Handmade tiles not flat

[Fran8]

Advice needed please. Beautiful handmade tiles, brick shape behind stove for large splashback. It has just been put in, and it is not flat. It looks characterful, but what a shame. Should i ask for a retile?

 

[White Room]

Did you not see the tiles before fitting....

 

[Mr Tiler]

pics pleasssseeeee

 

[Gazzer]

If the handmade tiles were not flat before fitting then they wont be after !

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Tiles or the wall??

as in, each individual tile is bent, or we've put a straight-edge over the finished wall, and now we see that its not flat?

 

[charlie1]

I'm guessing its lippage, probably made more apparent by the lights on the extractor fan which are probably no more than 2 inch off the wall.

 

[kilty55]

hi, are the tiles themselves perfectly flat or are they like most handmade tiles twisted etc

 

[Qwerty]

Handmade Cotswold tiles by any chance? Very popular tiles, but massive variation on thicknesses.

 

[Mr Tiler]

he should of came here for a quote! lol

 

[Mr Tiler]

Handmade Cotswold tiles by any chance? .

just tried searching to have a noce Geoff... no luck!

 

[Qwerty]

http://www.tilegiant.co.uk/tiles/kitchen/cotswold.html

 

[Mr Tiler]

At that price I would expect to be flat lol nice tile though thanks geoff

 

[steve187]

As i always say made by hand , laid by hand. there is only so much you can do with this tiles.

 

[Sean Kelly]

I tiled with some 'Fired Earth' handmade tiles a while back. Impossible to lay flat. Impossible to have a uniform grout line in-between them. Different thickness's too. That is their 'charm'. However, saying that, what was the wall like before yr tiler tiled. i.e. was it lovely and flat? also, if you laid some tiles out on a table and ran your hand over them were they flat?

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Advice needed please. Beautiful handmade tiles, brick shape behind stove for large splashback. It has just been put in, and it is not flat. It looks characterful, but what a shame. Should i ask for a retile?

Without a photo it's impossible to advise!
But it's 'characterful' and often that's the look you are paying for.
Hand made is another way of expressing individual and not a uniform shape, so no need for a retile just enjoy!
Merry Christmas from team timeless.