Hi, unfortunately they are a poor quality tile made by Britishceramic tile shop are notorious amongst tilers as being problematic. Did you or the tiler check the batch numbers before they were fitted as thats the first port of call
Yeah you are spot on, that is the brand i was going for "Brighton Linear Grey wall tile by BritishCeramic Tile" now i am back to square one of finding tiles at a decent price:oops:
Laura Ashley Tile Mr Jones
From Britishceramic tiles
2nd fix off the same tile same issue not glazed discoloured one of their reps admitted that there has been a misfiring issue with the kiln shocking that they are still selling then
Have just bought some BCT wall and floor tiles for our new bathroom floor, well shower room really, approx 4 sqm.
Our tiler has told us that BCT wall & floor tiles aren't up to the job of being used on the floor and will crack.
Anyone have experience of opinion on this?
Tiles are "BCT50650" Luna
I'm with impish on this one. Agree, britishceramics, whether it be from bct or johnsons aren't much cop. But full bodied or double charged porcelain (which those tiles look to be) , are far superior quality regardless of who makes or supplies it. They look to have take a fair whack from...
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO BS 5385-1 WALL AND FLOOR TILING
POSTED BY PHILIP JENKINS ON 20TH JULY 2018
As part of the five-year review of British Standards and reflecting changes within the tiling industry since 2009 – BS 5385 Part 1: 2018 has now been published.
One significant change made was to...
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO BS 5385-1 WALL AND FLOOR TILING
POSTED BY PHILIP JENKINS ON 20TH JULY 2018
As part of the five-year review of British Standards and reflecting changes within the tiling industry since 2009 – BS 5385 Part 1: 2018 has now been published.
One significant change made was to...
In reference to point a above, he used a standard plaster board on one side of the shower and on the rest he installed ceramic tiles and mosaics over the top of very old previous tiling job. And by the window, we don't believe he prepared the walls again so not sure what he did there. Yes i...
We sourced from B&Q - assume this means this is who B&Q bought from and they are not good enough for the job? Is there a different tile you would recommend? Brand or material or thickness?
Thanks for your help.
Those tiles are ceramic from BritishCeramic Tiles.....
Another one bites the dust.
The tiles are not suitable for your project. Yes, the tiler could have laid cement construction boards on top of the chip board and that may have helped but the crack is mainly due to the tiles not being strong...
Do you mean this: http://www3.ipc.org.es/dms/pdfs/Baldosas_ceramicas_caracteristicas_fisico-quimicas/Characteristics_standard_EN_14411/4-4-1-D%20DOC01%20ing-DEF_vPDF.pdf
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It may be worth trying to view a copy of british standard. BS EN 14411 Ceramic tiles. Definitions, classification, characteristics, evaluation of conformity and marking through a public library somewhere
Hi those are BritishCeramic fossilized wood effect tiles and as others have stated not the best to work with (slight variations in size and squareness) have done about 4 bathrooms in those but 3 were in brick bond making it easier to loose any variations. You should try to get a 6ft (1,800mm)...