44 years of professional tiling. City & Guilds qualified. No subcontractors. Every job carried out by me or my relative Paul.
I've been tiling professionally since the early 1980s. In that time I've worked on an exceptional range of projects, from everyday domestic bathrooms to heritage work including Buckingham Palace and the law courts.
I hold a City & Guilds qualification in tiling, which covers the correct technical approach to every aspect of the trade: adhesive selection, substrate preparation, setting out, waterproofing, and the right materials for each job.
Forty-four years in the trade means I've seen what goes wrong when shortcuts are taken, and I know how to avoid every one of them. That knowledge is what you're hiring when you hire me.
No surprises, no shortcuts. The same approach on every job.
I visit, assess the job properly, take measurements, and ask the right questions. No guesswork.
A clear, itemised written quote. No hidden extras. You know what you're agreeing to.
Substrate checked and prepared. The right adhesive selected. Setting out done before the first tile goes down.
Thorough clean-up at the end of each day and at completion. I leave the space as I found it, with better tiles.
Over 44 years I've worked on some exceptional projects that required a higher level of precision, material knowledge, and discretion than typical domestic work. These include:
I mention these not to impress, but to make a practical point: the level of care and technical accuracy required for a prestige project is the same level I bring to every domestic bathroom, kitchen floor or hallway. The scale changes. The standards don't.
I work exclusively on domestic properties. I made that decision deliberately, and I've stuck to it. Domestic work demands a different kind of attention: respect for someone's home, careful protection of their belongings, clean working throughout, and a finish they'll live with every day.
Commercial tiling is about speed and volume. Domestic tiling, done properly, is about getting it right. That's where I want to be.
It also means you always know who's on your job. Every job is carried out by me or my relative Paul, both City & Guilds qualified, both with the same level of experience. On larger jobs we sometimes work together. No subcontractors, no apprentices left unsupervised.
A bathroom is rarely just tiling. When yours also needs plumbing, I can point you to a plumber I know and trust, rather than leave you to find and vet one yourself.
To be clear about how this works: I do not subcontract my tiling to anyone. Every tile is set by me or Paul. The plumber is a separate, independent trade who deals with you directly for the plumbing side of the job. It simply means the two halves of your bathroom are properly coordinated by people who have worked together for years.
Plumbing & Heating
For the plumbing side of a bathroom I work alongside Airth Plumbing & Heating, a Bromley firm I have worked with for years. They handle the boiler, heating and plumbing; I handle the tiling. It means the two trades are done by people who have worked together for years, and you deal with each of us directly.
Free, no-obligation quotes. I'll visit, assess your project, and give you a clear written price.