the weight of tiles

[Andy Allen]

why do some tile manufacturing comps pile so many tiles into a box, ive just finished a floor 500x500 porcelain tile with 7 tiles per box......no wonder were all walking round with bad backs.

im sure it seems to be getting worse.

 

[Ian]

Jeez, thats nearly 2 metres in a box! I'd be taking them 3 tiles at a time, I have enough trouble with my back.

 

[Andy Allen]

tell me about it , i pick a box up and nearly keeled over.

 

[Ian]

The boxes of 600x300 porcs normally have 6 in them and thats heavy enough!

 

[Andy Allen]

mate of mine works as a postman and there not allowed to carry any thing over 11kg.

a bag of addys 20kg.

 

[Ian]

I'll post you a bag of addy in the morning! See if it gets there!

 

[Stewart]

There's a tile I fix quite a lot (the name escapes me at the mo) 300 x 600 12mm thick porcelain and it has 10 tiles in a box. It's an absolute beast to lift and my apprentice cant manage it, much to my annoyance.....!

 

[Rich]

I'll post you a bag of addy in the morning! See if it gets there!

:lol:

There will be 3 postmen knocking on your door in the morning, prob wearing back braces.

 

[Ian]

I'm doing the bathroom in the living quarters of a pub this week and the closest I can get the van is in the pub car park about 100 yards away, had to take 105, 300x450x10mm trav to the house then upstairs to the bathroom! I'm expecting a few aches and pains in the morning.

 

[Scott]

I just finished my ensuite in 12mm 450 x 300 cappucino marble, when i picked up the first box it felt like there were ten in a box until i checked and it was 5. Must have been resting too much lately.

 

[nybor62]

i use to hate them new 2 storey houses, carrying all tiles up to top floor, not sure if it was borneo blanco by porcelanosa 19 in a box , i needed a *** half way up . lol

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I will not allow my son to carry any more than 1 metre at a time - especially when he's got a bag of adhesive on his shoulder and my percolator coffee maker under his other arm.

 

[DHTiling]

Some tiles i put down last year were back breakers.. 600x600 22mm thick.. oooo i knew i had laid those suckers..

Got some even bigger and thicker Bastille to lay in May..

 

[Scott]

Not as bad as the ones Ian Poulter is having laid in his kitchen though!

 

[aph257]

there not tiles Dave there what i call paving slabs.