I broke a tile today.

[Sean Kelly]

I broke a tile today. So what, I hear you ask!
The tile was 3m x1m :yikes:. It sort of took off in the wind when I tried to take it out of the crate. It's called Techlam and it comes in 3mx1m sheets. The Youtube video claims it is light, strong, flexible, easy to cut bla bla bla. In my experience it is just like trying to handle a large mirror, it snaps like a mirror too. I was sent on a job to cut and install this in a new build. I managed to cut a 2m x 1m length in the rain and in the middle of a building site. However, I came unstuck because I could not get it up the tight staircase! I now have to ask the help from the site manager and he is going to try and get a few of the lads to lift the tiles into the house through a window. Anyone else have experience from this rubbish product? I also have to cut a 2.4m X .75 for a shower on the 1st floor of the house and a 2.2m X .9m for the 2nd floor shower. Tomorrow is going to be fun

 

[Sean Kelly]

Oh, I just spotted 3 boxes of ceramic tiles, they are 500x200.

 

[Andy Allen]

hope you dont get seven years bad luck, like a mirror...

 

[Dan]

Wow. That's huge! Definitely the biggest tile I've ever seen (a picture of).

 

[Spud]

I use the 1200x600 porcel-thin tiles quite a lot Sean they are far better to work with than porcelain laminate as they are slightly thicker and solid porcelain as opposed to being part fibre glass

 

[Dan]

Those are them new ones aren't they? The porcel-thin?

 

[Sean Kelly]

hope you dont get seven years bad luck, like a mirror...

I hope not Andy. I broke a mirror in 2005. I've still got 5 months before my bad luck runs out.

 

[Sean Kelly]

Those are them new ones aren't they? The porcel-thin?

Yes. 3mm

 

[charlie1]

Jeeso, I thought my tiles where big lol

 

[tommyzooom]

Bring back the 10"x8"s

 

[Stef]

I watched the Sigma video of them cutting the 3m x 1.5m, some going, I do not envy you one bit.

 

[dave l and l]

i fitted the porcel thin tiles in a bathroom recently. the ones from b and q . as much as i enjoyed working with them i found them to be of low quality. and a bit to flexible for my liking. however they looked nice up.

 

[Perry]

Sean that's not a tile mate it's a wall :yikes: You've been had again :lol:

 

[Spud]

i fitted the porcel thin tiles in a bathroom recently. the ones from b and q . as much as i enjoyed working with them i found them to be of low quality. and a bit to flexible for my liking. however they looked nice up.

Porcel-thin are not from B&Q Dave,they are a trademarked tile supplied by FEET In Rotherhithe they are nice tiles and is really good quality ,I havent had any experience of the thin stuff from B and Q but I have not heard good things about their tiles

 

[dave l and l]

ok sorry i didn't realize , . yeah well generally the b & q tiles arent that great, but this range they have in is poor very flexible and they are advertising them for floor and walls. you can get away with the wall but i wouldnt advise them on the floor