“…Absolutely superb tiling could not fault any of Russ,s work, advice or methods. Gave me a great fresh looking bathroom with metro tiles on the walls and curved bath panel in honeycomb mosaic.Would happily recommend him to anyone considering a professional tiler.”
Alistair Durbin - Eastbourne
The completion of tiling in the showrooms of the highly reputable “Chalon Kitchens”, in Tunbridge Wells and St. Albans, is of particular satisfaction to Russ. He used a range of different tiles and designs, including modular limestone, large format and natural stone (which happens to be his favourite) to create an impeccable showroom, as shown below.
A sample of the high standards of workmanship can be viewed on his image gallery on TilerWorld.com.
Russ has taken advantage of creating his own webpage through Tilerworld.com which he finds is a really useful tool. “I give my web details to the majority of my customers so that they can look at my previous work. The feedback I get is really good.”
The contact that Russ can now have through the forum on TilerWorld is great too. He stated “it is really helpful to talk to other tilers with 20 and sometimes up to 30 years experience.” He added “I couldn’t ask for more!” Russ is currently awaiting a decision on a quote requested through the website for a conservatory floor to be tiled.
The recently launched new BAL Variset XP Adhesive has been welcomed by Russ. He stated “Already I have used Variset powder on a number of jobs – about 6 or 7 bags in total. This is great where areas need to be walked on soon after and also for areas that need to be grouted quickly.” He has yet to use the Variset liquid (to slow down the setting time), but has a bottle on hand for such occurrences, which may be helpful in the summer months.
Previous winners
- January 2010 - A G HOWARD CERAMICS
- December 2009 - Nicholas Head
- November 2009 - Cambridge Tile and Mosaic
- October 2009 - ACCOLADE
- September 2009 - David Wingate Ceramic Tiling
- August 2009 - RUSSELL TATE
- July 2009 - AOS Tiling
- June 2009 - Adrian Marshall T/A A & R Ceramics
- May 2009 - D J Bennett & Son
- April 2009 - South Sheffield Tiling
- March 2009 - Grout Expectations
- February 2009 - Colin Sanger of Custom Interiors
- January 2009 - Richard Knight Tiling


