Tiling Without Grout

[Alan M]

hi there
last year my mother and my neighbour went shopping and brought back tiles . both got the same tiles. they are about 12 " by 16" with a stone effect on them. . I fitted my mothers last year with a small grout line (1 mm I think could be more)
fast forward and my neighbour wants hers done next week.
problem is that she doesn't like the grout. she says its too noticeable. personally I don't think it is . you wouldn't notice. she wants me to fit them with no spacing between them,
I am trying to tell her it wont work but I think it might be easier to tell the grout line to disappear.

obviously its not a good idea but how bad would it come out .
im thinking that if the tiles are not 100% square then I will end up with dirty gaps

how do I get around this

alan

 

[Dan]

Hi Alan,

Not sure the British Standards has been updated to accommodate tiles that have no grout lines like some stone or porcelain, or if it ever will be (but I know some tiles are designed not to have grout lines in them these days - can somebody confirm?). But currently it states 2mm for walls minimum. 3mm for floors.

Not sure how one gets around this to be honest.

I do keep reading about tiles needing no grout lines.

 

[Spare Tool]

Mapie do 20 odd shades of grout surely one would blend in with the tiles better than yer mums..as Dan says minimum 3mm floor, 2mm walls

 

[Dan]

You say that but I do keep seeing threads mentioning no grout, experienced tilers writing it too! I just can't actually find one damn thread right now pmsl

Installing a new enhanced search through the night.

 

[Dan]

• Tiling with no grout !!!!!
• porcelain floor without grout gap????
• No grout in shower?????!!?
• Travertine Pavers with no grout
• marble stone tiles without grout?

Not sure if any of those are any good to you.

 

[Spare Tool]

Far as I'm aware it's only certain feature tiles and split faced that don't need grouting Dan..I've never butted a tile up, ever

 

[White Room]

Saw it done on a kitchen floor of all places and gaps all over, at least the food scraps had somewhere to go...

 

[Dan]

I'm sure I read somewhere the other day. Was it @DavidHoweTiling that said it? Doing a job with porcelain or stone or something and didn't need a grout?

 

[Alan M]

thanks guys.
I will get a pic of the tiles to show you

 

[AMC]

hi there
last year my mother and my neighbour went shopping and brought back tiles . both got the same tiles. they are about 12 " by 16" with a stone effect on them. . I fitted my mothers last year with a small grout line (1 mm I think could be more)
fast forward and my neighbour wants hers done next week.
problem is that she doesn't like the grout. she says its too noticeable. personally I don't think it is . you wouldn't notice. she wants me to fit them with no spacing between them,
I am trying to tell her it wont work but I think it might be easier to tell the grout line to disappear.

obviously its not a good idea but how bad would it come out .
im thinking that if the tiles are not 100% square then I will end up with dirty gaps

how do I get around this

alan

Hi , the porcelanosa rep here in Ireland was tellin me that all porcelanosa tilers are doin all the large formats without grout joints , butting them together , I'm headin over to there to Spain in September to the butech factory to see how it's done ( nice freebie from the rep)

 

[Dan]

Hi , the porcelanosa rep here in Ireland was tellin me that all porcelanosa tilers are doin all the large formats without grout joints , butting them together , I'm headin over to there to Spain in September to the butech factory to see how it's done ( nice freebie from the rep)

Get in!

See if you're allowed to take snaps.

 

[radim]

Hi , the porcelanosa rep here in Ireland was tellin me that all porcelanosa tilers are doin all the large formats without grout joints , butting them together , I'm headin over to there to Spain in September to the butech factory to see how it's done ( nice freebie from the rep)

houses in europe are made of solid concrete and brick therefore no movement and butted tiles are not a problem.
houses in Uk are wooden boxes with moving walls and suspended floors etc.with movement everywhere.

 

[AMC]

houses in europe are made of solid concrete and brick therefore no movement and butted tiles are not a problem.
houses in Uk are wooden boxes with moving walls and suspended floors etc.with movement everywhere.

Yeah , that's what I was sayin to the rep , you couldn't butt joint a 1000 x 315 tile in a bathroom , I think they'd either pop or crack

 

[AMC]

Get in!

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Get in!

See if you're allowed to take snaps.

ill do my best

 

[radim]

i was in porcelanosa factory last year.very informative trip, they know their stuff.
a lot to see and lot to drink.......