johnsons floor tiles dont bother!!!!!!

[epoxy pete]

Did a job the other weekend with 300x300 mm porcelain ,johnsons range,made in greece on the packaging,these have to be the worst ever tiles i have worked with in years,absolute and utter cr-ap...they differed by up to 2- 3 mm in size,all same batch number etc,i thought B and q special 4.99 sq mtr were bad,but these are rubbish!!!
johnsons used to be a quality product... whats the worst tiles you have worked with and why?

 

[Leatherface]

Don't worry mate - happens to all of us.
Sent a customer to a trusted tile shop for job before xmas - chose 600 x 600 spanish porcelain. 32 sq m job, so couldn't check every box. Half way through the tiles started to differ between 1 and 4mm in each box. Had a do with shop - these tiles were now discontinued - customer had bought last lot.
Ended up having to use some as cuts and shave a couple of mil off the biggest ones with wet cutter to make them fit. Absloute nightmare - customer was happy with result though - gave me a bottle of wine.

 

[M D HUGHES]

Bah lad, you defo get the better customers, dominatrix and wine. You sure your not advertising extra services? ;-P

 

[Leatherface]

usually only get offered cups of tea & biscuits !!!

 

[Concept PHT]

I bought some 'Veena Stone' type tyles from topps ages ago, for a customer that simply said - get me tha cheapest crap tiles and sort the floor out.

So I did, only to find that the tiles varied in in size by a couple of mil. Had to use the eyeball spacer to try my best. Worked though, the customer loved the floor.

Told topps and they took them off immediately.

 

[Dan]

Topps and Johnsons both buy their tiles like any other big importer via containers from various sources overseas. There's no doubt they get the odd dodge order, but I wouldn't just not use Johnsons again, all suppliers have that risk.