Home Tiling Services

Different Types of Kitchen Tiles

There is a number of tile types available so when you're planning to tile kitchen floors, walls or create splash backs, selecting the best tiles on the market is necessary. Ceramic and porcelain tiles can be a good choice if you're on a budget. When you require durability, the hardness of porcelain is the ideal choice, but both types of tiles are available in a range of colours and designs. A more luxurious option is natural stone tiles which are available in many different sizes, or you could choose mosaic tiles with mat mesh backing to tile sections of walls or to use as tiled borders. 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, whereas if you want a tile that looks good as a splash back, you could try metallic tiles.

Durham tilers are carrying out home improvements

• Restoring tiled floors and walls
• Using tile borders to edge ceramic wall tiles
• Supplying grout and adhesive for tiling projects
• Using flexible adhesive to attach tiles to floors
• Replacing grout between bathroom tiles
• Applying sealant to natural stone tiles
• Edging windows with brushed chrome tile trim
• Supplying seals for around baths and shower trays
• Removing old wall tiles and preparing walls for retiling
• Levelling floors with plyboard prior to tiling

Durham Tiles made from natural stone

A range of different natural stone tiles are available to choose from that offer a luxurious finish to a wall or floor in your home and a time served Durham tiler can carry out the tiling work for you. En suites and bathrooms are frequently decorated in filled and honed travertine tiles, whereas the unfilled type of tile will often be used to decorate kitchens because there is less chance of water splashing. Application of natural stone tile sealant should be carried out to prevent surface damage from discolouring or being marked, but marble, limestone and travertine tiles with porous surfaces are the most important tiles to seal. Ensuring a regular coat of sealant is applied each year will protect your tiles for longer. Slate tiles, which can be used on walls or floors, are another popular choice, that can be purchased in various colours and usually have 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.

Durham tiling experts

When you're renovating or redecorating a property and need a trustable tiling specialist in Durham, it's important that you know you're hiring a reliable tradesman. Whether you're looking for tiles made from porcelain, which is hard wearing, for a WC, en suite or family bathroom, or you've chosen natural stone floor tiles like travertine or limestone, you can contact a recommended tiler in Durham by sending your details through on the enquiry form. From offering grout and adhesive advice to customers, to adding finishing touches such as tile trims and using strip seals to waterproof edges beside showers and baths covering pipes in kitchens and bathrooms with boxing in to combining various coloured tiles in different directions to create attractive tile designs, a local tiling expert can help.

Tiling specialists in Durham are:

• Tiling walls and floors in wet rooms
• Tiling over bathroom wall tiles
• Using ceramic tiles to tile utility room walls
• Using natural stone tiles to tile bathroom walls
• Boxing in bathroom pipework and tiling over
• Decorating kitchen walls with handmade luxury tiles
• Tiling shower room walls
• Laying conservatory floor tiles
• Laying floor tiles in hallways
• Tiling over underfloor heating

Using tiles to decorate your home

Tiles provide hard wearing durability and are easy to clean, as well as being well suited to application on both floors and walls, and you can also create tiled fire surrounds and work surfaces that look attractive. Minton tiled floors can often be found in hallways of Victorian properties, which mopping and sweeping can clean with ease and rugs can add warmth. Tiled walls and floors in bathrooms and kitchens are commonplace, as are utility room walls and floors, because they are both waterproof and hygienic. For that reason, families with kids and pets tend to choose tiled floors. Conservatories and sun rooms are also commonly tiled, due to their cool surface during hot weather and they can be combined with underfloor heating if desired to add warmth in winter.

Durham services from tilers

There are a number of services offered by tilers in Durham, from laying tiled floors over underfloor heating, which can either be piped or an electric mat, to chipping away old tiles from walls and floors and using floor leveller or plaster to provide flat surfaces on walls and floors to enable them to retile surfaces with stone, ceramic or porcelain tiles. Tiling products can also be supplied by a professional tiler, such as specialist adhesives and tile grout, and they can provide advice on the best type of adhesion products for your particular tiling task. If the tiling work is complete, the tiled surfaces can be coated with finishing products like sealing tiles made from natural stone materials. This will protect tiles from discolouring and marking and regular treatment services can be provided by quality Durham tilers to ensure your tiles look attractive for many years.

Different tile types to choose from

• Filled and honed travertine
• Riven slate floor tiles
• Cheap ceramic tiles
• Coloured glass tiles
• Handmade ceramic tiles
• Non-slip textured floor tiles
• Terracotta kitchen floor tiles
• Durable porcelain floor tiles
• Mosaic border tiles
• Stainless steel mosaic tiles

Different sorts of floor tiles

Although many tiles are available to choose between, some tiles are wall specific, others are specifically for use on floors, or there are some ranges that can be used for either floors or walls. Tiles for floors are usually textured to prevent people slipping on them, so that they are safe for use in kitchens and bathrooms where water will likely splash on them. Tiling on walls is usually done with thinner tiles, making them cost less. Borders are also often used with wall tiles to break up expanses of tiles. Tiles are usually marked up in a DIY store or tile shop so you don't purchase the wrong sort of tiles for your floors and walls.