Collinson Tiles Southampton

Specialties

Wall and floor tiles plus accessories — style, quality and service at an affordable price.

Collinson Tiles, based in Southampton, offers a fantastic range of tiles for your walls and floors. Tiles can last a lifetime and we want you to have that ‘wow’ factor every time you look at them. That’s why we are dedicated to service and quality. A family run business since 1908 means we know tiles! Online or in our Southampton showrooms — our experienced team can help you — Just ask!

Our team at our showrooms in Southampton are dedicated to our mission. Today we source tiles from all over the world aiming to get great products while still ensuring that we have regard for the environment. Tiles are increasingly used as we see people with extra bathrooms, conservatories and utility rooms. They are, of course, much more hygienic than any other wall or floor covering and that can be important to our customers who want an «easy to maintain» and «bacteria free» environment for their friends and family.

The technology, particularly in porcelain finishes and digital laser prints, offers tiles that look and feel exactly like natural stone or marble or even wood! The great news is that these techniques mean you can have a floor that looks like natural stone but without having to regularly maintain it! Just an occasional quick vacuum and mop with water and it looks like new.

Call or email us. We will respond promptly — we love to talk tiles!

History

Established in 1908.

Collinson became a name associated with great service and quality for ceramic tiles. The small premises in Bristol were really popular because they had 3 levels and 3 flights of stairs that required tiles to be carried up and down for storage! Tiles were distributed within a small area around Bristol and South Wales and fixers collected adhesives and grouts for their work. Most people didn’t tile for themselves back then!

With the dawn of the DIY culture in the 1970’s, the company became specialist distributors and offered retail outlets through their showrooms in the South and South West. This was the time of the big «sheds» emerging and many super stores opening in DIY. Also many people were returning from holidays abroad to ask for Italian or Spanish styled tiles.

By the 1990’s we were sourcing our tiles mainly from Europe. These were beautiful glazes and colours combined with great quality.

We set our mission to offer «style, quality and service at an affordable price».