| Abrasion Resistance | A glazed floor tile's ability to withstand friction. Classifications range from 1 - 5 and are known ... | |
| Absorption | Porosity of a tile determines its frost resistance and its resistance to staining. The higher the wa... | |
| Acid Resisting | Floor or wall tiling that is resistant to acid attack and relates to bedding and jointing as well as... | |
| Additives | Styrene Butadiene or acrylic polymers incorporated at factory or added separately to adhesives on si... | |
| Adhesive | Ready mixed, usually pva or acrylic or cement based powders mixed on site with water and additives f... | |
| Angle Bead | An increasingly historic item, usually glazed and used as a finish to external angles. A coved versi... | |
| Anhydrite Screed | A form of pumped self levelling screed based on calcium sulfate which can produce screeds of high fi... | |
| Ashlar Slab | Term used in faience work to describe large glazed slabs that were similar in appearance to construc... | |
| Back buttering | When a substrate is not completely flat or a tile has deep indentations, additional adhesive is appl... | |
| Backer Board | Inert sheet material, often cement or polystyrene based, increasingly used to provide a stable and m... | |
| Backgrounds | General term used for all surfaces to which tiling is adhered.... | |
| Batten | Timber strip fixed to the wall to support the first whole course of tiling.... | |
| Bed | Depth of applied adhesive or mortar.... | |
| Biscuit | The base body of a glazed wall tile that is pressed and fired as a separate process before glazing a... | |
| Bolster | Heavy chisel for cutting out, used with lump hammer.... | |
| Bonding Agents | Manufactured products incorporating PVA (polyvinyl acetates), SBR (styrene butadiene rubber) or AR (... | |
| Breaking strength | Defined in BS EN ISO 10545-4 giving an indication of a tile's resistance to cracking or chipping.... | |
| Broken Bond | Description of the lineable joints in every other course usually half bonded.... | |
| Bush Hammering | Mechanical process to remove laitance from surface of concrete to expose aggregate to provide a stro... | |
| Buttering trowel | Small trowel used to apply adhesive or mortar in back buttering.... | |
