Industrial tiling in the UK

[One Day]

Anyone still build their wet rooms out of wattle and daub ? I remember the good old days before any of this German waterproof board nonsense, we could knock out a wet room in a couple of months for less than a hundred groats and a few turnips.

 

[andy8758]

This is a fascinating video, I don't want to see this disappear, but in modern homes there is no call for this.

I am only trained in modern tiling techniques and too old in the tooth to change. Hopefully there are youngsters out there who will keep the traditions alive.

 

[One Day]

There is a lot to learn from the old methods. I've limited hands on experience with them, but I got a copy of caxtons which was a lengthy but good read.

 

[Flintstone]

Lets be right here, I'm an old fashioned chap but there are somethings you need to embrace and technology is one of them, things develop and new materials are created to make things easier, cheaper, better at there job. You can't hang about dwelling on old methods and products. Look at phones, wasn't that long ago we had phones that couldn't even send a text, now look, embrace it or get left behind, that applies to all trades

 

[Blunt Tool]

Nothing wrong in mentioning past materials and methods now and then! Just wait 20 years and the next generation of tilers will yawn when you mention tanking, Wedi boards, Hardi boards zzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

 

[Flintstone]

We aren't fixing quarry tiles anymore, we're fixing massive porcelain tiles and glass mosaics and using power showers and having heated floors in bathrooms

 

[Blunt Tool]

We aren't fixing quarry tiles anymore, we're fixing massive porcelain tiles and glass mosaics and using power showers and having heated floors in bathrooms

The Romans had heated floors! And some of their tiling is still around today! Don't think Mrs Smith from down the road cares if it is still around in a hundred years, she just wants a bonnie bathroom like no6 that will last till she gets bored and hounds Mr Smith for a new one.

 

[Pat]

Great to read some reply's, was just interested to hear back if its still going. Be sad to hear of it totally gone. I worked mostly on the industrial flooring side with sand and cement, doing creameries back home in Ireland. The floors were done 36+ years ago now by my father and a lot of his brothers and uncles, big tiling family back in the day its fair to say. The floors are nearly done now (but still down) and ready to be ripped out but thats more to the maintenance being giving to other firms with not knowledge of sand and cement work for a number of years and the money not being spent and them not being pointed where needed yearly. Great video by the way Andy, I heard many a story from no age of my uncles doing wall tiling just like that video.

 

[Pat]

Just wondering while I'm here, whats the best way to go about getting a tilers cscs card coming from Ireland ? Just one that would get me on to sites to work at tiling, I'm not sure I'll be here long term so not looking to spend crazy money to get the best card, I know there are a few cards. Any info would be great.

 

[Dumbo]

I know tilers working on site with a labourers card .