Please help, I made a screw up...

[obobsmith]

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Ok see in picture 1 the tiles are butted up and follow the line of the level

in pic 2 I have inserted a spacer at the top but it is still butted up at the bottom, now look at how big the gap is at the end of the tile from the level. it's opened up by 7mm and the spacer is only 2mm. and this is on a small linear tile, the longer the tile the more the gap opens up, Your tiles look 600mm in length judging buy the door so your tiles will open up even more.

This problem does not occur so easily on square tiles, but if you have a very long linear tile, it's very easy to go off level

Edit: to clarify. say you have a tile 150mmx600mm the length of the tile is 4 times longer than the height, any problem on the vertical grout line will be magnified by 4 fold along the horizontal grout line

on a tile that is 200mmx600mm, the length is 3 times longer then the height, this would be magnified 3 fold

am i making sense?

Great post mate, and If your levels also out your gonna add to the above:yikes::yikes:

 

[WHID to?]

With regard to 8-9 tiles having to come off. I think the chaps are saying if your grout lines are matching up on the other 3 walls to a certain level it must be something that's occurred when you tiled around the door.

I am quite interested to see if you managed to get this resolved. I would heed the advice of the chaps and if you can't square it up, start again. One builder and one architect will talk to a lot of people in the trade and if they are not happy with your work .......

 

[Verona]

One builder and one architect will talk to a lot of people in the trade and if they are not happy with your work .......

An architect will always be able to spot things like this... they are not that practical but do have eyes.:yikes:
And the job is a great opportunity to land other jobs - a builder and architect is a good combination. You should definately do your best and you will be sailing through the year with jobs.... I think.

 

[d noulton]

is it me or did tile boyboy mention tiling out of a corner with a whole tile as advised by his teacher due to the focal point being behind the door:yikes:
as you open it check previous posts imo thats why its out so much

 

[tommyzooom]

Tileboy,Wer'e all dying to know how this epic tale ended.Did you find out what was the problem and did you get it sorted?
Some pics of the finished job will put this to bed.

 

[tileboy]

Hey guys....I have a number of picsI took today which I'm going to load ASAP. I'm working Saturday morning so as soon as I get a chance I will load them and you guys can all see. You won't believe how it turned out, or rather what the client response was when we discussed it. Give me till tomorrow lads and I'll reply again with the details...

Thanks for all the interest...
Tileboy

 

[Colour Republic]

leave us hanging why don't you!

 

[Verona]

leave us hanging why don't you!

Yes, what a cliff hanger!!! :lol:

 

[tileboy]

leave us hanging why don't you!

Ha ha, sorry mate it's passed 12am here and I'm in bed already....Camera is outside in the car, ha ha. I'm sure once I load the pics you will see what I was getting at a bit better than the original pics I loaded.

 

[Verona]

Ha ha, sorry mate it's passed 12am here and I'm in bed already....Camera is outside in the car, ha ha. I'm sure once I load the pics you will see what I was getting at a bit better than the original pics I loaded.

Phew - good to hear. LOL