B and Q tiles. what a joke

[Andy Allen]

has anyone seen these tiles, there from B and Q there made by johnsons and they say on the box wall and floor tile, but belive you me theres no way i would put these on a floor they look just like any wall tile.

ive just looked at a job and the customer had just bought 26m2 of them to go in there kitchen hall and cloakroom, told them theres no way i could put them on there floor they wouldnt last 5 mins, but you look at the box it says wall and floor tile, then you go on the web site and it says light domestic use only, meaning bathrooms i presume, yet b and q told them they would be fine for a kitchen floor.

in the end i managed to get them a porcelain tile that looked somewhere near the same.

has anyone ever put these on a floor, would be interested to find out if they were ok, because to be honest they look just like a wall tile.

 

[DHTiling]

Pics to small..?

 

[Andy Allen]

pics a bit small, i'll try a find the name of them

 

[Andy Allen]

illusion cappuccino polished marble gloss........thats the name of them

 

[DHTiling]

With a soft white biscuit..?

 

[Andy Allen]

yep......floor tile so they say.

 

[DHTiling]

I back heeled those tiles when a customer had bought them.. I said take them back and tell them to stick them where the sun don't shine.. no way are they floor tiles.. I think they see the wording Johnson wall and floor tiles and then automatically think they are floor tiles as well..

 

[Ian]

I've put them on a bathroom floor on a job I did last year, not had a phone call yet so must still be ok! They are ridiculously soft, I fitted them with just a pair of scissors to do the cuts :lol:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

CJ Ceramics laid some like that on a conservatory floor last year. not sure if they're the same tiles. worth asking.

 

[CJ]

No I didn't.

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

i fitted them last year on the conservatory floor but they were 9mm and only had floor tiles written on the box. I have noticed since that the new range has wall and floor tile written on them.

 

[Mike]

i got a job coming up with b & q tiles, 500 x 250 's i think they are, black slate 5mm thick :yikes:they're only going on the wall though. b & q gave the customer tubbed adhesive :mad2:

 

[grumpygrouter]

i got a job coming up with b & q tiles, 500 x 250 's i think they are, black slate 5mm thick :yikes:they're only going on the wall though. b & q gave the customer tubbed adhesive :mad2:

Bless 'em, they try hard don't they...... :no:

 

[gshtiling]

I did a bathroom last year in the Illusion Emperador from B and Q,could only find 2 photos of the job. The Customer had these upstairs on the landing ready for me so I said I'm going to do the floor first so where are the floor tiles,they said these are wall and floor and sure enough it said that on the box lol. Really really soft,I advised against them but they insisted they would be fine,customer is always right eh :lol:

 

[RichieRich]

Yeah I have done a couple of jobs with these sort of B&Q tiles. Bathrooms though not kitchen or hallway.I always advise the customer to not shop there as I hate the tiles they sell, not all tiles the exact same size etc and like you say, these so called floor tiles are that soft its unreal. Touch wood I haven't had any one of the customers come back to me since laying them so i'm guessing there still ok,but to be honest with you I despise using anything to do with B&Q.

 

[RichieRich]

Bless 'em, they try hard don't they...... :no:

Unreal !!!!!

Sorry, wrong quote. Was referring to the tubbed adhesive with 5mm slate tiles