Expansion joints between rooms

[Katie279]

Hi all,

just a quick one - am planning to tile four rooms on the ground floor with the same tiles and hopefully create a nice flow between the rooms of tiles.

am using flexible adhesive and grout and have planned to leave a 0.6mm expansion gap around the edges of the rooms. I've seen various expansion joint trims for across rooms, should is use one between each room?

just a thought!

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

How many metre's and is there ufh?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

What sizes are the rooms and do you have an experienced tiler lined up?

 

[Martyn Leeds]

boards, marmox, UFH, SLC, 600x600 Porcelain?
Yes. Expansion joints needed in the doorways at least. More info needed re sizes etc for where joints may be needed.

 

[Ajax123]

Hi all,

just a quick one - am planning to tile four rooms on the ground floor with the same tiles and hopefully create a nice flow between the rooms of tiles.

am using flexible adhesive and grout and have planned to leave a 0.6mm expansion gap around the edges of the rooms. I've seen various expansion joint trims for across rooms, should is use one between each room?

just a thought!

0.6mm expansion round the edges.... Good luck measuring that

 

[Katie279]

Cheers guys - heh, yes sorry am a bit anal like that, my day job is an electronic engineer designing euro fighter, missile systems etc, so we often measure in hundredths of a millimetre, so this is totally relaxed by my day standards!

On the upside, I've certainly got the tools to measure to that accuracy quite easily!

 

[widler]

I'm not saying owt

 

[Katie279]

Hi Carl,

thanks for the pitch! like to see companies interacting with their customers communities.

On that basis, I'll make a special point of buying schluter expansion joints, however need them tomorrow - do you know anywhere that sells these in Scotland? Am near Kinross.

otherwise does anyone know any alternatives from the usual places (have got a tile giant in Perth)

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

so we often measure in hundredths of a millimetre, so this is totally relaxed by my day standards!

I work until it's right.:lol:

 

[White Room]

Half a mill Phil:lol:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Half a mill Phil:lol:

Cheers Mark, I thought i had lived that one down. Along with the square down spout I cut around, that was just leaned against the wall. you lot can be realy cruel.:lol:

 

[Diggy]

Priced a schluter 20mm expansion joint the other week , nearly choked on me cornflakes ,

£60 odd quid for a 2.5m length.:yikes:

Diggy

 

[Katie279]

Ouch! Cant seem to find any around me - any other alternatives? It'll be going from tiled room to the next tiled room.

Ps don't worry half mill phil, had a friend called three inch Pete - can assure you he was far more embarrassed...

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Ouch! Cant seem to find any around me - any other alternatives? It'll be going from tiled room to the next tiled room.

Ps don't worry half mill phil, had a friend called three inch Pete - can assure you he was far more embarrassed...

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[DHTiling]

6mm min for perimeter joints and changes in direction to tiling like L shaped rooms should be movement jointed at the L transition.. other wise areas of over say a max of 40 mtrs should be bayed .. this would be say an example of a room 8 x 5 mtrs squared.. other wise joint at door ways as said above.

 

[Ajax123]

Rather than proprietary joint strips you could leave ungrouted joints where the joint strips should be and fill them with silicone to match your grout...

 

[Diggy]

Genesis do a similar cheaper version.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Or you could make your own, with L shaped trim and silicon

 

[DHTiling]

With Phil on the cold joint option .