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Tiles and Porcelain Stoneware DIY: From Substrate to Grout

A course for people who have never laid tiles but want to do a bathroom, a kitchen backsplash or a hallway floor themselves without redoing it. You will learn to read packaging labels, choose adhesive, grout and waterproofing by class (EN 12004, EN 13888), estimate materials and budget, prepare the substrate, waterproof the wet zone, set out, cut and lay tiles on floors and walls, grout and inspect the result. Materials and prices are from the Ukrainian market in 2026. Hands-on skill is built on a practice board with a checklist or photo self-check. Electrics, large formats and level-access showers are covered only as an overview, with clear 'call a professional' thresholds. The course is in Ukrainian.

Your lesson is in your language: your assistant leads it.

  • Material: Ukrainian
  • Exam: Ukrainian — taken on the site, not translated
How it works

Your assistant takes the course material from our server and leads the lesson in your language.

The exam is taken on the site, without an assistant. Exam questions are not translated: this is decided for every course.

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Path through the course

· 23 units

the order is free · the steps below are the order the author suggests, not a conditionView: map · steps

  1. Stage 1

    ~3 h

  2. Stage 2

    ~4 h

  3. Stage 3

    ~3.3 h

  4. Stage 4

    ~2.8 h

  5. Stage 5

    ~3 h

  6. Stage 6

    ~5.8 h

  7. Stage 7

    ~3.8 h

  8. Stage 8

    ~1.8 h

    • 15 · by the author’s design, after “Working Around Obstacles”

      Grout and Silicone

      ~1.8 h

  9. Stage 9

    ~2.5 h

    by the author’s design, after “Grout and Silicone”

  10. Stage 10

    ~1.8 h

  11. Exam

    closed · enrol on the course

    • final · in the browser, without the assistant

      Exam

The path in words
  • Stage 1 · Do It Yourself or Call a Professional — ~1.3 h
  • Stage 1 · Waterproofing the Wet Zone — ~1.8 h
  • Stage 2 · Tiles and Porcelain Stoneware — by the author’s design, after “Do It Yourself or Call a Professional”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 2 · Setting Out and Marking — by the author’s design, after “Waterproofing the Wet Zone”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 2 · Level-Access Shower and Floor Drain — by the author’s design, after “Waterproofing the Wet Zone”; optional; ~1 h
  • Stage 3 · Adhesives, Primers, Grouts, Waterproofing — by the author’s design, after “Tiles and Porcelain Stoneware”; ~1.8 h
  • Stage 3 · Cutting — by the author’s design, after “Setting Out and Marking”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 4 · Tools and Safety — by the author’s design, after “Adhesives, Primers, Grouts, Waterproofing”; ~1.3 h
  • Stage 4 · Mixing and Applying Adhesive — by the author’s design, after “Cutting”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 5 · Calculating Materials and Budget — by the author’s design, after “Tools and Safety”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 5 · Laying Floor Tiles — by the author’s design, after “Mixing and Applying Adhesive”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 6 · Substrate: Inspection, Removal and Priming — by the author’s design, after “Calculating Materials and Budget”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 6 · Tiling Walls — by the author’s design, after “Laying Floor Tiles”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 6 · Large Format 60×120 — by the author’s design, after “Laying Floor Tiles”; optional; ~1 h
  • Stage 6 · Underfloor Heating Under Tiles — by the author’s design, after “Laying Floor Tiles”; optional; ~0.8 h
  • Stage 6 · Balcony, Porch, Steps — by the author’s design, after “Laying Floor Tiles”; optional; ~1 h
  • Stage 7 · Levelling: Self-Levelling Compound and Plaster — by the author’s design, after “Substrate: Inspection, Removal and Priming”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 7 · Working Around Obstacles — by the author’s design, after “Tiling Walls”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 7 · Mosaics and Narrow Formats — by the author’s design, after “Tiling Walls”; optional; ~0.8 h
  • Stage 8 · Grout and Silicone — by the author’s design, after “Working Around Obstacles”; ~1.8 h
  • Stage 9 · Inspection, Defects, Care — by the author’s design, after “Grout and Silicone”; ~1.5 h
  • Stage 9 · Epoxy Grout — by the author’s design, after “Grout and Silicone”; optional; ~1 h
  • Stage 10 · Final Project: Olha's Bathroom — by the author’s design, after “Inspection, Defects, Care”; ~1.8 h

Programme · 23 units

1Do It Yourself or Call a Professional

Assess which tiling jobs a beginner can do on their own with this course and which they cannot

~1.3 h
2Tiles and Porcelain Stoneware

Explain the difference between ceramic wall tiles, floor tiles and porcelain stoneware in terms of water absorption (EN 14411 groups)

~1.5 h
3Adhesives, Primers, Grouts, Waterproofing

Decode a tile adhesive class under ДСТУ EN 12004-1: C/D/R, 1/2, F, T, E, S1/S2

~1.8 h
4Tools and Safety

Put together a minimal tool kit for your project and explain what each item is for

~1.3 h
5Calculating Materials and Budget

Measure a bathroom and calculate the floor and wall area, allowing for doors, niches and boxed-in pipes

~1.5 h
6Substrate: Inspection, Removal and Priming

Name the four data sheet requirements for a tile substrate — sound, flat, dry, clean — and explain what happens if each one is violated

~1.5 h
7Levelling: Self-Levelling Compound and Plaster

Decide from a straightedge measurement whether levelling is needed and whether you can do it yourself

~1.5 h
8Waterproofing the Wet Zone

Explain why tiles and grout do not protect the floor slab from water and why waterproofing is needed

~1.8 h

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