reprise de carrelage

19:14 Nov 8, 2019 

Thanks for that comment but you take what you feel safest with and replacement/repairs together is a very safe bet.
Save "renovation/restoration" for when you do a text on Versailles at 50 Euros per word :)

18:00 Nov 8, 2019 

SafeTex, I also like your idea of "tile renovation". I forgot to add that in when I closed the question, so I'm adding it here. Thanks.

11:56 Oct 31, 2019 

In essence, you can't "repair" tiles — if they are borken, you have to replace them. Hence why 'carrelage' is used... 'repairing tiling' would be OK — but the official technical term is 'making good'!

08:12 Oct 31, 2019 

What about "repair and/or replacement of tiles" (as necessary)?

00:06 Oct 31, 2019 

Looks like "Repair" might fit the bill!

23:24 Oct 30, 2019 

Thanks!

23:08 Oct 30, 2019 

Further on Tony's explanation,

Reprise: Réfection (d'une partie) d'un édifice
https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/reprise
Réfection: Action de restaurer, de réparer.
https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/réfection

Make good: used in construction to refer to the process of repairing or bringing something up to a finished standard, or restoring it to its previous condition.
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Making_good

22:40 Oct 30, 2019 

Nowadays, people often tend to use these terms interchangeably, in my view, inaccurately.
'Renovate' conveys the notion of 'renewal', as Ben has said — so I might 'renovate' an old barn into a well-appointed modern home.
'Restore', however, conveys the notion of 'restoring to its previous state' — like restoring a piece of antique furniture, or an old master painting; or restoring a Georgian mansion to its former glory.

Which is really why neither term is ideal in the present context of 'making good', which is the exact sense of 'reprise' (from 'reprendre') — and cf. the related use of 'reprisage' = 'darning'
We might say 'restoring', but only in the sense of 'putting it back as it was'; in many contemporary building situations, this is not exactly what is being done, inasmuch as there is no real 'historical' notion behind it.

19:42 Oct 30, 2019 

Hi Tex, I think renovation is equivalent to renewal, ie replacement, whereas restoration is restoring to its original state - "making good" as Tony puts it. Either way I'm glad I'm not a tiler as it is very difficult to make tiling look good without many years of experience, and very easy to make it look bad!

19:23 Oct 30, 2019 

Hello Ben and all

I did suggest "tile renovation" which is pretty similar. Why do you prefer "restoration" as I always find it hard to work out which one to use.

Regards

19:08 Oct 30, 2019 

How about "Restoration of tiling"? That covers both renewal and replacement of defects.

18:10 Oct 30, 2019 

I removed my answer. I do think "reprise de carrelage" usually means retiling in French. Used mostly for a scope of work involving existing tiles to be replaced. In this context, it could mean "making good", but the intention isn't 100% clear to me. I would be good to find a term in English as ambiguous as the French term.