Over recent years, the combination of improved tile production technology and interior design trends has seen a huge increase in demand for larger format tiles.
Extra consideration has to be made when fixing these bigger tiles and we have outlined a few of the points to bear in mind...
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Just looked at a bathroom job today, what seemed like good plastered walls, 35 metres. The room looks massive, 3 metres high with big window, a reveal in a wall and an angled corner, so it needs two trims. I can do the job no problem, just think it will take me a long while.
The tiles...
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Did anybody here hear of the Tuscan Leveling system , i'm about to do a large marble project in France and I was wondering what you guys think of it, I'm planing to give it a try on this job.
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As a matter of interest how large a tile would you go with ceramics with tub gear? I am currently using 248x331 ceramic tiles with tub gear all supplied by contractor i would guess this is border line what do you guys reckon?.
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Got my first porcelain bathroom to do on wednesday.Went round today to check what tiles are like.600 x300 about 12 mm thick. He's been given 2 tubs of bal whitestar ( 12sqmof wall tiling) but im not sure if this is ok to use> I thought it had to be powder gear like bal spf,but he said ctd gave...
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I stole this from this Months FHM Mag' and thought of you lot. This is a decent way to explain the types of marketing... in a funny way too.
You see a hot girl at a party and decide to walk up to her. You say, "I'm incredible in bed!" - That's direct marketing.
You see a hot girl at a party...
Hi again all, just a quick one Bathroom shower walls to be tiled. tile size is 450 x 320 ( ceramic) I presume I should be using an 8mm trowel? Also bloke at topps gave the customer Bal grip Is this ok? Might of played safe with a cementitious adhesive. bloke was putting a finish on the walls. I...
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I am applying large format porcelain tiles to a wall using white powder adhesive. Can anyone tell me what size trowel I should be using to get a suitable bed thickness?
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I'm doing a barn conversion at the moment and the ground floor requires 50 sq.m of indian mint sandstone. The floor to be tiled consists of about two-thirds timber suspended floor with wet UFH under a 22mm moisture resistant chipboard deck, and the other third is a floating chipboard...
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If you're using large format tiles you will need to use a thick-bed tile adhesive. A thick-bed tile adhesive will have 'filler's in it or a coarse sand to help it bond and cure correctly without shrinkage and cracking.
Using the wrong tile adhesive and tiling trowel for large format tiling can...