Heather Browns, very "sizey"!

[doug boardley]

Just doing a 25m2 plant room for a swimming pool. Using Heather Brown quarry tiles (ruabon)and I've got to say that the size difference is shocking:mad2: up to 4mm difference in some of them (they're 150 x 150's). Not only that, but they've also got twists and dips in them so it's like trying to tile with square saucers:mad2:
rant over!

 

[Gazzer]

I cant ever remember them being that sizey but I guess we were just used to that sort of thing. Its been years since I last used them . As for the twists and dips are you sure thats not your tiling Doug ??? :lol:

 

[Gazrus]

Ouch :yikes:, they aint B & Q specials are they. Best of luck with it Doug:cry_smile:

 

[doug boardley]

I cant ever remember them being that sizey but I guess we were just used to that sort of thing. Its been years since I last used them . As for the twists and dips are you sure thats not your tiling Doug ??? :lol:

will get some pics today Neale, luckily I decided on 10mm joints so it hides the size difference to a degree. When I put them face to face they're a long way off sitting flush with each other.

 

[Gazzer]

Its the rural rustic charm Doug.....not you ...The tiles !

 

[Mike]

the heather browns i laid years ago were bent too. i had a right job to get them nice and flat, i'd get 3 corners perfect and the other would be higher or lower:mad2:. i thought they were seconds. maybe they're all like that

 

[doug boardley]

that's just the same as I'm finding Mike

 

[widler]

i aint done quarry tiles for years(thank the gods),we used to clean them with wood shavings.
grout up,wipe off,then scatter the shavings over them and rub like a madman when set,must of been a blinking easier way:mad2:

 

[DHTiling]

It is how they are.. always have been like this, hence wider joints normally..

Now Daniel platts simones were always square and sized very well..

 

[turnip]

heather browns, love them to bits, score and snap them on the rubi, always aim for a 10mm joint, when grouted up they look fantastic, esp if using sand/cement mix. The problem for fixers comes when they aint used to sizey tiles or dont have the ability/experience to "eye them", not everyone can do it, but creative grouting helps, seen them with an 18mm joint before, another story for another time though......