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Level 1 Diploma in Wall and Floor Tiling

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Tools and Equipment

Unit 129: Mix Tiling Materials



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Hand tools – for mixing small volumes of material

Bucket Bucket trowel

The bucket trowel is designed to fit into the corners of buckets and aid scooping out mixed material

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Hand tools – for mixing small volumes of grout

100mm scraper Grout bucket

Grout can be mixed by hand using a scraper and a small clean bucket.




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Hand tools for mixing material Square mouth shovel Builder’s trowel

These are used to manually mix sand and cement screeds. Material can be mixed on a board to avoid contamination.




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Power tools for mixing material

Mixing drill and paddle Cement mixer

The paddle mixer is used to prepare bucket quantities of levelling and adhesive. Screeds and renders are mixed in the cement mixer.




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