Tiling

In the Netherlands, it is the custom that, when during the construction of a house the highest point has been reached and the roof is ready for tiling, the client treats the construction workers to so-called "tile beer" to celebrate this. A flag is then placed on the ridge of the house. If the client is too stingy to treat, not a flag, but a broom is placed.

The tiling was cold under her bare feet.

The tiling was cold under his bare feet.

Do you know how to do tiling?

The checkerboard tiling and shopworn 1950s decor in Dr. David Mushabac's dental office seem a bit old fashioned, but all the necessities are there: sky-blue swivel chair with headrest, porcelain basin, cotton swabs, and row upon row of sterile metal instruments.

On the slope of the roof two men were repairing the tiling.

The exterior hardly merits description, though the domes or cupolas with their brilliant green, yellow, and white tiling are not without a certain bizarre beauty.

All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it.

We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom.