60 X 60 Porcelain

[MICK the Tiler]

These are all the rage down here at the mom. :mad2:

My advice would be as others have said ckeck substrate for flatness first, use a 12-15mm notched trowel, when fixing only fix 1 tile at a time postion yourself in the direction your laying your rows and work with the row, don;t be tempted to glue a row and start fixing across yourself, your back and arms won't last the distance, use a square edged timber block to wipe over your joins if it catches anywhere along the joint there is lipping and adjustments will need to be made.

Allow youself to lay between 5-7m2 per day and at least 3 days to grout then polish then seal, DON'T SEAL BEFORE GROUTING. Use a 3mm spacing and grout with a non sanded smooth grout that blends well with the colour of the tile, because they are quite thick sometimes you need to grout over the tiles twice to get a nice full joint allowing the grout to get quite stiff between wipes.

Also use a good quality non-slump floor adhesive i use ardex sts8 for these tiles.

 

[penno]

The first thing to put in your van mate should be two good pads, a total must. You aint pulling these up with your hands if they need a little extra buttering to level.

 

[BIMP]

Great advice, will def get suction pads cos no doubt will have to lift out few tiles. Will keep ye posted on results!!Ben (Ireland)

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Like I always say with Porcelain....


Dont forget your drills !!


R

(Tiles shown actually 300 x 600 laid "brickwork")

 

[strongboes]

Hi mate,

In my opinion suction pads wont help in the slightest, if you think you can pull a 600*600 tile up when bedded in then you are going to end up in hospital. Need an old but sharp chisel to break suction on edge of tile then can lift up with hands no probs.

I would advise you to level your floor to within 2mm per 2 metres first then only trowel the floor, if your going to back butter them then your going to be quite slow and seriously f****d after your first couple of hours. I have done 32 metres of ceramic tiles similar to this a month back in a hotel and so had to do it in one day, was hard but possible, i'd say 2 of you could easily do 25 metres a day.

 

[mz30]

I done a floor last year almost a thousand square metres in 600x600 cream porcelain every 36 tiles were surrounded by 600x300 frame it was all fixed on marine ply using bal flex and a 12mm serrator(if anyone wants to look its in the may sum restaraunt in derby).
The best advice i can give is whats already been said make sure the substrate is perfect before starting as they are a ***** if the floor is only slightly out,also anything above a 2mm joint makes the floor lose it's effect(imo).

 

[Perry]

that all i fix now days easy to lift with a gauging trowel most of the floors we lay on are like ploughed fields not lucky enough to have the time to level the floor first mostly rectified with 2 mm joints i find its best to use PTB if u can put a 3mm joint it may help find the highest point but don't try to make the floor level just flat or u may end up with step at the door ways😛ete

 

[davy_G]

I agree with all the other posts on a flat floor. I would use a SLC with spilked roller unless the floor was perfect. Close the grout lines up to at least 3mm and 2 mm if you get the floor really good.
I didnt backbutter, but the back of the tiles where pretty smooth.

You can make a really nice job of these and the best bit is they are quick to grout!

 

[Perry]

I done a floor last year almost a thousand square metres in 600x600 cream porcelain every 36 tiles were surrounded by 600x300 frame it was all fixed on marine ply using bal flex and a 12mm serrator(if anyone wants to look its in the may sum restaraunt in derby).
The best advice i can give is whats already been said make sure the substrate is perfect before starting as they are a ***** if the floor is only slightly out,also anything above a 2mm joint makes the floor lose it's effect(imo).

a very expensive way of laying 1000 sq meters what was the adhesive cost ?

 

[mz30]

No idea, labour only