Beware of expensive immitations! B&Q Tiles........

[AliGage]

This has been covered or mentioned in many other posts. It is probably more suited to the "buying tiles" section, but due to position on the forum this board gets the most traffic hence why i'm putting it here.

Today (a day off, or rather converting the garage into an office) i took my other half and the kids round a few DIY stores to get "ideas" for the home.
I had a browse through the tiles and they have (recently) updated there selection and products massively. I saw these tiles on display and couldn't help but pull a few out to have a closer look:

Colours Cream Olimpiade Floor Tile, 600 x 600mm, 5052931059706

The pictures below speak for themselves. B&Q are charging £40.00 per square metre for these. I could beat that price elsewhere saving you (the customer) money. It also saves your tiler a whole load of heartache and gives him/her a fighting chance of producing a quality finish.



I was TOLD i had to leave my tape measure in the car when we went in. But i'd say the gap from the bow at the end must be a good 5-6mm.
First thing i do when i look at any tiles is pick a couple up and place them face to face to see how flat they are. At the end of the day every "customer" wants a "flat" floor or wall. So please, pick a flat tile!

 

[Stef]

Usual from the big sheds,
I've also seen some shockers at reputable tile shops.
If I'm doing broken bond I always hold the tiles face to face then make the decision & show the client..

 

[Rookery]

Bear in mind that by holding them face to face, you are actually exaggerating the problem. Whilst this is a great way of getting out of broken bond fixing, to get a true picture of the scale of the problem you should hold the face against a known flat surface. If you can find one, that is.

 

[Stef]

I also use my bead (spirit level) on the front & the back of the tile & some of them tiles are just as bad.

It's not a cop out for doing broken bond it's me covering my behind for when you end up with lipped tiles!!!

 

[DHTiling]

What was the " Need a tiler " sticker.. ? all about..

 

[judge]

What was the " Need a tiler " sticker.. ? all about..

I was going to say to stick your own number over the other number.............. then again,if all theyre tiles are like that ,maybee not!!!

 

[AliGage]

Dave it goes on to read "if you want help with a tiling project we can quote you" then a number to call.
B&Q now have tilers?!

 

[DHTiling]

God help us all :lol:

 

[White Room]

Dave it goes on to read "if you want help with a tiling project we can quote you" then a number to call.
B&Q now have tilers?!

I've seen that...I was going to ring them up and tell em I don't need one..

 

[Stef]

These were johnson tiles I used today on site.
Sandstone Biege 300x200.
I'm exaggerating the bow in these tiles buy squeezing the ends but this is the quality that we are getting now & these came from CTD.
Oh & they were fixed brick bond!!

The last two photos are back to back, I put my 600 bead on the back & front but it wouldn't show up very well on the photos.

 

[DGJ]

Johnson tiles are the ones we have to use on quite a few of our contracts these days, think we get them from nicobond locally and they really are pants:mad2:

One of the main problems is they have a sort of shade of black on the corners of the tiles which when you are fixing them are very noticeable?!?

 

[Stef]

Johnson tiles are the ones we have to use on quite a few of our contracts these days, think we get them from nicobond locally and they really are pants:mad2:

One of the main problems is they have a sort of shade of black on the corners of the tiles which when you are fixing them are very noticeable?!?

I give them a quick run with a cloth.
If you forget about them though & you start grouting!! Grrrrr.

I'm trying to tell them to pull the full range of johnsons off their display boards in the show homes & sales centre as I'm demented fitting them.

 

[John Benton]

What was the " Need a tiler " sticker.. ? all about..

It should have read "Need a Ticker" ......

We could then pass it on the the bloke who was after a job as a ticker!!! :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

More like need a window licker by the numpties that will be doing their tiling work

 

[judge]

I seen a quote with a customer to install the suite and tiles he had purchased from b n q!!!!!! What a ripoff. It was way over double what me and the plumber had quoted