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Porcelanosa Tiles available at Walsall Showroom
Creative Tiles and Laminates are proud to announce they are now an authorised supplier of leading brand tile manufacturer Porcelanosa. A Spanish manufacturer of tiles, they are renowned for their popularity with tradesmen and house builders for providing a consistently reliable product. … Continue reading
Using wood effect tiles for floors
Wood effect tiles are the ideal way to add detail to your flooring but with added advantages over natural wood products. Why choose wood effect tiles: Hardwearing Easy to clean Does not stain, scratch, warp or fade Waterproof Ideal for … Continue reading
Choosing Floor Tiles for a Period Property
Modern tiles with plain finishes and streamlined edges maybe all the rage in a new home or to a newly built extension, but what happens if you have a period property with a traditional feel. Fitting a large format polished … Continue reading
Amtico Vinyl Flooring Available at Walsall Showroom
Amtico Stockist Creative Tiles and Laminates are pleased to announce they are now a recommended retailer of Amtico luxury vinyl tile products at their Walsall Showroom. Have you ever suffered a leak in your kitchen and had your laminate flooring wrecked? … Continue reading
Levelling Uneven Concrete Floors – How to Level
When you are fixing any product to your floor, you need to ensure any variations are corrected first. If you don’t, then any imperfections can follow through to your choice of finished floor. Many factors can affect if your floor is flat and even … Continue reading
Bathroom Feature Tiles for Walls
Feature tiles for bathroom walls add glamour. So, is it necessary to tile the whole wall to create a feature wall? No, certainly not. Of course you can if you so wish, but feature tiles are generally more expensive so can … Continue reading
New range of Prissmacer Ceramic Floor Tiles
Stunning Ceramic Floor Tiles Now in Stock A new range of ceramic floor tiles from established Spanish company Prissmacer have recently been added to Creative Tiles and Laminates’ product portfolio. By buying direct from the manufacturer they are able to save their customers’ money, a … Continue reading
Posted in Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Tiles, Wall Tiles
Tagged bathroom floor tiles, bathroom tiles, bathroom wall tiles, ceramic kitchen tiles, ceramic tiles, choosing tiles, conservatory tiles, floor tiles, glazed floor tiles, hallway tiles, kitchen floor tiles, kitchen tiles, tiles
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Electric Underfloor Heating
Winter is coming and now is the perfect time to fit underfloor heating to your home. It will keep your toes warm and cosy whether you are cooking in the kitchen or just getting out of the shower. Creative Tiles and … Continue reading
What Grout Colour to Use?
How to Choose the Right Grout Colour The tiles you choose to fix on your floor or wall play an important part of the overall room design. You should also not underestimate the importance of the grout colour you use. … Continue reading
Posted in Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Tiles, Wall Tiles
Tagged bathroom floor tiles, bathroom tiles, ceramic kitchen tiles, ceramic tiles, floor tiles, hallway tiles, kitchen floor tiles, kitchen tile designs, kitchen tile ideas, kitchen tiles, kitchen wall tiles, kitchen wall tiles design ideas, tile grout, tiles, wall tiles
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Are shiny floor tiles more slippery?
Should I fit shiny floor tiles? Or are high gloss tiles a deathtrap? Not necessarily, regardless of whether you are elderly or infirm, the chances of slipping on shiny floor tiles are similar to that of matt tiles. If there is water … Continue reading
Posted in Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Tiles
Tagged bathroom floor tiles, bathroom tiles, ceramic kitchen tiles, ceramic tiles, choosing tiles, floor tiles, glazed floor tiles, hallway tiles, kitchen floor tiles, non slip floor tiles, non slip tiles, porcelain tiles, tiles
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Can I tile onto a wooden floor?
Modern bathrooms look stunning with tiled walls and floors. It creates the perfect haven for you to relax. However, chances are that your bathroom or en-suite has some kind of wooden flooring. This could be either traditional floorboards or newer green chipboard slabs. Is … Continue reading
Terracotta Tiles – Is there a Cheap Alternative?
Terracotta Tiles Authentic terracotta floor tiles look stunning when fitted. The earthy reds and burnt orange hues bring warmth to your home. In fact, you can’t beat the look and feel of them. The trouble is traditional terracotta tiles tend to be quite pricey. They also … Continue reading
Posted in Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Tiles
Tagged bathroom floor tiles, bathroom tiles, ceramic kitchen tiles, ceramic tiles, conservatory tiles, floor tiles, glazed floor tiles, hallway tiles, kitchen floor tiles, terracotta ceramic tiles, terracotta effect ceramic floor tiles, terracotta effect ceramic tiles, terracotta effect tiles, terracotta floor tiles, terracotta tiles
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Creative Tiles – Best Loved Tile Supplier in UK
Creative Tiles are voted the Best Loved Tile Supplier It’s official, Creative Tiles and Laminates are voted the ‘most loved Tile Supplier in the UK’, that’s according to website thebestof.co.uk. Most Loved Tile Supplier Award Over the year, the website thebestof.co.uk asks … Continue reading
Black Kitchen Floor Tiles to Impress
Superb Galileo Black Kitchen Floor Tiles With modern style white kitchens or warm wood effect designs with black worktops you maybe undecided when it comes to picking the most suitable floor tiles. An ideal choice would be black kitchen floor tiles which will complement … Continue reading
Posted in Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Tiles
Tagged ceramic floor tiles, ceramic kitchen tiles, ceramic tiles, choosing tiles, floor tiles, glazed floor tiles, glazed tiles, kitchen floor tiles, kitchen tile designs, kitchen tile ideas, kitchen tiles, porcelain floor tiles, porcelain tiles
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Can you Repair Underfloor Heating?
Repair Underfloor Heating – Is it possible? When a customer is deciding to install underfloor heating, one of the most common questions asked is if you can repair underfloor heating ? Fortunately, the answer is yes. Installing underfloor heating can be … Continue reading
Wood Effect Floor Tiles for a Hallway
Are wood effect floor tiles suitable for a hallway? Absolutely. Floor tiles are perfectly suited for use in a hallway and have many advantages over other types of flooring, including: Easier to clean than carpet Does not show the dirt … Continue reading
Budget Wet Room Tiles – Wall & Floor
Wall & Floor Tiles for a Wet Room You’ve decided to get a wet room installed in your en-suite or bathroom and have asked the experts for advice for choosing your wet room tiles. Don’t be surprised if you get conflicting information. People will advise … Continue reading
Raising money for Brain Tumour Research Charity
The Astons put their best feet forward for charity run Creative Tiles and Laminates’ Company Director Peter Aston and Marketing Manager Susan Aston are preparing to run The Great Midlands Fun Run on Sunday 2nd June 2013. They will be running in … Continue reading
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Tagged brain tumour research, charity, charity run, creative tiles, creative tiles and laminates
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3 New Wood Effect Tiles Added
The Saman range of wood effect tiles are now in stock. Have you heard about inkjet printing for tiles? It is a new method of producing tiles and the effect is amazing. Floor tiles can be created to replicate wood, marble, … Continue reading
Top 5 Benefits of Terracotta Floor Tiles
Whether you are looking to fit floor tiles in your kitchen, hallway or conservatory, fitting terracotta floor tiles can offer you many benefits. The Benefits of Terracotta Floor Tiles: They are durable, hard wearing and easy to clean. Modern manufacturing … Continue reading
How to Remove Limescale
If you live in Birmingham, you are blessed with a supply of wonderful soft water. Outside this area and you maybe unlucky to be cursed with hard water and the constant need to remove limescale. After moving house from a soft to hard water area a few … Continue reading
Carpets Shop in Walsall – Free Fitting
Fit your carpets now winter is coming Did you know carpets retain warm air to give your room a cosy feeling? The nights are drawing in and frost is in the air. Now is the time to make your home cosy. … Continue reading
Posted in Carpets, Laminate Flooring, Underfloor Heating
Tagged bedroom carpet, carpet, carpet shop, carpets, hallway carpet, lounge carpet, luxury carpet
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What Wall Tiling Tools Do I Need?
Kitchen Tile Splashback Are you thinking of wall tiling yourself? Maybe contemplating a little DIY tiling of your bathroom or kitchen splashback, but bemused by the amount of tiling tools, spacers, etc that are on offer at your local tile supplier … Continue reading
What size tiles make a room look bigger? Large tiles?
Large Tiles vs Small Tiles In essence, it is true that large tiles will make a room look bigger rather than smaller and the main reason for this is the ‘busy’ factor. The smaller the tile, the more grout lines … Continue reading
Tile Delivery Prices Drop
Sending wall tiles or floor tiles any way other than on a pallet will invariably result in damaged tiles. Unfortunately for consumers this means that the cost of a tile delivery can be quite prohibitive. It can also work out … Continue reading
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Multi Sized Tiles or Modular Floor Tiles
Fed up with regular sized floor tiles? Do you think they are boring or lack character? Are you in need of a flooring makeover? Multi Sized Tiles Tuscany Noce Multi Size Tiles Then what you need are modular floor tiles. These are … Continue reading
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Tagged ceramic kitchen tiles, ceramic tiles, conservatory tiles, floor tiles, glazed floor tiles, hallway tiles, kitchen floor tiles, kitchen tile designs, kitchen tile ideas, kitchen tiles, modular tiles, multi size tiles, multi sized tiles, porcelain tiles, tiles
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Buy No More Ply Boards
No More Ply now in stock If you want to avoid the problems of tiling onto plywood and plasterboard then No More Ply is the product to use. Perfect if you want to overboard wooden or concrete floors and not use … Continue reading
Posted in Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Tiles, Underfloor Heating, Wall Tiles
Tagged bathroom floor tiles, bathroom tiles, bathroom wall tiles, floor tiles, glazed floor tiles, kitchen floor tiles, no more ply, tile backer boards, tile insulation boards, underfloor heating, wall tiles
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Choosing Floor Tiles for your Kitchen
Kitchen Floor Tiles – What choices do you have? The choice of floor tile you make for your kitchen is more important than you realise. Do not underestimate the effect floor tiles can have on the overall look and feel to … Continue reading
How to clean grout between wall and floor tiles
Grout Cleaning Over time, you will find that the tile grout joints between your wall tiles and floor tiles may start to discolour and you want clean grout joints. Removing mould stains from wall tile grout Bathrooms tend to experience damp … Continue reading
Posted in Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Tile Cleaning, Tiles, Wall Tiles
Tagged bathroom floor tiles, bathroom tiles, bathroom wall tiles, cleaning grout, cleaning products, dirty grout, floor tiles, glazed floor tiles, grout joints, kitchen floor tiles, kitchen tiles, tile cleaning, wall tiles
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Do I need to use insulation with Underfloor Heating?
If you want to save on energy costs then the installation of insulation boards with electric underfloor heating systems is highly recommended. In all cases, warmup times are reduced which lead to lower running costs. Save on Underfloor Heating Energy Costs The insulation increases the efficiency … Continue reading
New Carpets and Vinyls Showroom
Creative Tiles and Laminates have emphasised the Creative in a big way with the opening of a new Carpet Shop, to complement their existing home refurbishment ranges with a wide variety of carpets and vinyls . A shop within a shop gives you … Continue reading
Posted in Carpets
Tagged bathroom flooring, bathroom vinyl, bedroom carpet, carpet, carpet shop, carpets, flooring, hallway carpet, lounge carpet, luxury carpet, vinyl, vinyl flooring
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Blue Floor Tiles – Back on Trend?
It seems that you are not alone if you are fed up with only finding cream and beige floor tiles offered by your local tile shop. We have noticed a peak in interest for our blue floor tiles, so can … Continue reading
Posted in Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Tiles
Tagged bathroom floor tiles, bathroom tiles, floor tiles, glazed floor tiles, kitchen floor tiles, tiles
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Top Kitchen Tiles for a Backsplash – Be Daring
Choosing Kitchen Tiles Kitchen tiles for a backsplash – choosing the right colour can be an absolute nightmare, do you play it safe or be daring? You’ve decided on the type of kitchen units you want to have plus the … Continue reading
3 New Cream Floor Tiles by Pamesa
Spanish Tile Manufacturer Pamesa have an extensive range of both wall and floor tiles from which to choose, in fact it is hard to decide which new floor tiles to add to the current Creative Tiles and Laminates range. However, after much … Continue reading
Wood Effect Floor Tiles – New Addition to Maderas Range
The popular Maderas range of wood effect floor tiles by Azulejos Borja have been supplemented with a new design called Maderas Tilo. These ceramic floor tiles measuring 16cm x 45cm have the resemblance of rich dark oak flooring. An excellent uptodate modern style which … Continue reading
Creative Tiles Online Shop Video Released
Take a look at the new video displaying the Creative Tiles and Laminates showroom along with examples of tiling and laminate fitting carried out by the in-house team of tilers and fitters. The We carry a large stock of wall … Continue reading
Posted in Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Laminate Flooring, Tiles, Underfloor Heating, Wall Tiles
Tagged bathroom tiles, creative tiles, creative tiles and laminates, floor tiles, kitchen tiles, laminate flooring, Quick-step, tile fitting, tile retailer, tile shop, tile stockist, tiler, underfloor heating, wall tiles
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Top 10 reasons to choose Wood Effect Tiles
Deciding on the right choice of flooring for your home can be a nightmare, so many things to consider and materials to think about. What is the purpose of the room? Which colour would suit it best? What is your … Continue reading
Posted in Floor Tiles, Kitchen Tiles, Tiles
Tagged ceramic kitchen tiles, ceramic tiles, choosing tiles, conservatory tiles, floor tiles, hallway tiles, kitchen tiles, porcelain tiles, utility tiles, wood effect ceramic tiles, wood effect floor tiles, wood effect tiles, wooden floor effect tiles
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Wall Tiles for your Kitchen – Liso Kitchen Tiles new range
A new range of Kitchen Tiles is now available from the Creative Tiles and Laminates online shop. The extensive Liso range of tiles for your kitchen wall includes 7 different colours and 3 different sizes in brick or square shape. Choose from: – … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen Tiles, Tiles, Wall Tiles
Tagged ceramic kitchen tiles, ceramic kitchen wall tiles, ceramic tiles, choosing tiles, kitchen tile designs, kitchen tile ideas, kitchen tiles, kitchen tiles ideas, kitchen wall tiles, kitchen wall tiles brick, kitchen wall tiles design ideas, kitchen wall tiles ideas, wall tiles
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Floor Tiles: Are porcelain tiles glazed?
The majority of porcelain tiles are glazed, unless they are polished porcelain in which case they are not glazed. How can I tell which other floor tiles are glazed? All ceramic tiles, regardless of whether they have a matt, satin … Continue reading
How to find matching tiles?
Matching tiles to existing wall tiles or floor tiles already fitted can be a nightmare. If I had a pound for every customer that walks into our shop wanting to find a tile to match up, I would be a … Continue reading