Victorian geometric floor courses

[Janerowe]

Hi. I'm looking to take a course in tiling which may specialise in Victorian floors. I am looking to repair original Victorian floors, and possibly install reproduction Victorian/encaustic floors. Can anyone recommend a course which would help me? I think it's important I know how these floors were laid and can lay one if necessary.
Many thanks
Jane

 

[Dan]

Have you had customers requesting this then?

 

[Janerowe]

No actual requests yet, and I'm actually more interested in conserving original Victorian floors. When doing this I'll probably have to repair/replace a few areas and really want to know the best way of doing this.

 

[Leatherface]

Sorry, not heard of a course that does this.
I am due to be laying my first Victorian Geometric floor in a few weeks or so. Will let you know how I go on

 

[Dan]

No actual requests yet, and I'm actually more interested in conserving original Victorian floors. When doing this I'll probably have to repair/replace a few areas and really want to know the best way of doing this.

That sounds a fairly specialist job to be fair. If you're fresh to the business, then I'd perhaps start off with a stone course to get an understanding of the laying and fixing/treating etc. Then I guess from there on it's a case of each floor restoration requiring it's own type of repair so each job would be different and a course perhaps couldn't provide the training you would need.

If i'm on the right lines here.

 

[MIKETILER]

Jane
Let us know if you have any luck in your search.I am very also interested in what you are looking for
Mike

 

[Dan]

I doubt there's much requirement for geometric tiling these days. It isn't your standard tilers kind of work.