Able skills victorian and mosaic tiling courses, worth doing?

Hi guys,

Looking at getting into doing some geometric/Victorian floor tiling but would like to go on a course and see some done first hand before I tackled one myself. Have seen that Able skills offer a 5 day course for this skill set and wondered if any of you had any feedback or experience of this? Cost is about £700 which seemed reasonable if the course is good or is there a better way for me to go about learning the art?

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I did a 5 day victorian geometric course with another company which I enjoyed. Its not easy, and with any short course youll just learn the basics, but its a start.
Its very specialised and easy to get wrong. If you can work with or shadow someone who does a lot of them that would be great.
Its something you have to love doing.
I do the odd one as i dont specialise in it, mosaics are my thing.

Sharon
 
It's obvious that the floor needs to be pretty much perfect. I don't see why it's any more specialist than any other fidly tiling job, I would do one no problem. Guess it depends on how good you are at your job
 
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Over the past 10 years this forum has attracted some fantastic tilers / trades people and It's also attracted some cranks too BUT! of all the people who have posted, I can honestly say that there's only 2 who could be described as "absolute masters at their trade"

One is Phil Hobson
And the other is Timeless John

So when a person makes a claim about an area of tiling that they have not even done yet and a person shows you a piece of work like the above, I hope you all know which one to trust.
 
Aston Tiling said:
Over the past 10 years this forum has attracted some fantastic tilers / trades people and It's also attracted some cranks too BUT! of all the people who have posted, I can honestly say that there's only 2 who could be described as "absolute masters at their trade"

One is Phil Hobson
And the other is Timeless John

So when a person makes a claim about an area of tiling that they have not even done yet and a person shows you a piece of work like the above, I hope you all know which one to trust.
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We are not worthy
 
I'd also want to know who was going to be training you and see a portfolio of their work. I've done a few small geometric jobs but could talk as if I'd done way more than I had. Doing a few jobs doesn't qualify you to train others. Make sure they really do have the correct experience to be teaching you.
 
I've even seen some "masters" of geo work make mistakes or take strange shortcuts.
It's not easy at all and is a whole lot more specialist than any other fiddly tiling job due to the set-out.

Try one - you'll soon see!

...for the record - Andrew O'Sullivan - AOS Tiling is extremely busy with geo work in and around London.
His are good enough to be photographed and featured in OS catalogues and he'll be the first guy to tell you how hard it is and how many mistakes he still makes!
 
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Tiled my pathway, been tiling near on 20 years, I still managed to balls it up, as it was my own and a bank hols just wanted it done. Respect to the guys who do this day in day out. For me, it's an area I do not have patience for, I would probably decline a customers request to do one to be honest. That doesn't make me a bad tiler just an honest one
 
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View attachment 84288 Tiled my pathway, been tiling near on 20 years, I still managed to balls it up, as it was my own and a bank hols just wanted it done. Respect to the guys who do this day in day out. For me, it's an area I do not have patience for, I would probably decline a customers request to do one to be honest. That doesn't make me a bad tiler just an honest one
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I am not an expert ....
but I would have centered field and removed the band.
I'm wrong?
in any case, good 😉

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Centred field , the wall post on left comes out further than the right. Wife wanted it this way... Border round outside .. I did say about the red diag bleeding into the border on left, she was adamant .
 
I've knocked geometric work back as I didn't want to do it.
I did tell the customer that if they really wanted it done then I would put them in touch with someone that knew the job inside out.
I don't think TJ or Phil would have came up to Scotland..
 
Stef said:
I've knocked geometric work back as I didn't want to do it.
I did tell the customer that if they really wanted it done then I would put them in touch with someone that knew the job inside out.
I don't think TJ or Phil would have came up to Scotland..
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Go anywhere for Geometric!😉
 

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