Product Description

Some tiling books adopt a hypothetical stance to the subject. This book rejects this approach and demonstrates how a do-it-yourself enthusiast can carry out a tiling job to a high standard in situations that exist in the real world. Covers all the basic processes from designing the job through to the final grouting and cleaning down. Procedures, that are of vital importance, such as setting-out, are covered in considerable detail. The reader is told what can go wrong and given advice. Attention is also paid to tiling with terracotta, marble, slate and granite, that involve slightly different techniques compared to ceramic tiling. Presents highlighted, useful 'tips' throughout the text Well-illustrated with detailed, step-by-step colour photographs and diagrams.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71496 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

About the Author
John Ripley has been involved in the tiling business for his entire working life and over a period of fifty years gained experience in almost every aspect of the trade. He has represented the trade on the tiling committee of the British Standards Institute for many years and is the Chief Inspector for the National Federation of Terrazzo Marble and Mosaic specialists and a technical inspector for the Tile Assocation.

Customer Reviews

Clear and helpful advise
John is very clear about how to tile, instructions are straight forward with handy pointers on potential problems so you can avoid them. It really does make all the difference to have this kind of advise and plan before you start. An invaluable guide if you want to get it right.

Ceramic and Stone Tiling - a statement of the bleeding obvious
Quoting the back cover of this small but expensive book(let ): "If you have never fixed a tile......" then this book may be for you but you will learn no more than reading the tiling section in Reader's Digest Complete DIY Manual and that's no compliment. Very little discussion on tools or technique with the tools; next to nothing on mosaics; the briefest mention about tanking; absolutely zilch on wetroom shower formers or the tiling of them. I could go on but instead I'll mention its one saving grace: it does warn you about the use of natural stone, their high maintenance and often unpredictable quality. If you've had any dealings with natural stone, you will know exactly what the author means.
Save your money and get your information from the many excellent, online, tiling forums.

Good book
I read the book quite a few times before I tiled by bathroom. It also helped me make a list of all the tools I required. My builders and a professional tiler are all impressed with the results of my tiling, in fact the tiler had a look through the book and said its a good book. I am going to read through it again as I am going to be tiling my kitchen walls next.