The one-week CFI Residential Ceramic course is a comprehensive overview of basic residential ceramic installation beginning with how to approach a customer’s door and ending with how to leave the jobsite.
Day 1
- Power Point – Safety, Jobsite condition, storage and handling
- Osha & EPA regulations
- ASTM Standards
- Importance of manufactures guidelines
- Substrate & Subfloor Subfloor preparation procedures
- Moisture Testing procedures
Day 2
- Demo
- Backerboard installation, roofing felt, staggering joints, thin-set under panels, galvanized nails fastening
- Trammel Points – locating center of room, squaring a room, establish a 45° / 90°
- Strike primary and secondary lines
- Cover balancing of tile
- Dry layout & cutting of tile
Day 3
- Wetting of substrate
- Key in of thin set
- Directional troweling
- Proper placement of tile
- Proper coverage min 80%
- No thin at movement areas
- Setting floor tile
Day 4
- Walls – Layout, Movement joints, Coverage, Clean cuts
- Grouting – mixing of grouts, proper water, placement of grout at angle to joint, clean out grout joint, proper firmness of grout
Day 5
- Written Test
- Walls: Layout, Movement joints, Coverage, Clean cuts
- Grouting – mixing of grouts, proper water, placement of grout at angle to joint, clean out grout joint, proper firmness of grout
- Cleaning of grout off tiles
- Caulking
- Cleaning of tools
Non-refundable two weeks prior to event, unless cancelled or postponed by CFI.
