Terms & Conditions
Please read the following carefully. Your use of the Garage Tile Shop web site and purchase of products (or services) from us means that you agree to these terms and conditions.
Shopping with the Garage Tile Shop
- You can order products in the following ways:
- Online via this website
- By telephoning 0333 335 0080, between 8.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday (GMT)
- When you place an Order for a Product in any of the ways described above (“Order”) you are offering to buy it for the price stated, subject to these Terms.
- When you place your Order online, we will send you an email to confirm that we have received it. This email confirmation will be produced automatically, so that you have confirmation of your Order details. The fact that you receive an automatic confirmation does not necessarily mean that we will be able to meet your Order. Once we have sent the confirmation email, we will then check availability and contact you with a further email. If the Product is available and the details of the Order are correct, this email will be deemed an acceptance and will specify delivery details and confirm the price of the Products purchased. If the Product is not available we will also let you know by email.
- By placing an order, you agree the delivery address is a commercial/industrial address. Any orders with a residential delivery address may be subject to cancellation if an industrial address is not provided prior to placing your order or a surcharge is not agreed upon.
- The Garage Tile Shop may cancel any sale and not supply products if it is reasonable to do so and may change or discontinue the availability of products at any time at its sole discretion. If an order is cancelled, any payment made for the products will be refunded in full. This does not affect your statutory rights.
- All new Orders are deemed separate and each is treated individually.
Application Of Adhesive To Glue The Interlocking Tiles
Generally, the interlocking tiles can be loose laid. However, there are some circumstances that may require gluing them down due to uneven expansion and contraction and movement of the tiles.
- Exposure of interlocking tiles to direct sunlight – Please be advised that it is advisable to apply adhesive to areas where the interlocking tiles are exposed to direct sunlight, as the tiles will expand at a greater rate than those that are not subject to direct sunlight. This may cause the lift in the tiles on area of direct sunlight.
- Heavy vehicles/trucks and machinery/Tight Turning Circles – It is advisable for you to lay a few tiles in a small area to test whether or not certain vehicles and trucks will cause a problems, especially when turning in tight circles/areas. In particular it is important to carry out a test where heavy vehicles/trucks have small wheels or electric trucks where the location of the battery is over the main drive wheel. The test will allow you to determine the thickness of tile required in your given environment.
- Catalytic Converters/ External Heat Sources – Please be advised that if your business uses furnaces, catalytic converters and ovens, they will cause heat which will make the floor very hot. In turn this will cause the tiles to expand. In order to avoid this expansion, it is advisable that adhesive is applied to glue the tiles on to the subfloor. Please contact us to discuss your particular environment for further details.
Discoloration & Staining Of Interlocking Tiles
- The environment you will be installing the interlocking tiles is very important, as you need to consider possible staining and discolours that may be caused by machinery, direct sunlight and harsh chemicals.
- Staining – Certain rubber tyres and wheels can cause staining. This is caused by a chemical reaction which occurs between the anti-oxidant used in some rubber types and the plasticiser used in vinyl. Therefore, you may make particular colour choices to assist is making these stains noticeable, such as purchasing dark grey and/or black colour interlocking tiles. If you are concerned about staining caused from tyres, wheels, hair dyes and other harsh chemicals you may consider purchasing our anti-colour/anti stain two part sealer. Kindly contact us for further information.
- UV Stability – The interlocking tiles are not suitable for outdoor use and the colours are not UV stable.
- Colour differences due to batch differences – We are not able to guarantee the same colour on subsequent orders, as they may come from different production batches. Therefore, kindly note shade variation on subsequent orders.
Price
- The price for each product is shown on the Garage Tile Shop and automatically includes V.A.T at 20% as stated.
- We always try to make sure that the prices on the Garage Tile Shop are accurate but errors may occur. If we discover an error in pricing of the products in your order, we will inform you as soon as possible using the contact details you supply us with. We will then give you the option of reconfirming your order at the correct price or cancelling it. (If we are unable to reach you, we will treat the order as cancelled). If an order is cancelled, any payment made for the products will be refunded in full.
- You will be notified of the delivery costs automatically before you submit your credit card details, based on the delivery address you specify.
- Prices are quoted on the Garage Tile Shop in GBP – outside United Kingdom your credit card company should exchange the amount charged to the currency of your country at the current rate but you may use the Garage Tile Shop currency converter to estimate the price in your currency. Please note that the ‘currency converter’ is only a guide and may not accurately reflect current exchange rates. Please note that both charges and refunds are in GBP and the Garage Tile Shop cannot be held responsible for any loss due to exchange rate fluctuations.
- Customers are responsible for Import Duty/Tax in their respective countries. Unfortunately we cannot advise you what these costs will be – please consult your local customs office for more information.
Payment
- You must pay for your Order before it is delivered. You can do so by credit card, debit card, cheque, cash or bank transfer.
Credit Card
- Orders may be processed online, or by telephone, using a credit card (VISA and MasterCard) or debit card. We aim to debit money from your account within one working day after receiving your order.
- To ensure that shopping online is secure, your credit/debit card details will be encrypted to minimise the possibility of someone being able to read them, as they are sent over the Internet.
- Your credit card company may also do security checks to confirm it is you making the order.
- All order details and invoices will be sent to the credit card billing address and not the delivery address where the named recipient of the order differs.
Paypal or Bank Transfer
- The Garage Tile Shop accepts payment by Paypal or bank transfer from both United Kingdom and overseas customers.
- To pay by bank transfer, please contact us for payment instructions.
Availability
- We try to keep the Garage Tile Shop as up to date as possible but cannot guarantee that any particular product will always be available. If we cannot supply a product, you will not be charged for it and we will refund or re-credit your account with the amount debited by us.
- All offers are available while stocks last. If we are unable to supply a product you have ordered, we will notify you as soon as we can after receiving your order. If this happens, you may cancel your order and we will refund you the money you have paid for it.
An order may not be accepted for one of the following reasons:
- The product you ordered is out of stock.
- We are unable to obtain authorisation for your payment.
- There is an error in the technical side of the website, pricing (for product and shipping), promotion, or product description.
We reserve the right to limit the quantity of a particular item that a customer can purchase if deemed necessary. Additionally, we may suspend your account and any related accounts and contact you if we detect an unusual pattern of returns or other suspicious activity associated with your account or related accounts. If this occurs, you will receive an email notification.
If payment has been taken, a refund will be issued. Please note that it may take up to 5 days for the bank to process the refund.
We may offer you the option to proceed with your purchase at the corrected price.
Flooring Products Installation
- All flooring products are to be installed in areas of temperatures above a minimum 15 degrees centigrade (Installation instructions are available on request).
Bespoke Goods
- Orders for bespoke goods cannot be cancelled or changed in any way once work has commenced on producing them. Bespoke goods are non-returnable.
- The Supplier will not take responsibility for Purchaser generated mistakes, (errors or defects including spelling, typographical or grammar errors; order quantity, or other ordering errors).
- Please be advised that all interlocking tiles except for 7mm textured in Light Grey, Dark Grey and Black will be deemed as bespoke as they are made to order products.
- Faulty goods will be remedied by rectification only. The Supplier will not offer a refund or a replacement for Bespoke Goods. Any problems with any part of a bespoke order must be reported to us within one Business Day of receipt of the order.
Delivery
- The Garage Tile Shop delivers to all international destinations on request. Please contact us for a shipping quotation.
- You will be notified of the delivery costs automatically before you submit your credit card details, alternatively for NON UK customers, please contact us for an up to date shipping rate and delivery time.
- If your order is made online but you do not pay by credit card, or if you order in any other way, please contact us for details of the delivery charges prior to ordering.
- The Garage Tile Shop aims to deliver products within the given lead time on the product page.
- International orders are despatched either by international airmail or international courier service. If sending by courier, the courier may require a signature, therefore please specify an address where someone will be able to sign for your Products.
- We will make every effort to deliver within the time stated on the Garage Tile Shop but we will not be liable for any loss caused to you by late delivery.
- If the products are not delivered within the estimated delivery time which we quote, please contact us by telephone or email and we will try and ensure that you receive your order as quickly as possible, or if you wish, you may cancel your order and we will refund the money you have paid providing the order has not passed the processing stage of the order process. Please note that while items sent by international airmail usually arrive within 2-14 working days, some parcels may take longer to be delivered.
- Please order from the Garage Tile Shop with enough lead-time to prevent any loss or disappointment resulting from the delivery time, as we cannot be responsible for this.
- At the point of delivery, you must check your order before signing acceptance of the order. In the event of the goods arriving damaged or quantity short, you must call us immediately before signing for the order. Under no circumstances can we accept a claim for damages or short deliveries if it is not noted when signing for the delivery.
- If no one is available to accept your delivery at the address you’ve provided, we’ll charge you for re-delivery when you reschedule.
- We strongly advise against booking installers until your order has arrived. Regrettably, we cannot be held responsible for any consequential losses because of problems with delivery or the interlocking tiles not being acclimatised properly.
- This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer. For business to business transactions, the statutory rights are expressly excluded.
Copyright and Intellectual Property
- The Garage Tile Shop does not give you any right or interest in any copyright or intellectual property rights in any product nor the right to copy them.
- The copyright in the Garage Tile Shop and the content of all the software, web site and pages relating to the Garage Tile Shop web site is owned by, or licensed to the operating company of the Garage Tile Shop, unless otherwise specified and may not be used, copied or altered without our expressed consent.
- Copyright extends to the design, look and feel of the Garage Tile Shop, all photographs on it and its marketing materials.
- The Garage Tile Shop does not make any warranty or representation in respect of any other trademark and the trademarks of the brands featured on the Garage Tile Shop.
Privacy and Data Policy
- The Garage Tile Shop makes a commitment to protecting your privacy and promises only to use information collected about you in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
- When you place an Order, we may ask you for certain information and you may submit personal data to the Garage Tile Shop (for example your name, phone number, postal address, email address, contact and bank / credit card details). We may also record which products you are interested in and which products you purchase as well as customer traffic patterns and site use. This information will be kept securely in accordance with our internal security policy and may be used to:
- process your order.
- provide you with an up to date, efficient, and reliable service.
- help fraud prevention i.e. we check card details with our credit agency and reserve the right to refuse orders on that basis (your credit rating can be checked for a nominal fee with chosen credit agencies.
- open and run your account.
- provide a more personal shopping experience.
- By making an order and submitting your data you agree to this use.
- We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent.
- We do not store customer credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties.
Marketing Communications
- If you have ordered products from the Garage Tile Shop web site before, it is possible that we have this information already and it is being used to contact you about offers, events, items or related activities that you may find useful.
- If you are an existing customer we will continue to keep you informed unless you tell us not to.
- If you are a new customer we will give you the choice (for example once you have placed an order) whether or not you want us to contact you about future offers, events and new products or related activities that you may find useful. We will not bombard you with emails, but we would like to keep you informed of the developments and offers on the Garage Tile Shop.
- We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to other companies.
- The Garage Tile Shop will not pass your information on to third parties unless you give us your consent, or unless we have it already.
Cookies
- In Order to improve our service and caragetileshop.co.uk we may use a device known as a ‘cookie’. Cookies are a means by which information relating to your Internet activity (such as whether you have visited the Garage Tile Shop before) is recorded on your hard drive and used by us to improve the Garage Tile Shop and the products and services available to you.
- If you do not wish for us to use cookies when you use the Garage Tile Shop, please adjust your Internet browser settings to not accept cookies. Your computer’s help file should tell you how to do this.
Your Privacy
- If you have any questions or comments about privacy or the Garage Tile Shop privacy policy, or if you already have submitted information that you do not wish us to have, or if you think that the Garage Tile Shop has cookies or data about you that you do not want us to use, or that is incorrect please contact us at sales@thegaragetileshop.co.uk and the information will be corrected as soon as possible or removed from our database as you request.
Refunds
- We believe that you will be delighted with your product, but there may be occasions where you feel it necessary to return an item. We aim to keep the process as simple as possible. These terms do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer. For business to business transactions, the statutory rights are expressly excluded.
- We will try to attend to all returns as soon as practically possible.
Unwanted Products
Our policy is to ensure your satisfaction every time you place an order with the Garage Tile Shop. If you are unhappy with an item upon receipt or if you change your mind, you may return it within 14 days, in unused condition, with all packaging and components, along with the despatch note, to receive a refund.
Refunds will be issued to the original credit/charge card used for the purchase within 30 days of our inspection of the returned item. We will verify that the product has been returned to us in its original condition as delivered to you. In the event the product has been returned back to us damaged, we will make the necessary deductions and credit any balance owed to the customer. This will be dealt on a case by case basis.
All returns are subject to a restocking fee of 20% of the product’s value for business-to-business transactions. For consumers (non-business transactions) the restocking fee is applicable after the 14 days cooling off period has expired.
Please note that you are responsible for the original and return postage costs for the returned products. The carriage charge will not be refunded.
For orders cancelled before delivery, the customer will be required to indemnify us for the cost of the cancelled order and any associated delivery charges. In the case of credit card payments, a cancellation charge of a minimum of 2% of the total order value will be deducted from the refund to cover credit card processing fees. Additional charges to recover losses will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Faulty Products
We take care to select and package our products to ensure they arrive in good condition. However, if a product arrives damaged, with defects, or is not what you ordered, we will replace it free of charge or provide a full refund if you return the product to us within 14 days of receipt.
You will be responsible for the return postage costs of the products.
For assistance with items beyond 30 days after the initial purchase, please contact us at sales@garagetileshop.co.uk for further information.
This policy does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer. For business-to-business transactions, statutory rights are expressly excluded.
Returning Unwanted or Faulty Products
To initiate a return, please contact us via email at sales@garagetileshop.co.uk to inform us of your intention to return the products.
We may provide you with a returns code to include with the package to facilitate the return process.
We will guide you on how to send the item back to us. In some cases, items may need to be collected by a courier service. Otherwise, please use a secure delivery method that requires a signature upon receipt and return the products to the address provided when you contacted us. You will be responsible for the returned products until they reach us.
Unwanted Goods – Custom-made and High Value Products
Due to the bespoke nature of custom-made products, our standard 14-day return policy does not apply to unwanted goods.
This policy does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer. For business-to-business transactions, statutory rights are expressly excluded.
Garage Tile Shop Responsibilities
- The Garage Tile Shop has tried to make the descriptions (including all pictures) of the products as accurate as possible but you should check the dimensions stated on the Garage Tile Shop or contact us for exact sizes. Please be advised that some pictures may be for illustration purposes only and these will be clearly marked on the product page.
- The Garage Tile Shop encourages you to check the delivered products as soon as possible on receipt, as we will not cover any subsequent loss or destruction.
- The Garage Tile Shop will provide its services with reasonable skill and care but does not give any guarantees, warranties or representations in respect of any other persons/companies services.
- Due to the nature of the Internet, the Garage Tile Shop provides and maintains the Garage Tile Shop on an “as is”, “as available” basis and makes no promise that the use of the Garage Tile Shop will be uninterrupted or entirely error free. We are not responsible to you if we are unable to provide our Internet services for any reason beyond our control.
- Our website contains links to other websites which are not under the control of and are not maintained by us. These links are provided for your convenience only and we are not responsible for the content of those sites.
- You will be responsible for any breach of these terms by you and if you use the Garage Tile Shop in breach of these terms you will be liable to and will reimburse the Garage Tile Shop for any loss or damage caused as a result.
- These terms above shall not limit any rights you might have as a business or consumer that may not be excluded under the applicable law nor shall they exclude or limit the Garage Tile Shop’s liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence nor any fraudulent representation.
- The Garage Tile Shop will not be liable in any amount for failure to perform any obligation under this agreement if such failure is caused by the occurrence of any unforeseen event beyond its reasonable control including without limitation Internet outages, communications outages, fire, flood, war or act of nature.
- Please read the instructions, manuals and other user documentation that comes with your products carefully. The Garage Tile Shop is not involved in the manufacture of products and will not advise on their use or operation or the manufacturer’s guidelines. You are urged to use all products safely and in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidelines.
- These terms do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer, which are available to you. For business to business transactions, the statutory rights are expressly excluded.
- Subject as aforesaid, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Garage Tile Shop excludes liability for any loss or damage of any kind howsoever arising, including without limitation any direct, indirect or consequential loss whether or not such arises out of any problem you notify to the Garage Tile Shop and the Garage Tile Shop shall have no liability to pay any money by way of compensation, including without limitation all liability in relation to:
- any incorrect or inaccurate information on the Garage Tile Shop;
- any interruptions to or delays in updating the Garage Tile Shop;
- the infringement by any person of any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party caused by their use of the Garage Tile Shop or any product purchased through the Garage Tile Shop;
- any loss or damage resulting from your use or the inability to use the Garage Tile Shop web site or resulting from unauthorised access to, or alteration of your transmissions or data in circumstances which are beyond our control;
- any loss of profit, wasted expenditure, corruption or destruction of data or any other loss which does not directly result from something we have done wrong;
- any amount or kind of loss or damage due to viruses or other malicious software that may infect a user’s computer equipment, software, data or other property caused by persons accessing, using or downloading the Garage Tile Shop, or from transmissions via emails or attachments received from the Garage Tile Shop or its licensees and affiliates;
- the availability, quality, content or nature of the other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties (“External Sites”) to which the Garage Tile Shop link and web sites located on or through any External Site nor for any transactions involving External Sites (including as to ‘cookies’, personal data, confidential information, or purchases of domain names or other services). You should contact the site administrator or webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links, web site or transactions;
- all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms which but for this notice would have effect.
- The Garage Tile Shop may refuse you access to the web site at any time if we consider it necessary.
- The Garage Tile Shop may also terminate this agreement and immediately remove, cancel or suspend access to and use of the Garage Tile Shop upon breach of any part of these Terms whatsoever.
- Termination shall be without prejudice to the Garage Tile Shop’s other rights.
- The Garage Tile Shop acts as principal on its own account and not as an agent for you or any other person.
- If the Garage Tile Shop does not enforce any provision of this agreement, such will not be considered a continuing waiver.
- In the event that any part of these terms is held to be unenforceable, such part will at the Garage Tile Shop’s option be construed as far as possible to reflect the parties’ intentions and the remainder of the provisions will remain in full force and effect.
- These terms constitute the full agreement between you and the Garage Tile Shop and may only be amended in writing. They apply to the exclusion of all other terms or conditions of contract proposed.
- Since we are aiming the Garage Tile Shop at a global market, we cannot guarantee that it accords with local laws of any other countries (though we will try to make sure it does).
- Under the UK Criminal Justice Act 1988, it is an offence to sell knives and certain bladed or pointed articles to persons under 16 years of age.
- Use of the Garage Tile Shop and these terms are subject to the laws of England and the jurisdiction of the English Courts.
Reaching Us
If you would like help when ordering, information about a product, a request for product or if you would just like to provide us with feedback on our service, please email us at sales@thegaragetileshop.co.uk