the tile association

The Tile Association for the whole tile industry in the UK
The Tile Association was started some time ago. It was two associations joining forces, a retailers one and a Tile fixers one, if I remember it correctly.

We feed their news to the forum here: https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tiling-news-tile-news.345/

There are benefits of being a wall and floor tile fixer who has joined TTA such as an internal newsletter, access to British Standards, back-up from them when products fail and you need a report saying so, and you get listed on their website which has good feels for your own website (Google likes quality links), and actual humans who search for a tiler know they get a quality one from The Tile Association website unlike with check my builder type websites that don't know tiling so can't vet people who claim to be one.

There are lots of other benefits too. Checkout their website Tiles.org.uk.
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    Terracotta Tiles (Sealing)

    I have replaced 5 terracotta tiles today, do I need to seal them befor I grout them? If so what best to use? Cheers
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  5. barneyg

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    Hi, Be grateful for some advice before it's too late :smilewinkgrin: I've got some Nerea wall and floor tiles from Tile Giant: crema and noce scored on the wall and noce on the floor (photos attached) The scored tiles have a sort of rusty red 'grout' line in them, so to match we're thinking...
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    Help needed with terracotta floor!

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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Where can I get 1 inch thick terracotta tiles?

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    terracotta sealing and cutting

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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    TTA Membership

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    Fired earth hand trown terracotta.

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    Terracotta Repair

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    terracotta tile treatment

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    Terracotta tile replacement

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    Dried my tears (TTA award) Now back from Exhibitions....

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