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

 

[goz]

Tiled my pathway, been tiling near on 20 years, I still managed to balls it up, as it was my own and a bank hols just wanted it done. Respect to the guys who do this day in day out. For me, it's an area I do not have patience for, I would probably decline a customers request to do one to be honest. That doesn't make me a bad tiler just an honest one

 

[Italy]

View attachment 84288 Tiled my pathway, been tiling near on 20 years, I still managed to balls it up, as it was my own and a bank hols just wanted it done. Respect to the guys who do this day in day out. For me, it's an area I do not have patience for, I would probably decline a customers request to do one to be honest. That doesn't make me a bad tiler just an honest one

I am not an expert ....
but I would have centered field and removed the band.
I'm wrong?
in any case, good 😉

 

[goz]

Centred field , the wall post on left comes out further than the right. Wife wanted it this way... Border round outside .. I did say about the red diag bleeding into the border on left, she was adamant .

 

[Italy]

Centred field , the wall post on left comes out further than the right. Wife wanted it this way... Border round outside .. I did say about the red diag bleeding into the border on left, she was adamant .

then it is okay.
wife is always right. 🙂

 

[goz]

Haha you are right ! Also no border would have been my preference

 

[White Room]

I prefer the border personally

 

[Stef]

I've knocked geometric work back as I didn't want to do it.
I did tell the customer that if they really wanted it done then I would put them in touch with someone that knew the job inside out.
I don't think TJ or Phil would have came up to Scotland..

 

[AndY mac]

Nice job. Maybe a black border would have brought in your base course of your house also.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I've knocked geometric work back as I didn't want to do it.
I did tell the customer that if they really wanted it done then I would put them in touch with someone that knew the job inside out.
I don't think TJ or Phil would have came up to Scotland..

Go anywhere for Geometric!😉

 

[Andy Allen]

I am not an expert ....
but I would have centered field and removed the band.
I'm wrong?
in any case, good 😉

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I didn't know you were an architect..😉