More boring pictures of what I’ve been up to lately.

[Kieks]

It’s all in the prep, get that right, the rest will be easier.

I’ve wanted to do it for a while now, missis keeps nagging me....

Ffs you tile 7 days a week for everyone else, but you can’t tile any of your own bathrooms 😀

The only thing that’s putting me off, is the equipment needed to buy. Although no one is laying these tiles in guernsey.

The only job I’ve heard of over here, a team of lads came over from England.

Maybe I’ll bite the bullet and experiment on my own bathrooms.

 

[Old Mod]

The only thing that’s putting me off, is the equipment needed to buy. Although no one is laying these tiles in guernsey.

If you were in a position to set yourself up with the right equipment and advertise the life out of it, I’m sure you’d carve yourself a niche market in no time. Might be more difficult sourcing the actual material more so than the equipment.
Choice of adhesive is vitally important too.

Oh and just so you realise you’re not alone, 🙂
I’ve 6 inch whites in my own bathroom, I kid you not! 😛

 

[Kieks]

If you were in a position to set yourself up with the right equipment and advertise the life out of it, I’m sure you’d carve yourself a niche market in no time. Might be more difficult sourcing the actual material more so than the equipment.
Choice of adhesive is vitally important too.

Oh and just so you realise you’re not alone, 🙂
I’ve 6 inch whites in my own bathroom, I kid you not! 😛

I kind of see her point 😱

Absolutely awful ha ha!

All jokes a side might give it a go, keep ahead of the competition. The missis preference is the big ones... been with her 15 years, an from day one she told me size didn’t matter!

Now all of a sudden she thinks bigger is better😀

There was a place here called stone tech an they had some Porcel-thin in but not sure what happened with it as the company is not open here anymore.

 

[Old Mod]

There was a place here called stone tech an they had some Porcel-thin in but not sure what happened with it as the company is not open here anymore.

I can assure you porcel-thin is still trading, I work very closely with them.
They now stock 2.4 x 1.2’s now too.
Great product.

 

[Kieks]

I can assure you porcel-thin is still trading, I work very closely with them.
They now stock 2.4 x 1.2’s now too.
Great product.

No I know Porcel-thin is trading, I’ve been looking at their stock. I was referring to stonetech.

They had some in at one point, but they went bust.

 

[Paul James Farrell]

I can assure you porcel-thin is still trading, I work very closely with them.
They now stock 2.4 x 1.2’s now too.
Great product.

How thin Are they?

And what machine do you need to cut the very large tiles?

Btw, do you cut all your tiles in a wet/dry saw, or do you still use the score and snap type?

Cheers

 

[Old Mod]

How thin Are they?

And what machine do you need to cut the very large tiles?

Btw, do you cut all your tiles in a wet/dry saw, or do you still use the score and snap type?

Cheers

On average between 4.8 & 6mm thick.
Ideally you need an extra large format cutter available from one of the higher end tool specialists.
I tend to find humping a 3.5m long wet saw around a little inconvenient. 🙂

 

[Kieks]

On average between 4.8 & 6mm thick.
Ideally you need an extra large format cutter available from one of the higher end tool specialists.
I tend to find humping a 3.5m long wet saw around a little inconvenient. 🙂

Which cutting system do you use? I have seen one from montolit, sigma an the Rubi slim.

After last night I was looking at all the prices. 😱

 

[Old Mod]

Which cutting system do you use? I have seen one from montolit, sigma an the Rubi slim.

After last night I was looking at all the prices. 😱

None of the above haha
That’s not strictly true to be fair, I have the sigma Kera cut, which is a very well made piece of kit, and works very well indeed.
But I’ve also just bought a second system from Raimondi, which is equally as good.

Rubi Slim is a waste of good money, don’t bother.
Montolit Flashline mk 2, is an improvement on the first I’m led to believe by those who use it, I sold mine because I feel it’s more for the occasional user. (Mine was mk1 tho)
So for occasional use, not full time, I can recommend the Flashline.
If you’re working with it day in, day out, like myself, then Sigma or Raimondi is the way to go.

And yes, it’s all a large investment, especially when you start buying frames as well.

 

[Flintstone]

Only worth the investment, in my opinion if your very interested in trying to peruse large format tiling on a regular basis and there is demand in your area.