Is it the tiler that’s needs certifying or the work done? Is it not the tiler who needs to meet a level of training / competence from an authoritative body? Like city and guilds / nvq etc.
With electrics. Plumbing. Gas. Certified refers to an approved contractor for building regs. Wras. Gas regs. 18th edition etc
There are no building regs / statutory tile standards. Only bs which is where the issue is
Nobody seems to be clear. TTA want it so that all tilers are registered with them. I think that's why they're quiet about it and just released that Press Release to scare people.
But now we're seeing tilers being taken to court, and TTA doing a report on the
tile, and of course the tiler wasn't a TTA member, so the report went in favour of the customer.
We don't know the full ins and outs. The tiler sounds like he was actually a plumber and gave the
tile a go. So they're probably bang on in that case with their report.
But they themselves don't go out to do the report, they get a TTA tiler to do it I think.
So it's all a bit cliquey to me. I thought they got rid of Lesley Reid or whatever her name was BECAUSE it was too cliquey.
But they've just fell right back into it again. The committee is just people who are making money out of tilers. So they need an actual tiler on or two on it. Needs be 50% tilers even IMO.
It wont change though until they've pushed the tiler away enough that somebody actually does start an association for the tilers. And let them be what they are, an association for the
https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ companies and some random shops.
Less tilers are in their directory this year than there was last year. People aren't renewing.
You can count every month how many tilers they have extra or lose. I've been speaking to a few on the phone who have quit. They got no work from it, saw it as a cost, and kinda got blagged into buying it in the first place.
They aren't there for the tiler anymore. Well, never were.
NTFA was the tilers one back in t'day.