

• Screed and level floor areas if required.

• Install water proofing if required.

• Remove old tiles or other surface coverings if required.

• Clean surfaces of adhesive, silicone, grout, cement, dirt and dust to prepare it ready for applying adhesive and tiles. Missing this step may mean tiles don't bond correctly.

• Lay tiles with an adhesive to bond the tile to a surface.

• Space tiles so that they are evenly spaced and have room for grout.

• Line up and match and patterns on the tiles.

• Cut tiles using manual or power tile cutters to accommodate edges and corners of the area being tiled

• Install tile trim at entrances or edges of tiled areas to protect the edge tiles.

• Mix grout, apply and smooth grout lines using a sponge.

• Remove excess grout dust.

• Complete clean of all tiles and grout.

• Seal and polish tiles if required.

• Reseal tiles periodically, especially for natural stone tiles.

Tiles are a hard manufactured object that is thinner that its width or length which are used to furnish or cover for protective reasons a surface such as floors, walls or roofs. Tiles are made from a variety of materials including ceramic, stone, glass, metal or other hard materials. The history of the word is from 'tegula', a Latin word meaning fired clay roof tile, which then became 'tuile' in French.

The size of tile options varies dramatically. Common tiles vary from penny rounds approximately 20mm in size to tiles 600mm x 400mm. You can of course get tiles large than this, but within this range is where you will have a massive choice of colours, textures, finishes and what they are made out of. Tiles larger than this are possible, but your choices may start to narrow.

It is possible to tile over tiles. The most important thing is to ensure the tiles you are tiling over are sound. If the original tiles are drummy and not secured to the base floor or wall, then do not tile over tiles. You are best to start again or at a minimum fix the unsound tiles. If you don't, you are likely causing yourself a future problem.

A bathroom is the most common area of the home to be tiled as almost all bathroom floors are tiled, as well as the walls. Most, if not all walls are tiled and often tiled all the way to the roof. When tiling a bathroom, there is normally a few extra steps as there are requirements for the tiling of a wet area which include meeting waterproofing requirements.

Becoming a tiler requires several years of theory education and practical on the job training to complete a tiling apprenticeship.