60 X 60 Porcelain

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Hi all. Measured for a job today. 80sqm of 600mm x 600mm polished porcelain tile. Has anyone any experience with such a tile. I have a labourer to help me (with lifting, etc) and feel confident of doing good job but is there any hidden surprises? By far the largest size tile I have come across yet and jsut wondering if anyone has any info regarding its installation...

 

[Grace'sDad]

Not done any myself, largest I've done is 600 x 300 - I start 20sqm of 600x600 polished porcelain on Tuesday so I'll be following your thread now!

 

[Fekin]

Only info I could share on tiles this size is having as perfect substrat to tile onto as possible, and you'll find having someone else with you helping to lower tiles into place will be priceless as it's a bloody hard job lowering them into the adhesive on your own, and back buttering them too.

Just remember to fit in expansion joints ever 8 to10 liner meters or so if it's one large room.

 

[brian c]

are theey b&q tiles?if so they stain very easily so beware...i have said my piece on these before....i seal the edges.

make sure that your cutter can take such a big tile and that the substrate is even,otherwise u will get lipping,especially with asuch a big tile.

good luck.

use a round notched trowel,and back butter if needs be.

 

[Northern Bird]

What is the weight,

Plasterboard will only hold 34kg per metre sq

Tilebackerboards can hold more weight

Hardiebacker holds 45kg per m sq

 

[Burnsy]

Probably floor , unless it is a very big room (80m2). Laid some the other week (only 6m though). Used a large format trowel (20mm notched trowel). They are like fricken slabs! Definately get the labourer. I did them on my own and it was hard work, even for such a small area. Because of the thickness, you will need a really thick bed of adhesive, otherwise you will get bad lippage. You will need double the adhesive if you do use a large format trowel and back buttering, but definately would with tiles ythat size. The ones i laid were good quality and i cut them fine on my Rubi Ts 60 and the plasplugs wet cutter cut through them ok aswell.

 

[TilingLogistics]

They weigh around 8.2KG each and you will find it invaluable to have some help. You need PTB adhesive with Porcelbond. Dunlop was the cheapest but check because i havn't fixed for a while and i may be out of touch. Large format floor trowel.

Kev

 

[pjtiler]

use a 20 mm trowel and butter the back of the tile then tap the buggers in with a rubber hammer
nice 4 mm joint looks the business
and dont forget to seal um

 

[smokey1234x]

hav been layin these tiles now the last 2 weeks
any advice i could giv would b if your floor isnt very level make sure u start from the highest point of the floor cos if u dont u will hav problems when trin to hav no lips as edges are very sharpe

 

[stanimal]

I would make sure the subtsrate is flat,backbutter tiles and use large suction cups to place tiles.I have set tile 23 inches by47 inches using these methods