Able skills victorian and mosaic tiling courses, worth doing?

Hi guys,

Looking at getting into doing some geometric/Victorian floor tiling but would like to go on a course and see some done first hand before I tackled one myself. Have seen that Able skills offer a 5 day course for this skill set and wondered if any of you had any feedback or experience of this? Cost is about £700 which seemed reasonable if the course is good or is there a better way for me to go about learning the art?

Cheers

 

[MTiler]

Did they show you floor preperation sharon

They did go into that, but obviously it was mainly about setting out, measuring etc.

 

[peteablard]

Seen a few pictures on here of geometric floors done by so called experienced tilers and they've made a right balls up!

 

[MTiler]

Over the past 10 years this forum has attracted some fantastic tilers / trades people and It's also attracted some cranks too BUT! of all the people who have posted, I can honestly say that there's only 2 who could be described as "absolute masters at their trade"

One is Phil Hobson
And the other is Timeless John

So when a person makes a claim about an area of tiling that they have not even done yet and a person shows you a piece of work like the above, I hope you all know which one to trust.

We are not worthy

 

[peteablard]

Seen a few pictures on here of geometric floors done by so called experienced tilers and they've made a right balls up!

Mind you I've seen some really simple jobs cocked up too!!

 

[Aston]

We are not worthy

In 10 years, I am going to add you to that list Sharon ;0)

Then there"ll be 3!

 

[MTiler]

In 10 years, I am going to add you to that list Sharon ;0)

Then there"ll be 3!

If I last that long lol.

 

[peteablard]

I'd also want to know who was going to be training you and see a portfolio of their work. I've done a few small geometric jobs but could talk as if I'd done way more than I had. Doing a few jobs doesn't qualify you to train others. Make sure they really do have the correct experience to be teaching you.

 

[One Day]

I've even seen some "masters" of geo work make mistakes or take strange shortcuts.
It's not easy at all and is a whole lot more specialist than any other fiddly tiling job due to the set-out.

Try one - you'll soon see!

...for the record - Andrew O'Sullivan - AOS Tiling is extremely busy with geo work in and around London.
His are good enough to be photographed and featured in OS catalogues and he'll be the first guy to tell you how hard it is and how many mistakes he still makes!

 

[Flintstone]

I'm going to do my own hall way with Victorians before the year is out so Ile post up at full set of photos when I do. I'm
Not saying it's easy but I'm confident in my own ability. Not sure about anyone else's

 

[Italy]

I'm going to do my own hall way with Victorians before the year is out so Ile post up at full set of photos when I do. I'm
Not saying it's easy but I'm confident in my own ability. Not sure about anyone else's

bravo, if you want to learn, your home, as test is good 😉