3mm best for floor grout joints?

[Yorkshire Tiling Services]

some people are quite fussy and will go mad if they don't get matching lines unless u can convince them to have their joints offset

 

[hillhead]

I aint done a job yet with same size tiles on floors and walls. Your quite right in what you say though, if that is what the customer wants. I can see it being a pain to set out properly though!:mad2:

Hello Davy,i have done at least 6 with the joints all lining up,looks really nice bit a pain to line for sure,the best way in my eyes and practice is to tile the floor first,(obviously taking into account your walls i.e centering on window etc).Then using my 6' level i mark the wall fron the floor,works a treat for me.

 

[d noulton]

remember doing a floor a couple of years ago I suggested 4mm as per normal for me she said I want at least 8mm done as she said I thought it looked awful she loved it so give em what they want their paying the money personal choice at the end of the day we can only give our advice

 

[sWe]

It all depends on the substrate.. If it's ultrasolid, and there's little or no risk of shrinkage, then you can go thinner. Otherwise, go thicker. It is rare that I go thinner than 3mm on floors. Normally, I go around 5mm.

 

[spacer]

Yep, 5mm on floors for me

 

[Lucas 2]

Customer is King true enough....but he/she can also be a pain dans le butt! :yikes:

 

[tile55]

My personal preference is 3-4mm on ceramics, marble and porcelain i generally go for 2mm as most of the tiles have rectified edges.
Natural stone like trav or slate I tend to use about 5mm gaps. Ultimately the choice is the clients, and they have the final word.
I remember one job client brought 20x20 rectifeid porcelain tiles for floors and walls and he wanted no gap as thats how they had them in the showroom. He was addamant that he wanted no gap. I explained that this was not possible and he had to have a gap of 2mm min, after a lot of explaining and a bit of comprimise we agreed on a 1mm gap on the walls and a 2mm gap on the floors

 

[grumpygrouter]

Customer is always right of course but let us not forget the reason we have grout joints....it is not just so it "looks nice". They have a function and if the joint is insufficient for the circumstances then the joint will not be doing it's job properly and can give rise to more potential for failure.