How can a Victorian or geometric tiled floor create a stunning impression to visitors of your home?

Simply put a victorian or geometric tiled floor is completely bespoke to the property its set within. It will add value to the property!

Installation is intricate, detailed and time consuming, hence why usually there is a premium price tag to have work carried out. Planning and preparation is as important as the installation itself. The image above highlights a "Warwick" Pattern installed by Mickey Horner of www.hornerstiling.com

Mickey being one of our Directors provided advice to the homeowner in Harrogate North Yorkshire. The property, a four bed victorian town house, was very dated when it was bought apparently! The homeowner loved the size and heights of the rooms and how much space you get in period properties.

If we consider the blog title. first impressions count! These can begin at the property gate, with a path, then a porch or step, before entering into the grandeur of the house itself, the tiles offering impressive appeal.

Victorians wanted to wow their guests, the more intricate the pattern the more wealth could be attributed to the household.

Typically victorian patterns are traditional in design, yet with modern colours they can offer a contemporary element too. If you are a consumer reading this, your research is all important, which pattern? What colour pallete? The combinations can be as unique as you and your home. That is why ensuring you have a tiler that has the skill, experience and expertise to deliver your vision is a crucial component of your project.

Inspiration can be found online, or from magazines focussing on Victorian Homes, or maybe by seeing others properties locally.

Equally, its likely that the tiler engaged will offer advice, possibly a CAD ( Computer Aided Design) from your local retailer for example Hyperion Tiles, all to ensure the end result is magnificent!

In the image above it was immensely important for the customer, for the hall and kitchen flooring to impress visitors, be bespoke and to deliver the Victorian look! Pattern being classic, yet colours with modern impact!

For tilers looking to benefit from the 2 day Victorian Installation course, there is a section of time allocated to marketing or support, both for you and for your customer. Social media now offers a 24/7 shop window of your work, helping the consumer find you. Often listening to a consumer, offering visual examples, being approachable and trustworthy you will be able to offer a point of difference to other tiling contractors wont have.

There are other advantages too. Not only does your work add value to your customers property, but it allows a legacy of your work, and of course is less taxing on the body!

Again, Mickey one of the 3 Directors of Victorian Tile Academy Ltd had worked for a high-end restaurant and bar fit out company for a number of years, carrying out wall and floor tiling to toilets and bar fronts etc. They were then awarded some work in Sweden and were sent some examples that showed a patterned Victorian floor to be done in the bar area of a restaurant. Have a look at the image below of Mickey some 20 years ago!

Each floor laid is different, variation usually means that every project carried out is unique, adding to the enjoyment of the install. The flexibility of being able to help choose colours and different borders to suit a client’s interior design and budget is also very beneficial.

The main difference between general floor tiling and Victorian or geometric tiling is the increased amount of time spent on both the setting out phase as well as the installation phase.

If you are a consumer visiting us for the first time, please do take time to look at our gallery of completed work and if you are a tiling contractor wanting to learn more about our 2 day Victorian Tile installation course click here, The course includes practical elements such as the most common obstacles, navigating border the around door-ways, staircases, as well as setting the pattern as symmetrical as the space will allow.