BrhTiling

I went for a 4-week course with Coventry Building Workshop....

Overall a very positive experience, I think I have mastered all the basics and I am confident that I can walk into customers house and do a nice job tiling walls/floors with nearly all types of tile. I would have no problem taking on a brickbond pattern or diamond patterned job.. or working on uneven surfaces/floors.

We had 2 different instructors over the first week and then another guy for the following 3 weeks, which meant we had the opportunity to see how 3 different people all with years of experience would go about doing the same sort of jobs in slightly different ways but all with the same end result!!

As with all things I would say there is room for improvement....at some point in the future I might want to do a weekend course in mosaic tiling to perfect the art, as we didn't cover a great deal of the bays with the tiny mosiac tiles, But then again I tiled a whole wall in one day with the medium sized mosiac tiles just not the really tiny ones. (They are a pain once the backing gets wet / soggy aren't they!!)

Coventry building workshop also offer other types of courses so you do pick up a few other handy tips too - I learnt how to safely remove a radiator to tile behind and how to properly box in around pipes using plasterboard too.


I'm hoping to go back and do 1 week courses in plastering and plumbing too, so that I can go self employed and take on any job with confidence.

Where ever you decide to go make sure you shop around first.... whilst on this course I met one other guy who had come straight from another centre (shall remain nameless) and had nothing but a large hole in his wallet to show for his experence, also had another 2 visitors come around the centre to check it out whilst we were there and they also had mis-giving about another training provider.

Stick to the recommended courses on this forum & you should do well.... also don't expect something for nothing, training is expensive, even if you go via a college.