large format

Hey fellow tilers, Quite new to tiling, done a course and done several jobs with success, however I have a job at the moment and the customer has 30x50cm ceramics, to go on to plasterboard. Just wondering if anyone has advice on a particular adhesive I should use, I know it will be powder...

Hi all I'm starting a job tomorrow with some large tiles 550 x 320 & the walls to be tiled above the bath are quite uneven as they are rustic old cottage walls. (when putting the length of my 6ft level on the wall i could get my finger behind it in the middle) so that must be 10-15 mm I'm...

Hi, quick question, got to quote on a new build downstairs kitchen floor which is covered in chipboard, I believe its a floating floor (feels like it lol!) Guy would like those famous 600x600mm bq tiles laid ..I have real concerns about laying these tiles on this type of floor. I would of...

Hi all, I bought this cutter a couple of weeks ago as a bit of an emergency, I have another cutter on order but needed one immediately and it was probably cheaper than hiring for a week or so. Only used on 1 job approx 25 cuts. its the topps 900 watt 600mm wet cutter retail £229.00 and out of...

Seen a job, large format tiles with large format mosaics, them being 12" x12" sq. They are not the same thickness as the tiles. Would I'd be right in saying make a notched piece of ply to the depth of the said mosaics and tap them in as per usual? Its freaked me out the size, but surely the same...

Hi, I am looking to purchase large white either gloss or matt finish tiles for a kitchen floor. I need approx 22 m.sq. ideally in porcelain but ceramic will be fine. Tiles also need to be rectified edges and totally flat to achieve a minimal grout joint. I am sure you will know the effect I am...

I'm planning to lay 60cmx60cm porcelain tiles onto stud and plasterboard walls. Some areas are perfect but in others the wall is way out with a trough of up to 10mm from plumb. What is the recommended technique - I was thinking of running a 96" darby vertically along the wall and then running...

Whats the best large format tile adhesive anyone has used for solid concrete bed floors without underfloor heating??

Hi Guys...Some advice pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease with regard to laying 900 x 300 large format ceramic wall tiles in particular, what preperation is required and what adhesive is recommended. The location is a bathroom in a new build. The walls are skimmed plasterboard onto which has been applied...

Hi, As in my intro I have never tiled before and have set myself one major challenge. I am tiling an en-suite with 610x405x12 honed and filled travertine. I am tiling the floor and the walls in the brick effect pattern. I have looked through the many posts and have tried to assemble all of the...

ok guys i am looking at buying a new large format cutter. i have always been a rubi guy but have been hearing a lot about monolit and several other cutters. i am looking for something that will cut at least 700mm tiles and eat porcelain.am also looking at it as an investment so will pay for...

Hi I have a floor job , my first large format floor using 600x600 tiles coming up and am in need of a bit of advice. Firstly am going to use 3mm spacers throughout. The floor is 9mm ply screwed like nothing on earth every 10cm, floor is level and sound too ready to be primed prioir to the opf...

As we all know, tiles are getting larger but is there a definition for a large format tile. Is it a certain amount per sq m, or is it density? Started fitting 600 x 400 about 5 years ago and thought they were massive then, but these days it's very rare that I fit anything smaller, got a house to...

What's your prefered choice of trowel when laying large format tiles? Does an 18mm large format trowel use too much ady and is 12mm enough? Answers on a postcard cjbombero

Hi people, I'm not exactly new to this forum as i have been floating around for a while picking up tips and learning from the Pro's :thumbsup: I And with that info and advice I did my first bit of tiling a few months ago, my bathroom. If I can i will post some pics up soon for you all to see but...

Hi all - I am new to this forum so hello to everybody :thumbsup: I am doing my own bathroom and will be using Topps Zamora tiles [600x300x10mm] which I think are porcelain [porcellanato?]. I did buy a load of Unibond Tile on Walls waterproof tile adhesive [tubbed - before I bough tthe...

Anybody know where I can get hold of large-format (500 x 500), thin-walled (4mm), tiles at a reasonable price? World's End Tiles is charging about £1,000 a sq metre for an Italian supplier but since they have been out for all of a week hasn't someone from South-East Asia got around to offering...

Went to measure up a job the other day only a small bathroom and the customer has had a plumber in to fit new bath,sink and toilet and wants 400x300 tiles. Now the sink and toilet are really close together and i can see it being a right pain cutting this size tiles round to fit behind what would...

Just about to do my bathroom but before I start I just wanted to get an idea of opinions on the ideal spacing for large format 600x40x12mm travertine. Apart from obviously wanting it to look good I am planning to use Ivory BAL Superflex and want to know whether the wide joint stuff will be the...

When you are putting large format tiles on walls, do you use rapid set adhesives. or not? i find i have to mix very small amounts of rapid, or i get a lot of waste.