Tiling with 300x600 Glass Tiles

[Mr Tiler]

did you up the price once you found out the customer wanted no trim? must of put a lot of extra time on the job?

 

[Mr Tiler]

very nice job btw matey

 

[Old Mod]

did you up the price once you found out the customer wanted no trim? must of put a lot of extra time on the job?

Thanks Ash!
Yeah it added time but I was on daywork, it took as long as it took

 

[Mr Tiler]

yeh man thats the way to do it lol

 

[cam_low]

most definitely at the top of your game, amazing work and i think i would probably have bottled this job and passed it on to someone on here like yourself.

 

[Old Mod]

most definitely at the top of your game, amazing work and i think i would probably have bottled this job and passed it on to someone on here like yourself.

Thanks for that, that's truly appreciated!

 

[smudger85]

Quality job that. Great work mate

 

[Old Mod]

Cheers Smudger!

 

[ageless]

How different working with these glass tiles compared to others. Ive never used them but thinking of doing the kitchen splashback in my newbuild but dont know anything about them. Can they be cut with a sigma or small wet saw or do i need special tools?

 

[Old Mod]

How different working with these glass tiles compared to others. Ive never used them but thinking of doing the kitchen splashback in my newbuild but dont know anything about them. Can they be cut with a sigma or small wet saw or do i need special tools?

Sorry Ageless, didn't see your question.
They're 6mm glass with a hard decorative vinyl backing with a mesh overlay, they're extremely fragile and even more expensive.
You can do straight cuts on a regular slide cutter but it leaves a slightly untidy edge. Thing is if the backing is damaged in any way, including a ragged edge from cutting it will show thro the glass and effect the finish.
For straight cuts a good quality glass cutter works exceedingly well, and as u can see from the pics above they can be snapped using a slide cutter. I stuck carpet underlay over the bed and feet to protect the glass, one SLIGHT knock will damage the tile.
They can be cut with a wet cutter yes, but it's all about the blade. The Montolit Blades are outstanding but pricey but when you're spending upwards of £50 a tile it's gotta be the best kit around.
They're very fragile and require specific adhesives.
They're not for "have a go Hero's"' not saying u are of course, :smilewinkgrin:
Hope that helps a bit.

 

[ageless]

Sorry Ageless, didn't see your question.
They're 6mm glass with a hard decorative vinyl backing with a mesh overlay, they're extremely fragile and even more expensive.
You can do straight cuts on a regular slide cutter but it leaves a slightly untidy edge. Thing is if the backing is damaged in any way, including a ragged edge from cutting it will show thro the glass and effect the finish.
For straight cuts a good quality glass cutter works exceedingly well, and as u can see from the pics above they can be snapped using a slide cutter. I stuck carpet underlay over the bed and feet to protect the glass, one SLIGHT knock will damage the tile.
They can be cut with a wet cutter yes, but it's all about the blade. The Montolit Blades are outstanding but pricey but when you're spending upwards of £50 a tile it's gotta be the best kit around.
They're very fragile and require specific adhesives.
They're not for "have a go Hero's"' not saying u are of course, :smilewinkgrin:
Hope that helps a bit.

Im sure ill have a go at one or 2 and if all fails, then illl lift the phone to find someone who knows how. When you say you used carpet, was that under the tiles after scribing it, then snapped with a sigma?

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

Just completed a project which I found to be quite a challenge.
Tiling a downstairs cloak with Original Style 300x600 6mm Decorative Glass.
On the face of it, it seemed ok, until I realised that it was a window wall and the client was insistent on there being no tile trim.
So this meant either laying the tiles square to each other around the window or mitring them all. Of course the latter was requested!
The cutting blade became the most important decision of all, and with the help from Dave@tradetiler I went for the Montolit 180 glass blade at a mere £148 delivered, but what a piece of kit it turned out to be!

I thought this was a good cut! Till I tried this!

And just to show its not just a piece......

The other weapons of choice were....

And....

Biggest concern was the mitring, had no idea how successful it was going to be. Also when they were mitred this would remove the backing which left 6mm of clear glass on the edge. I was unsure what kind of finish this would leave. I knew one thing for sure tho, I couldn't afford there to be any leeching of adhesive or grout into that last 6mm
I made the decision to put clear Silicon in the last 6mm on the edge, theory being that it would stop grout and dirt ingress at the edges but also form a thin barrier between the glass to prevent the glass from actually touching. To me that seemed like the way to go, it was fragile enough without two glass edges coming together. Fortunately it actually seemed to work! Very messy job tho, adhesive on the wall, adhesive back buttered on tile with a large Silicon bead on both pieces just before fixing then squeezing it all together without chipping the glass. Believe me once mitred you only had to look at the edge funny for it to chip!
The only adhesive that Original Style would recommend was Mapei's Keraquick and Latex Plus! oh joy! Hottest week of the year and I have to use this super quick setting adhesive with a material more delicate than tissue paper!
Anyway this was the end result, luckily the client was overjoyed with the result, and me? ......... I was just relieved it was over haha

Oh yeah, the top of the cistern had to be removable to! Grrrrrrr. So settled on fixing front mitres permanently and making rear two tiles removable with a sucker pad!

Not my floor BTW!

Real nice specialist work there Marc....looks the business.......first class workmanship once again and a great post......well done mate

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Inspirational. Top post to boot.

 

[MTiler]

which Montolit blade did you get? Thats cheap compared to a bisazza blade

 

[Old Mod]

which Montolit blade did you get? Thats cheap compared to a bisazza blade

It's their glass specific blade Sharon.
180mm wet blade.
Montolit CPV Glass 180mm Diamond Wheel / Blade (22.2/25.4mm bore) £123.58 in stock - next day UK delivery plus Tile Cutters and Tiling Tools