Plumbing & Heating: Ensuite shower installation & emergency plumbing repairs

Electricians Gateshead: Rewiring property and installing new sockets

Paving & Driveways Gateshead: hard landscaping, concrete driveways and block paving

Gateshead Painting & Decorating: Decorating bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens & halls

Kitchen & Bathroom Tiling: Tiles on electrical underfloor heating systems, kitchen and bathroom tiling

Builders Gateshead: Loft conversions, extensions and home improvements

Staircase Construction & Joinery Gateshead: Door hanging, skirting board fitting and general joinery

Gateshead Fitted Kitchens & Bathrooms: Complete installation of units, water and electrical services, tiling

Plasterers Gateshead: Home repairs and renovation from living room to bedroom Gateshead

Gateshead Wall Mounted Television Installation: Aerial and tv networks fitted for all-room tv viewing Gateshead

Combi Boilers Gateshead: Baxi, Vaillant, Ideal and most boilers installed, serviced and repaired

Roofers Gateshead Roof repairs, roof tiles stripped and replaced, dormer windows fitted, chimney repointing

Flooring Gateshead all kinds of flooring materials layed & fitted

Gardener Gateshead for garden maintenance and landscaping projects

Windows & Doors Replacment window frames, glazing units and doors

Locksmith Gateshead Replacment door and window security locks

Drain Cleaning Gateshead clearing blocked drains and checking drainage pipes for cracks

UK Motorhome Hire Rent a camper van or motorhome near Gateshead

Car cleaning and valeting Gateshead: wheel cleaning, bodywork & interior valeting Gateshead

Laying tiles in your home

Tiles are an easy to clean and durable material practical wall covering and flooring materials, and there is also the option of tiling worktops, splash backs and fireplaces to create beautiful interior environments. Minton tiled floors can often be found in hallways of Victorian properties, which can easily be mopped or swept and rugs can be used to cover them if you wish. Tiled walls and floors in bathrooms and kitchens are commonplace, and likewise with floors and walls in utility rooms, because tiles offer a waterproof and hygienic solution. Therefore many people with kids and pets tend to choose tiled floors. Conservatory floors are also popularly laid with tiles because tiles provide a cool surface for warm summer weather and they can be combined with underfloor heating if desired to add warmth in winter.

Tiling services in Gateshead

When refurbishing a property and you want to find Gateshead a quality tiler, you want to be confident that the tradesperson you hire is reliable. Whether you need porcelain tiles or ceramic tiles for a wet room, shower room or downstairs loo, or your floor is being retiled with natural stone tiles such as slate or travertine, you can find tiling companies in Gateshead with ease on submission of your tiling requirements via the user friendly enquiry form. From imparting knowledgeable advice about the best type of grout and tile adhesive to use, to neatening edges with tile borders and trims and fitting tile over or tile up to seal strips along baths and showers, tiling over boxed in utility room and kitchen pipes to creating tiled designs with multiple types of tiles, a local tiling specialist can provide the solution.

Choosing natural stone tile products Gateshead

Natural stone tile ranges offer a large amount of choice of tile types that offer a luxurious finish to a wall or floor in your home and an experienced Gateshead tiler can decorate your surfaces with them. Filled and honed travertine is popular for use in shower rooms and bathrooms, whereas the unfilled type of tile will often be used to decorate kitchens because there is less chance of water splashing. Applying natural stone sealant to the face of the tiles protects tiles from being marked or discolouring, however porous surfaces such as limestone, tumbled marble and unfilled travertine are particularly in need of sealing. Reapplying the sealant each year will make sure the tile surfaces remain protected. Another natural stone tile type that is popular is slate, that provides many colour options and has attractive riven textures. Tile shops sell natural stone tiles in a range of size options or even as modular packs containing a variety of sized pieces.

Different sorts of floor tiles

When choosing new tiles, there are many types t choose between, and some of them are designed only for walls, other tiles are designed to be used to tile floors, whilst either wall or floor surfaces can be decorated with other tile ranges. Textured surfaces are a feature of floor tiles making them less slippery, to make them practical for use in utility rooms, kitchens and bathrooms where they'll get splashed. Tiling on walls is usually done with thinner tiles, making them cost less. Horizontally positioned border tiles are also used by many people to enhance designs and break up blocks of a single colour. Tiles are usually marked up in a DIY store or tile shop so you don't end up with the wrong sort of tiles for your floors or walls.

Tiling Services Offered for Gateshead

There are a number of services offered by tilers in Gateshead, from laying floor tiles over underfloor heating systems, either installed as electric mat or piped hot water systems, to clearing away old wall and floor tiles and using floor leveller or plaster to provide flat surfaces on walls and floors before using natural stone, porcelain or ceramic tiles to redecorate surfaces. Tiling products can also be supplied by a professional tiler, such as flexible adhesive and coloured grout, and advice can also be provided about how to choose the best adhesion products for your tiling project. If your tiles have been attached to your walls and floors, finishing touches can be added such as application of coats of sealant. Staining and discolouring of tile surfaces can be avoided by sealing tiles, and this is a service that knowledgeable tilers in Gateshead can provide therefore effectively maintaining that freshly tiled look in your kitchen or bathroom.

Tiling specialists in Gateshead are:

• Luxury handmade tile application for kitchen walls
• Applying tiles to walls and floors or wet rooms
• Shower room wall tiling services
• Tiling behind sinks in utility rooms to create splash backs
• Tiled floor installation after underfloor heating has been connected up
• Boxing in bathroom pipework and tiling over
• Tiling over bathroom wall tiles
• Using travertine and limestone tiles to redecorate bathrooms
• Laying floor tiles in hallways
• Tiling floors in conservatories and sun rooms

Tiling services from tilers in Gateshead

• Sealing natural stone tiles
• Finishing edges of tiled walls with tile borders
• Using white or chrome tile trim to finish edges of tiles around windows
• Providing advice about the most suitable type of adhesives and grout
• Using flexible adhesive to attach tiles to floors
• Cleaning and restoring tiled walls and floors
• Tiling up to seal strips alongside baths and shower trays
• Chipping away existing tiles to prepare walls for retiling
• Fixing plywood to floors to level them
• Applying fresh grout between tiles

Tile types to choose from

• Modular unfilled travertine
• Quarry tiles
• Porcelain tiles with patterns
• Mosaic sheet glass tiles
• Floor tiles with non-slip textures
• Modular slate tile packs
• Cheap ceramic tiles
• Metallic mosaic wall tiles
• Mesh backed mosaics
• Handmade luxury kitchen tiles made from ceramic

Kitchen tiles

There are many different types of tiles so if you want to tile your kitchen floors, walls or to create splash backs, it's important to choose the best tiles to suit your needs. A practical option when on a budget is to choose ceramic or porcelain tiles. Porcelain tiles are hard wearing because they are incredibly hard, however tiles made from either type of material can be purchased with various designs and with glazed or textured surfaces. If you're looking for a more luxurious option, you could try natural stone that can be purchased from tile specialists in a number of different sizes, and both square and rectangle shapes, or mesh backed travertine mosaics can be used to create borders or part tile walls. Another option is modular tile sets which look attractive as flooring but can also be used as wall tiles, and you can select from a range of travertine and slate options with various colours on offer. For a rustic kitchen or a feature wall look, handmade tiles can look fantastic with relief patterns and individual surface finishes, or for splash backs with a difference, try metallic tiles which look good in a brushed finish.

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