AZTEC TILING SERVICES
Our Services
The service covers all aspects of tile fixing and can include tile removal and surface preparation if required. Tiling provides a durable, hygienic, and easy to clean surface that is ideal for walls and floors in a variety of locations. And no matter where you want to tile, with the right knowledge and correct products it can be done!
Tanking Systems
Wetrooms and wet shower areas are becoming more and more popular.
Wetroom waterproofing, or "tanking", fully seals the wetroom area prior to tiling.
This contains any water that seeps between tiles, allowing it to drain down
towards the wetroom floor drain. Wetrooms are normally thought of as shower areas,
but many bathrooms, kitchens or toilet areas can also be treated in the same way.
Installation of a wetroom drain at the lowest point, together with wetroom tanking, provides
a continuous seal from walls and floor to the drain. This being a very attractive proposition for any wet area.
Underfloor Heating
Underfloor heating uses a radiant heat design to gently heat the room from the bottom up.
Using undertile heating has two main advantages:
- Traditional systems heat from the top down and have a tendency to over-heat your head,
leading to stuffiness. The heat is concentrated into relatively small areas (e.g. a radiator)
and the heaters heat the air next to them. The air then rises up the wall, along the ceiling
into the centre of the room. When it reaches the centre of the room, it cools slightly,
and then descends towards the floor. To get warmer feet, you may need to overheat the head;
as the feet naturally act as our 'thermostat'. Warm feet generally means that we feel comfortable.
The result is a warm head and cool feet. This is known as Vertical Heat Stratification.
Underfloor heating heats the whole floor area resulting in the opposite
vertical heat stratification - warm feet and a cool head.
The vertical heat stratification generated by underfloor heating suits our body's natural requirements.
We tend to emit a high proportion of our body's heat through our head, so it is warm anyway.
On the other hand, our feet are at the extremities of our body, so need a bit more heat.
- Undertile heating spreads the heat over the entire floor area resulting in about half
the heat being emitted as low temperature radiant heat.
This gentle source of warmth reduces the heat loss from our bodies without overheating the surrounding air.
Radiant heat is considered the most comfortable form of heat.
It gently and evenly warms us in the same way as the sun; it mimics the type of warmth we associate with a perfect summer's day. Warm, but not stuffy.
