really big tiles

[Spud]

its starting to get silly how big tiles are now 1800 x 900

 

[beanz]

I'll be giving those a miss! lol

 

[Ian]

What have you got to cut those with Gary? :yikes:

PS, that ones got a hole in it :lol:

 

[Spud]

cut the short side 900 on a push tile cutter long cuts are being done with a 4 1/2 inch grinder with a porcelain blade they cut really well fixing them with tile master setaflex over ditra and using my vibration compaction plate (tile iron) going to mitre all the external corners should be nice when finished,sorry about the cloudy images the lens on my camera phone has had it

 

[Concrete guy]

At what point does a tile become a "slab"? Those are huge.

 

[charlie1]

cut the short side 900 on a push tile cutter long cuts are being done with a 4 1/2 inch grinder with a porcelain blade they cut really well fixing them with tile master setaflex over ditra and using my vibration compaction plate (tile iron) going to mitre all the external corners should be nice when finished,sorry about the cloudy images the lens on my camera phone has had it

whats your troweling size and setting method for those gary? Id imagine the floor has to be pretty spot on flat -3mm / 1.8m?

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Hell's Bell's Gary, you don't wan't to mark one of those wrong, measure twice, cut once with them.:lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[Spud]

whats your troweling size and setting method for those gary? Id imagine the floor has to be pretty spot on flat -3mm / 1.8m?

levelled the floor at the prep stage in order to bring it up to the same finished floor height as the adjoining wood floor it was near perfect to a 2m straight edge ,then ditra matting then tiles the floor was trowelled with a 12mm square notch and the tiles were back spread flat then trowelled with the same 12mm trowel these were then fitted and vibrated with a hand compaction plate

 

[charlie1]

Hell's Bell's Gary, you don't wan't to mark one of those wrong, measure twice, cut once with them.:lol::lol::lol::lol:

I wouldnt worry, you could rip any damaged ones in to 300x300 mega mosaics!

 

[John Benton]

Has the rapid set nearly gone off by the time you've back skimmed those beasts? :lol:

 

[jonnyc]

I thought I had seen alot but this is new and exciting territory and you are leading the field of fixers who will follow.
I have a very vivid memory of quoting to do a big stone job for boss of French connection about 4-5 years ago and a very small part of my package which was primarily stone included this porcel thin product. I made extensive enquiries with adhesive manufacturers and opted out of the the porcelain tiles and subsequently lost a very good project.
It's never too late to learn a new skill as we all know , and I see this development as just another progression in the tilers never ending adaptation to new products on market
personally I would be quite happy to carry on in the little speciality works that I offer
But if that dies off then I will be there like we all have to be .

 

[CJ]

Boxes of 5? :lol:

They are monsters........and could cause monster back probs. :yikes:

 

[jlktiling]

If you put one of those down on the addy, and for whatever reason, had to pull it up, surely it would snap due to the suction?

 

[Bubblecraft]

That's nuts!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Price per metre or per tile?

 

[True Tiling]

What??! I thought I was fool-proof getting a 1200 cutter!! No way!

Man - that floor has to be absolutely solid and completely free from any physical factors AT ALL, otherwise those babies are going to split like a nun in a wrecked ship...

These people don't know what they are tying to do when they design these tiles do they?

Madness...

 

[Spud]

Not sure John I think over 200 pounds plus vat

 

[rainsco]

massive tiles! the long cuts are looking very well!