Red Seal Tilesetter case studies

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The Red Seal Tilesetter credential is a Canadian interprovincial certification for tradespeople who cover, protect, repair and decorate interior and exterior walls, floors, ceilings, fireplaces, swimming pools, saunas, showers and other surfaces. The trade works with ceramic, mosaics, glass, quarry tiles, engineered stone, natural stone such as slate, marble and granite, terrazzo and porcelain. The Red Seal Tilesetter case studies are 5 cases and about 2,832 words.

Asbestos Discovery in an Occupied Apartment Corridor Renovation

You are the lead tilesetter on a corridor and 12 suite-entry renovation in a 1974 six-storey apartment building that remains occupied. The scope is to strip carpet and 300 mm × 300 mm vinyl composition tile (VCT) from the concrete slab, then install 600 mm × 600 mm porcelain.

640 words, about 3 min 2

High In-Situ RH Readings on a Recreation Centre Slab Without a Vapour Retarder

You are assessing a 650 m² ground-floor slab for tile in the changerooms and corridor of a new recreation centre. The slab was placed nine months ago, and the vapour retarder under it was value-engineered out.

587 words, about 3 min 3

Balanced Layout in an Out-of-Square Lobby With Columns and a Saw-Cut Joint

You are setting out a 9.6 m × 7.2 m lobby with 600 mm × 1200 mm rectified porcelain, 2 mm joints, laid in a 1/3 running-bond pattern with the long side parallel to the main entry. The four walls are out of square: diagonal measurements differ by 42 mm.

554 words, about 3 min 4

Hollow Tile and Efflorescence in a Daily-Use Steam Shower

You are called to assess a steam shower in a condominium, 1.5 m × 2.4 m in plan with a 2.7 m ceiling. The walls are 12 mm cement backer board coated with a liquid-applied waterproofing membrane; the floor is a pre-sloped mortar bed with a clamping drain.

546 words, about 3 min 5

Cracked Tiles Along a Saw-Cut Joint in a Mall Concourse

You are the tile consultant on a 1,200 m² shopping-mall concourse with 600 mm × 600 mm porcelain, epoxy grout, installed eight months ago over an interior concrete slab. The slab has saw-cut control joints at 6 m centres, but the tile field has no expansion or movement joints; the tile was bonded directly over the saw cuts.

505 words, about 3 min