Handmade tiles not flat

[charlie1]

As someone on the JB forum once said, linoleum companies spend fortunes trying to give their product the same character as a tiled surface (imperfect) so why would we want to make our natural characterful product look like linoleum? Tiles are imperfect and so are tilers.

 

[Edd789]

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?

Me and the guys I worked with laid some Fired Earth brick tiles the other week. They ranged from around 8mm thick up to 20mm. They were bent and impossible to get flat.

Customer loved them though.

 

[Mr Tiler]

shame there were no pics of this work wanted to see it.

 

[Qwerty]

A couple of pics of a kitchen I tiled recently using the Cotswold Handmade tiles....

 

[Mr Tiler]

A couple of pics of a kitchen I tiled recently using the Cotswold Handmade tiles....
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thank you Geoff! deffinately not my thing. will always know to advise that these tiles don't come out perfect mind you if someone is wanting these tiles they are most likely to know the outcome. how did you space these Geoff? cheers

 

[Qwerty]

2mm spacers still but a hell of a lot of wedges used together with my laser across the top of each course. Nightmare but I like the overall effect personally

 

[Mr Tiler]

its a similar effect as mosaic but I don't personally like it on these tiles maybe its the actual tiles I cant put me finger on it lol. thanks mate

 

[White Room]

There's no accounting for taste in the finishing trades, customer allways right.......nearly.

 

[Mr Tiler]

There's no accounting for taste in the finishing trades, customer allways right.......nearly.

is that when it comes to the prep materials then mate? lol

 

[White Room]

is that when it comes to the prep materials then mate? lol

No Ash, it's some of colour and material ideas they have.....

 

[Mr Tiler]

ok mate.

 

[Old Mod]

A couple of pics of a kitchen I tiled recently using the Cotswold Handmade tiles....
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I'm guessing these are similar tiles! Never liked them from the moment I picked one up! Probably why I can tell u anything about them

 

[Qwerty]

Yes, they look like Cotswold handmade tiles!

 

[area tiling]

A couple of pics of a kitchen I tiled recently using the Cotswold Handmade tiles....
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are my eyes playing tricks with me or is their a curve in picture 2 !!!

 

[Gazzer]

Shadow from the unit above if we are looking at the same thing. ??