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well said croc, As an ex school woodwork teacher, turned general builder, turned tiler (over a period of 30 years) I would generaly agree with you croc; If your a practical person tiling is not too difficult, but to be shown any skill by a good operator is always better than a text book. I also don't quite understand the veneration this site has for teaching centres, there is no control over who sets up and teaches in centres so why should we assume they are a good thing? If we admit the truth, the trade is saturated by crap tilers (as well as the many good ones) mostly churned out by short courses, (you only have to read some of the banal questions asked by 'professional tilers' on this forum to realise this, questions that any pro should know before taking a customers money. We all want to encourage keen people to become tilers, but not to expect an excellent living before they know what they are doing. Sorry if this hurts anyone but it's the truth.