Articles by rsalinas

You’re searching for a new ‘look’ for your patio. Something modern & stylish that’s easy to maintain and deal with the varying weather conditions. You could consider 20mm porcelain tiles as an option for the outside of your home. It will give it a contemporary feel to your patio and is easy to maintain. In today...

Porcelain and ceramic tiles can often be confused with each other. They look alike and share the same colours and sizes but believe it or not, there are huge differences between them. With that, this How to Tile article, we are here to teach you all about how to cut porcelain tile and how to choose the best porcelai...

The kitchen is a very important room in our daily life, and can even become the centre of our home. So it deserves special attention to all of the details. Installing beautiful and original tiles can be a very interesting option to protect the wall and at the same time, decorate this space. In today’s how to tile bl...

The combination of landscaping and hardscaping delivers an expertly designed outdoor area for domestic and commercial sites. Hardscaping complements landscaping and enhances the whole decorative project. The two combine to provide an aesthetically pleasing and harmonious result, whether for a residential garden or c...

For many years, mosaic tiles have been used as a creative way of creating stand-out patterns and eye-catching tile designs to help bring a room together. In todays blog, we’re here to tell you all about how to cut mosaic floor tiles. We will cover the best practices for cutting mosaic tile, to laying them to achieve...

If the tile-to-tile joints between ceramic tiles are the essential elements for reducing the rigidity of a tile covering on its outermost layer (that formed by the tiles themselves), then the tile expansion joints constitute the multilayer construction solution for absorbing the different types of forces arising fro...

The transition between tile and carpet is the last step in most tile installation projects. It’s the final touch that can give your work an elegant and thorough look. However, the floor trim is also one of the things that can disrupt the flow of your tile project (apart from not using the right tile installation too...

When it comes to tiling and learning how to tile and before you begin fixing tiles, you must decide which tile trowel you’ll use. And here comes the tricky part: What notch size should I use? Should I use a U-notched or a squared-notched trowel? Those are common questions you must ask yourself before ...

There are specific blades for cutting different types of tile. But talking about diamond blades and which one is the most appropriate for cutting a type of material really depends a lot on our cutting needs. In todays' how to tile blog, we look at diamond blades. Knowing how the blades work and how they are creat...

As a professional tile installer, knowing how to tile and cut ceramic, porcelain and stone tile, is essential to ensuring you don’t make any costly mistakes. Tiles are a popular choice of homeowners in various renovation projects and having the best tile cutting tools at your disposal will make your j...