Skip to content
RENOMEXrenovation courses · recorded
Cart

SPEC · 03-1

Stage 03 / Floors & wet

Wall and Floor Tiling, from Setting Out to Grout

Setting out from the room rather than the corner, adhesive and notch size, large-format tiles and levelling clips, cutting around pipes, and grouting and silicone.

“I always end up with a thin sliver of tile in the corner everybody looks at.”

Tiler in an orange hard hat spreading adhesive on a floor with a notched trowel

SPEC · UNITS

How the course is built

6 units · 39 lessons · 8 h 27 min

  1. U-01 Backgrounds and preparation L-6 · 1 h 18 min
  2. U-02 Setting out L-7 · 1 h 31 min
  3. U-03 Adhesives and trowels L-5 · 1 h 5 min
  4. U-04 Laying wall tiles L-8 · 1 h 44 min
  5. U-05 Laying floor and large-format tiles L-8 · 1 h 44 min
  6. U-06 Grout, silicone and trims L-5 · 1 h 5 min

Each layer is drawn to the number of lessons in it.

On camera

  • A bathroom wall and floor tiled on camera
  • Setting-out drawings for three room shapes
  • Cutting techniques for pipes, sockets and edges
  • Grouting and silicone finished in close-up

You will be able to

  1. Set out a wall or floor so cuts are balanced and hidden
  2. Choose adhesive and trowel for the tile and background
  3. Cut, lay, level, grout and seal a tiled surface

TOOLBOX

Have this ready

  • Notched trowel and a tile cutter
  • Spirit level and spacers or levelling clips

Who it suits

Renovators tiling their own bathroom or kitchen and finishers adding tiling to their work.

Questions about this course

Q-01 How long can I watch it, and on what?

Streamed video lessons, watched online, for 20 months from the day access starts. A computer, tablet or phone with an internet connection is enough. The videos stream; they are not downloaded. Access details arrive by email within one working day of payment.

Q-02 Is there a trainer, an assessment or a certificate?

No. These are recorded lessons with no live trainer, no marking of your work and no certificate or qualification. It explains the work and shows it done; it does not replace any training your employer or national rules require.

Q-03 How much is in it?

39 lessons in 6 units, 8 h 27 min of video in total. The breakdown is in the layer diagram above.

Goes well with