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Herrmann Tiles is a family business that started in 1968 by German immigrants , Willi , and Ilse Herrmann .
The business today is still very much an Australian owned and operated family concern .
Herrmann Tiles is a retail outlet in Western Sydney ( an easy drive from Penrith , Windsor , Richmond and The Blue Mountains ) trading in wall and floor tiles , plus associated products such as tile adhesives , sealers , cleaners , tools , and bathroom accessories .
The business supplies to the public , builders and tilers . Its main function is to provide a quality range of floor and wall tiles to the consumer as well as offering the type of service that only decades of experience can provide .
The Herrmann family migrated to Australia in March 1964 . Willi and Ilse worked as subcontractors tiling for a building firm . During the five years they were subcontracting , Ilse became became the first licensed female tiler in NSW .
They fixed tiles and also found that
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actually supplying them as well was easier for themselves and the customers . From this W & I Herrmann Wall and Floor Tilers was formed .
In the early 1970s the business branched out further into retail with Willi and Ilse giving the fixing side of the business away completely . However , customers still needed tiles layed , and so they began recommending tilers to customers they had supplied tiles to , the tilers in turn would purchase their laying materials and accessories from W & I
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Herrmann . This mutually beneficial system still operates today .
In 1982 the business became Herrmann Tiles and soon after daughter Barbel became involved in the day to day operations . In 1994 son Peter joined to make this a real family affair .
Today Herrmann Tiles is still run by Peter and Barbel in the same ( albeit much , much larger ) location it started in all those years ago - and whilst Ilse is semi-retired , she is never too far away , keeping an eye on the family legacy .
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