Nightmare tile from Topps

[afright]

I have recently done a shower with these tiles they are porcelain 600 x 300 split face lookalike from Topps you cannot give them a joint and its hard to grout them ,I have now got another shower to do but will not be grouting them, the walls are no more ply and primed with SBR you can't use a tile cutter so will have to be wet cut.I am just hoping that they don't catch on

 

[Qwerty]

From tradetiler......

http://www.tradetiler.com/grout-bag-white-blue.html

Or

http://www.tradetiler.com/grouting-gun.html

 

[Peter]

Priced them for a harth a while back. Customer said 'I don't want them grouted', I said "no problem". Never got the job anyway, I pity the fool who did.

 

[Stef]

Buy a brickies pointing gun, a right pain to use at times though..

 

[CJ]

Done them once........never again.

On a positive note. Topps have discontinued "Padova", another pain in the ar55e tile to grout.

 

[afright]

Well I have just finished the shower it was 12 m2 the chap that I have done the job for has now decided to have it grouted and hes going to do it next time I come across them I'am walking.

 

[gamma38]

Someone posted on here last year about running a small bead of Silicon between tiles & butting them up to each other & doing them that way.
I fitted these last year & they are an absolute mare to work with.
I see topps have them discounted just now 15 or 25% off, was hoping that was a sign that they aren't a very good seller.
I will fit them again but a very inflated price!!!

That was me Stef, i remember your nightmare with them.

 

[Stef]

That was me Stef, i remember your nightmare with them.

I was telling someone in tile giant about this method yesterday..

 

[High Peak Tiling]

With the slightest amount of movement without a grout joint... Recipe for a nightmare

 

[afright]

Someone posted on here last year about running a small bead of Silicon between tiles & butting them up to each other & doing them that way.
I fitted these last year & they are an absolute mare to work with.
I see topps have them discounted just now 15 or 25% off, was hoping that was a sign that they aren't a very good seller.
I will fit them again but a very inflated price!!!

The Customer paid £44 per m2 for them.

 

[TJ Smiler]

After reading all this i think i will just walk away if ever i come up against them, too much like hard work for a poor end result by the sounds of it.