London Tiling
DHM Building Maintenance is one of the best tiling company in London. We have been providing expert tiling services in London area for many years. We have a wide experience in tile flooring using porcelain, ceramic, terra-cotta, marble, natural stone, glass tiles, slate tiles and mosaic tiles and can ensure that each customer gets the best from their tiling budget. Tile flooring is a great way to enhance your home or office with vibrant colours, inviting stonework and beautifully crafted mosaics. Mixing textures and finishes is also a way to create an interesting and unique feel to your environment. Our London tiling experts have a wealth of experience in bathroom tiling, kitchen tiling, floor tiling and wall tiling and can help your ideas to take shape and deliver you the best tiling finish possible.
DHM Building Maintenance is a leading London tiling contractor home for both commercial tiling and domestic tiling throughout the East London, City of London and London Docklands area. We are able to source tiles for every customer and very often we can supply tiles at prices that are well below those that you can get yourself! Why not call us and find out more?
Getting the Best Tile flooring Finish
Everyone would ideally love to get their tile installation or marble polishing done without any interference into their lives, homes and schedules. Unfortunately that isn’t possible but understanding that this is what you want is the key to minimizing the inconvenience. DHM Building Maintenance we know we are working in your home or office so we make sure that all of our people are not only skilled but can communicate with you to ensure that you feel comfortable having them in your home or office. Our tilers are highly skilled craftsmen and can transform your walls or floors.
Tile Flooring Planning
Careful planning of any tiling flooring project is vital so that when we start the project we are able to complete it without interruption. (We can’t control delays due to other tradesman or tile orders that don’t arrive on time). Kitchen tiles and bathroom tiles are often fixed towards the end of a project so liaison with the other trades is vital to keep to the timing plan.
Get it Right from the Start… Avoid Problems Later!
When it comes to wet areas, like showers and bath surrounds and sinks, many tilers install kitchen tiles and bathroom tiles on unsuitable surfaces which swell and decay when exposed to moisture. We regularly find glue has been used instead of the correct cement. It loosens its grip when it gets wet and leads to failure of the entire wall. Bathroom tiles and kitchen tiles need to be installed on the correct surfaces.
We sometimes can replace rotten sections with waterproof materials but usually it is necessary to remove the shower or bath surround and re-work the whole area. Even when cement board is used it is not uncommon – especially for bathroom tiles – for it not to have been properly waterproofed – or do so only partially. Since both tile grout and cement board are porous materials this means water may be constantly leaking back to the wall or partition. This results in the appearance of mould and mildew and subsequently wet-rot if not attended to.
This first appears as black marking in the grout seams, then, as the mould grows from behind the grout and tile start to crack or fall off, as the wet surface behind becomes unstable. Eventually if the issue is not resolved in time, as water gets behind the tile, leaks develop with resulting water damage to quite a large area. This is a common problem with bathroom tiles.
For floors, rather than simply fixing floor tiles to plywood (as is very common), we often first install cement board if required so that the floor tile will rest on a surface that it bonds to well. Many problems with floor tile installations come from a subsurface that has too much movement deflection. Too much movement, over time, can lead to grout failure, tiles coming up and broken tiles. The best way to avoid problems with floor tiles (and especially natural stone such as marble, granite, travertine and slate) is to spend the time and money in advance to make the subfloor rigid, level and flat, without any ridges or dips. DHM Building Maintenance has a wealth of experience to bring to every tiling project and can help deliver the job you want and the quality that will last.
Call us to get a free tiling quote on 0207 537 3988
