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    Setting out advice - 600 x 300 x 9mm porcelain tile brick bond fashion?

    Hi, Running a small bathroom job for a customer. Customer really wants to use a particular 600x300x9 porcelain tile he has picked out in a brick bond pattern. The back wall of the shower cubicle is awkwardly a little over 600 wide. It's also on the wonk in a proper pyramid shape, but all...
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Handmade tiles the latest fashion

    Here in Bath, there are some excellent "Style" magazines that are keeping some well-heeled folk informed on the latest decorating trends. Handmade tiles are now "en vogue" here, compliments of individual artisans, Fired Earth and Mandarin Stone (amongst others). Now, as a fixer, I appreciate...
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    Advise on brickbond

    Looking to do brickbond layout for some tiling, any tips on what cuts should i go for on the ends, 1/4 and 3/4 ?s On a row with 1/4 cut, on the joining wall would i put another 1/4 cut and the same for the 3/4 row? or 1/4 cut with a 3/4 on the joining wall row? Not keen on using full tile on...
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    • bond brick brickbond canada fashion
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Brickbond

    got to an insurance job today earlr,6am ,they said all ready ro go ,the main bathroom wall 4 metres long ,25mm out from top to bottom,explained that brickbond 600x 300 needs to be level both ways and wall is to far out as not building the whole wall out to match the top ( the widest point)...
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    • bond brick brickbond canada fashion
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Brickbond

    all im doing these days is brickbong 600x300 orcelain ,but every wall out ,even boards level upright but horizontly always out end up building up to much ,the top course today i double tiled on anew build crazy
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    • bond brick brick bond brickbond canada fashion
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Brickbond

    Hi All, Just been laying a floor 600x300 porcelain, not sure where the tiles came from but boxes were very old and at first glance although quite thin, didn't appear bowed. Having leveled floor and layed first couple of rows and started to notice slight lipage in the place on attached drawing...
    • robbieraven
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    • bond brick brickbond canada fashion
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
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    Brickbond

    When a job comes in where customer wants brick affect on the floor do you guys do 50/50 or maybe 70/30? The last few jobs the tiles haven't been very flat so had to go 70/30 with 3mm spacer. What would you guys do
    • Sean SML Tiling
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    • aus bond brick brickbond fashion usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  8. Del W

    100 x 100 brickbond.Pictures anyone ?

    A customer has 100 x 100 white tiles,to be done in brickbond.Anyone got any pictures of small tiles in brickbond ? Thanks.
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    Brickbond floor setting out

    I am starting my aunties kitchen floor on sat and need sone advice, its a galley kitchen shape and only has 1 wall were i can measure off would i be able to measure off the kick boards to find centre of the floor and do i go with the biggest measurement to avoid any deviance?
    • Coppy
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    • aus bond brick brickbond fashion floor floor tiling out setting setting out tilers usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    vertical brickbond

    Opinions please. Tiling shower enclosure walls, approx 900 x 900 tray. I'm using 300 x 600 polished porcelain on portrait view. So there will be 3 courses of tile on each wall. Would you flow the brick effect round the corner or isolate it on each wall....bear in mind it will only be 3 rows of...
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    Trend signs Exclusive Deal with Missoni Fashion House

    Underlining its own style credentials, Italian tile maker Trend has signed an exclusive deal with internationally acclaimed fashion house Missoni, renowned for its colourful knitwear designs in a variety of natural fabrics. Click here for the full article.. RSS feed from For tiles, tilers...
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    Difference in price between 100x200 brickbond and 300x200 normal

    Hi all. Same wall, customer has asked if I would charge any difference in price between the 2 tile installations above. 8sq m area. I will definitely charge more for the smaller brickbond tiles but the question is, how much? I hate doing brickbond as it takes a lot more time (in my opinion)...
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    Measuring up for brickbond !

    Hi , what percentage do you lot add on when measuring for brick bond , i normally add on 10% for normal , just finished a brickbond bathroom i thought was ten mtrs inc 10% add on but the customer ended up getting a extra 4 mtrs and i only got paid for what i quoted ( 10mtrs ), which leads me on...
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    Brickbond setting out on boxing-in?

    After something of a hiatus, my tiling project (bathroom and toilet) is back on, and I've made a start by actually putting some tiles on the toilet wall! To be honest I was putting it off... felt like a painter putting that first brush-stroke on the canvas... Anyway I've started on one wall of...
    • Gross Loydman
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    • bond brick brickbond fashion out setting setting out tilers usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    Brickbond and window reveal help

    Hi fellas, My bathroom is coming along nicely with two out of four walls tiled thanks to all the great advice given on here :thumbsup: This weekend i'm planning to tile the window wall but unsure how to tile inside the window reveal using a brickbond pattern. I'll be using an aluminium...
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    Help! - Is 40mm to short on a brickbond wrap around

    Hi guys, I'm finally ready to start tiling today and have made a staff marked with my tile widths and grout lines. It looks like i'll have only 40mm on one row that will wrap around to the adjacent wall. The tiles are 400mm wide...do you think 40mm is too small of a wrap around and would I...
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    Brickbond 3 colour tiles random pattern

    Hi all, daft question time. As per title, I am starting a splashback tomorrow, the customer has supplied the tiles 300mm x 100mm to be laid brickbond style, no problem so far, they have bought 55 of each colour and would like to have them in a random fashion. How the hell am I gonna make sure...
    • Alan.P
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    • bond brick brickbond colour fashion pattern tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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    My brickbond plan, image attached, feedback please

    Hi guys, I quickly knocked this up earlier this morning, the drawing is to scale and I have accounted for the grout lines by increasing the tile size very slightly. Do you think I have got this right or completely wrong? Could any pro's offer some advice to improve the layout? Any ideas with...
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    large tiles brickbond

    hi guys when tiling walls with large tiles brickbond does anyone come across the problem when the walls run out ive got about an inch of addy behind the tiles to avoid lippage how do you guys avoid this happenening by the way the tiles are 600x300 travertine
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    Brickbond pattern?????

    Wonder if some one could answer my query. Right..........I've read on several other threads that when you do a brickbond pattern then you have more chance of the tile lipping? Could someone please explain why this is the case and any precautions i would take if i was to ever do one? Thanks Chris
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