90 x 45cm Porcelains what tile cutter?

[Rookery]

Sounds like you've researched well there.

Most cutters that cut large format will be of decent quality. A rubi I'd use personally.
Rubi TS-70 PLUS Manual Tile Cutter £219.99 in stock - next day UK delivery

A Rubi TS plus is indeed a good cutter but as these are porcelain tiles, I'd be going for a TX900N

 

[RickyLee53]

I have nearly completed this job now. Floor tiles only arrived a week or two ago.

I didn't end up buying a clinker type cutter. I just used the wet and grinder with blade in. (thanks for advise)

One thing I have struggled with is the fact that the tiles weren't perfectly flat. They were close, but sometimes out as much as 1mm from end to end. This meant (and stupidly I didn't check till I'd started) I have inevitable lips of 0.5mm in places. (I'm not sure what acceptable and what isn't, But perfectly flat is surely desirable) I only used 3mm spacers as well because I didn't want huge grout lines. Nobody seems to notice but me, and you can't feel it too much under foot. I rotated and hand picked the best tiles for heavy traffic area's.

Overall nobody other than me seems to notice. I've still got about 2 sq meters to do and various fiddle cuts around the edges.

Now my question is. What the hell do I put around the edges. The room is part tiled. Shower (obviously), behind the bath. And one feature wall. But this leaves about 6-7 linear meters of wall. I was thinking of the same tiles as the floor to form a 100mm or similar upstand. With a trim ontop. Skirting board just doesn't seem "right". Any other bright idea's.

If my posts still need to be approved could a Mod edit the title a little at the same time? Thought i'd keep everything in one place rather than 10 different threads.

 

[Qwerty]

I agree tiled skirting would be good. Any photos?

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Yes mate make a tiled skirting ,you could even ,bullnose it. 0.05 lippage !! that sounds good for a newbie !! lol

 

[RickyLee53]

Yes mate make a tiled skirting ,you could even ,bullnose it. 0.05 lippage !! that sounds good for a newbie !! lol

I'm just guessing. Its probably a mm in places. Certainly no more though. I'll take some pictures shortly, It isn't grouted yet.

I've just done another couple of the awkward cuts and still have a couple left.

The only probably I have with the tiled skirting would be the tile trim. How do you join 2 straights without it looking ugly? The longest length I would need is 3.2 meters. But the longest I've seen is 2.5m.

 

[RickyLee53]

Here are the pictures. Let me know good or bad anything. Obviously the wall tiles are yet to have the trims installed and the trims need cutting down. It's staying just 3 tiles high behind the bath.



This is one of the worst steps. However the Camera plays a trick. Believe it or not the 3mm spacers is on the lowest tile. It looks to be higher on the picture.


I did this with a dry cutting disc in the 115mm grinder.

 

[RickyLee53]

Heres a couple more.

I made cardboard templates for the awkward cuts


The shower area, there are another 2 shower heads to fit, one the same as the one pictured plus another "normal" one. Both are remote control which need mounting.