Heating & Plumbing: Bathroom, kitchen and utility room plumbing Reading

Reading Electricians: Rewiring property and installing new sockets

Reading Block Paving: Paved and concreted drives for decorative access and parking

Painters & Decorators Reading: Ceiling painting, wallpaper hanging and decorative effects Reading

Kitchen & Bathroom Tiling: Professional tiling services for quartz, porcelain & travertine tiles Reading

Reading Building & Construction: Planning application to construction, building services Reading

Carpentry & Joinery Reading: Door hanging, skirting board fitting and general joinery

Reading Kitchen Doors & Bathroom Furniture: Complete installation of units, water and electrical services, tiling

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

Digital Compatible Aerials & Satellite Receivers: 3D TV, HDTV and Digital TV, Aerial & Satellite Fitting

Reading Heating Systems: Baxi, Vaillant, Ideal and most boilers installed, serviced and repaired

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

Flooring Reading all kinds of flooring materials layed & fitted

Gardener Reading for garden maintenance and landscaping projects

Windows & Doors Replacment window frames, glazing units and doors

Locksmith Reading Replacment door and window security locks

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

UK Motorhome Hire Rent a camper van or motorhome near Reading

Car cleaning and valeting Reading: auto detailing and cleaning including: alloy wheels, paintwork, trim & upholstery

Different types of tiles

• Handmade ceramic tiles
• Cream and brown travertine tiles
• Textured non-slip floor tiles
• Porcelain wall tiles
• Budget ceramic wall and floor tiles
• Natural slate floor tiles
• Metallic mosaic wall tiles
• Foil backed glass tile mosaics
• Quarry tiles
• Mosaic border tiles

Decorating your house with tiles

If you choose tiles, you will have products that can easily be kept clean and that are suitable for use on walls and floors, and you can also create tiled fire surrounds and work surfaces that look attractive. Victorian properties frequently have tiled floors with decorative Minton tiles, which look good with rugs on them and can be kept clean easily with sweeping and mopping. Kitchens and bathrooms are commonly tiled and likewise with floors and walls in utility rooms, because tiles offer a waterproof and hygienic solution. Therefore many families with kids and/or pets often opt for tiling on their floors. Tiles are also frequently used for flooring in conservatories because they are cool under foot in warm weather and they can also be heated in winter using underfloor heating.

Natural stone tiles Reading

A large amount of choice is on offer in natural stone tile ranges that are popular choices for floor and wall tiles and an experienced Reading tiler can decorate your surfaces with them. Shower rooms and en suites are often decorated with travertine tiles that are honed and filled, however kitchens walls are less likely to get splashed so tend to be tiled with unfilled travertine. Travertine tiles treated with stone sealant are protected from staining or discolouring, but in particular, travertine, marble and limestone tiles with porous surfaces should be treated. It is also important to reseal tiles annually so the protection remains. Slate is a popular tile material suited to both wall and floors that provides many colour options and has attractive riven textures. Natural stone tiles can be purchased in various sizes or you can choose modular packs which provide variation in tile sizes.

Tiles suited to use in kitchens

There are many different types of tiles so when you're planning to tile a kitchen walls or floors, or even the work surfaces, you will need to choose the best type of tile to suit your needs. When you're on a budget, porcelain or ceramic tiles can be a practical option. When you require durability, the hardness of porcelain is the ideal choice, but either tile material provides a large selection of designs, textures and colours. You could also introduce the beauty of natural products with natural stone tiles, that can be purchased from tile specialists in a number of different sizes, and both square and rectangle shapes, or can be smaller mosaic mat tiles that can cover walls or be used as borders. Modular sets of tiles are effective wall decor options and there is a varied range of colours in both travertine and slate tiles you could choose between. Handmade tiles with designs such as flora and fauna can add a bit of individuality to a kitchen or there are metallic tiles, often available in mosaic tile sheets, which can provide a clean fresh look and work well as splash backs.

Tiling Services Offered for Reading

Tilers in Reading provide a variety of services, from tiling over underfloor heating systems, which can either be piped or an electric mat, to chipping away old tiles from walls and floors and preparing surfaces with floor levelling compound or plaster for retiling with new ceramic, porcelain or natural stone tiles. Products needed to carry out your tiling work can be sourced by a tiling expert, such as specialist adhesives and tile grout, and they can also offer advice about the best products for your tiling project. When your walls are fully tiled, you can add finishing touches like painting coats of tile sealant onto surfaces of stone tiles. Sealing tiles will prevent staining and discolouration of your tiles and regular treatment services can be provided by quality Reading tilers which will maintain the surface of your tiles effectively.

Home improvements Reading tilers are completing

• Using seal strips to waterproof showers and baths
• Supply of tile adhesive and grout
• Restoration of floors and walls that are tiled
• Using flexible adhesive to attach tiles to floors
• Preparing surfaces to be retiled by removing old tiles
• Regrouting old bathroom and kitchen tiles
• Sealing tiles made from natural stone to prevent discolouration
• Levelling floors with plyboard prior to tiling
• Using tile borders and strips to edge part tiled walls
• Attaching chrome tile trim around windows

Reputable tilers in Reading

If you're planning to refurbish rooms in your home and want to find Reading a trustable tiler, it is important to you you have a tradesperson you can trust. Whether you need porcelain tiles or ceramic tiles for a conservatory, downstairs bathroom or wet room, or your floor is being retiled with natural stone tiles like slate, limestone or honed and filled travertine, you can find a reputable tiler in Reading when you submit an enquiry form with your job information. From imparting knowledgeable advice about the best type of grout and tile adhesive to use, to finishing edges of part tiles walls with metallic or plastic trim and using strip seals to waterproof edges beside showers and baths boxing utility room pipework in to combining various coloured tiles in different directions to create attractive tile designs, a tiling expert in your local area can help.

Different tiles for floors

When choosing new tiles, there are many types t choose between, and some tiles are wall specific, others are designed to be used for flooring, or there are some ranges that can be used for either floors or walls. Floor tiles are usually textured to prevent slipping when they get wet, to make them practical for use in utility rooms, kitchens and bathrooms where they're exposed to splashing from water. When tiling walls, the tiles tend to be thinner, which also makes them cheaper in general. Horizontally positioned border tiles are also used by many people to enhance designs and break up blocks of a single colour. Tile retailers and outlets will usually have tiles marked up so you don't purchase the wrong sort of tiles for your floors and walls.

Tilers in Reading are assisting with tiling projects

• Tiling bathrooms with natural stone travertine or tumbled marble tiles
• Creating utility room splash backs with ceramic tiles
• Tiling conservatory floors
• Redecorating walls of shower rooms using ceramic tiles
• Using terracotta tiles to replace hallway flooring
• Tiling over underfloor heating
• Fitting plywood boxing over kitchen pipes and tiling over
• Feature kitchen wall creation using handmade tiles with relief patterns
• Retiling bathroom walls over old tiles
• Tiling walls and floors in wet rooms

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