Now entering its third year, the ‘We Are Wetrooms’ installation training tour continues to grow in popularity. During 2018 Impey’s specialist wetroom training event will visit nine locations, giving plumbers, bathroom installers and tilers the opportunity to develop or refresh their wetroom fitting expertise – and booking is now open. Across domestic, commercial and healthcare […]

FILA has completed a project with Stone and Ceramic at The Star and Garter on Richmond Hill. The collection of luxury apartments and penthouses by award-winning developer London Square, occupies a ‘show stopping’ Grade II listed building overlooking the Thames. FILAPROJECT provided a surface cleaning regime for Stone and Ceramic’s installation of marble flooring and […]

Get your chance to win a brand new car with the Children Today charity raffle.  You could win a new Skoda Citigo worth over £8,500 (plus great runner up prizes) – and you definitely will help change a child’s life! You may have seen books of tickets delivered to you in the September issue of […]

Homes in the most expensive area of England and Wales cost 25 times as much as in the cheapest area, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) analysis of 2016 property prices. One square metre of floor space – an area about the size of a red phone box – costs almost £19,439 in Kensington […]

British Ceramic Tile is rolling out a new brand. Not just a logo tweak or colour palette change, the new brand is the result of a six month project to position British Ceramic Tile as the brand within the tile industry. In an industry known for its lack of consumer brands, British Ceramic Tile has […]

The TTA is providing a new Pendulum slip resistance testing facility for tiles at its Stone, Staffordshire, head office. Slip resistance is an important issue for all aspects of the floorcoverings industry. Slipping is the single most common cause of injury in the UK, comprising 40 per cent of all injuries and costing the NHS […]

The TTA is encouraging companies and individuals in the industry to start considering their entries for the TTA Awards 2018, which are to be held on the evening of Friday 18 May at The St John’s Hotel, Solihull. This year will see enhanced sponsorship packages available, which will add value for sponsors and improve the […]

Larsen Building Products continues to strengthen its range of levelling compounds with the addition of the super-fast setting SLC3015 Professional SLC3015 is a single pack, ultra-rapid setting, fibre-reinforced, protein-free underlayment capable of 2-15mm in one pass. It is manufactured using Larsen’s proprietary cement technology, with a controlled blend of special sands and synthetic polymers to […]

With the WorldSkills 2017 final in Abu Dhabi fast approaching, anticipation is rising for the UK Tiling Team. On Thursday 7th September, Schlüter-Systems caught up with them at the Greenbank Campus of Southern Regional College, Northern Ireland (SRC), to hand-deliver a couple of gifts prior to the start of this prestigious competition. Back in March, […]

A FILA tile protection and care regime has been specified, alongside In Situ London’s Moroccan cement tiles, at Jamie’s Italian. The stunning installation spans the restaurant and bar area, on floors and on walls below open serving counters. FILA protection and finishing treatments were chosen to protect and enhance the encaustic-style Moroccan tiles throughout the […]