On Site Project Support

When you’re designed a project, what you want most is the reassurance that the tile products you’ve specified won’t fail.  At BAL not only can you trust our quality products, we back this up with comprehensive support on the phone, online and on the road.

BAL is the only UK tile adhesive manufacturer to have specialist technicians covering the whole of the UK. BAL’s Technical Support Managers are always ready to visit your project and give practical, experienced-based consultations.

If you’ve experienced a problem on your tiling installation, you can trust our team to offer dependable solutions and remedies.  What’s more, we’ll even send samples away for independent laboratory analysis to find the cause of the problem.

Our team can also provide on-site training in the use of our specified product for contractors and subcontractors working on your project. So if you require our assistance, start by calling our Technical Advisory Service.

Our Team Helping You

Lewis Lupton - National Training Manager

Lewis joined BAL in 2012 after an extensive career as a tiler, first joining the industry in 1996 at a family-run plastering business with specialism in wall and floor tiling. Lewis is a qualified assessor and also holds a Certificate of Education allowing him to teach adults in tiling techniques.
TEL - 07970450192

Dave Rowley - North

Dave has over 27 years’ experience in tiling, having joined the industry upon leaving school and gaining a City & Guilds Advanced Craft qualification in wall and floor tiling through an apprenticeship. He is also Lead Judge for the wall and floor tiling section of SkillBuild, the national construction competition for apprentices run by the CITB.

Lino Ciriaco - South West

Lino has been with the company for more than 15 years and has more than 30 years’ experience in the tiling industry having begun his career in the tiles department of Gardiners Home Improvement Centre. He rose to Merchandising Manager at Tileflair before moving to BAL as a PST in 2000.
TEL - 07970450214

James Hailstones - Scotland

James has more than 25 years’ experience in the industry having first worked as an Apprentice Tile Fixer for his father. James ran his own wall and floor tiling business for more than 14 years before joining BAL as a Product Support Technician in August 2008.
TEL - 07970450200

Vince Ruffini - South East

Vince began his tiling career at the age of 17 when he joined his father’s bathroom renovation business. After gaining his City & Guilds qualification in Wall & Floor Tiling at the Skills Centre he moved on to teach the Level 2 course himself. As a former TTA Committee Member Vince was instrumental in creating an Experienced Worker Route (EWR) course to allow experienced fixers to gain qualifications through a fast-track program, before joining our sister company ARDEX in 2016.
TEL: 07736 638536

David Hilton - Central

David joined BAL in 2021 after a long career on the tools as a tile fixer.

TEL: 07970450205