Grout Joint Regulations

[AMC]

Lads can anyone help me out here , I'm on a job and the lady in the house is sayin my grout joints are too wide , the tile is a porcelain wood effect , 900 x 25 and the grout joint I used is 2mm , it's on the walls and floor , the tile does have a slight bevel on the back which does make the grout joint a little wider , but I've told her 2mm is the minimum to allow for movement , many thanks

 

[Unused Account 1]

If they want it to look like wood buy wood lol

 

[p4ulo]

Definitely mate, anything less than 2mm would be bonkers on something that large....
Unforts as you say, the bevel makes the joint look wider than it is.

 

[Alan.P]

BS is 3mm floor 2mm on walls

 

[Unused Account 1]

People see to many pics on computer imagery and think it will look perfect full tile to full tile ,really

 

[AliGage]

As @Alan.P it's 3mm on floor to comply with standards.
Bevel on the tile shouldn't make a difference to the size of the grout joint.

 

[Sean Kelly]

I would have tiled it at 3mm. It sometimes says the minimum joint width on the box. The only thing you can do is butt joint them, get paid and then run!!! Too many people are coming back from their hols and wanting large tiles & thin grout lines because that's what they have seen in their hotel. Not realizing that the substrate is concrete and the floors tiles have been diamond polished.

 

[Dave]

Lads can anyone help me out here , I'm on a job and the lady in the house is sayin my grout joints are too wide , the tile is a porcelain wood effect , 900 x 25 and the grout joint I used is 2mm , it's on the walls and floor , the tile does have a slight bevel on the back which does make the grout joint a little wider , but I've told her 2mm is the minimum to allow for movement , many thanks

If its on both the wall and floor , then i would have gone 2mm as well ...

 

[AMC]

If its on both the wall and floor , then i would have gone 2mm as well ...

Thanks guys , very frustrating day

 

[Unused Account 1]

Ask the customer what they want ,then its on them ,keep head up amc

 

[jimthetiler]

Did you point up the grout lines or wash them in?

 

[AMC]

Did you point up the grout lines or wash them in?

I haven't even grouted them yet !!!

 

[Alan.P]

Did you point up the grout lines or wash them in?

Care to explain what washing them in is ?

 

[jimthetiler]

If you use a sponge or washboy the grout lines will stay flush with the tiles appearing larger than the actual tile spaceing where as using the pointing method you take the grout line back to the actual spacing.

 

[Just Rizzle]

did a bathroom floor today hardy on floor boards glued and screwed. then screed over with level 30 from tilemaster. had early lunch tiled 12 mtrs sq in 9oo by 150 wood plank with a 2mm joint home for 4 easy Friday .
waiting for the start of 5 weeks of RUGBY