Tiling's getting harder

[4x4]

Hi all, been laying 500 x 500 porcelain tiles today, the tile's have no bevel at all they are just really sharp and square!
obviously I strive to get no lippage at all, and on these beggars you really cant! or its a cut toe for the customer
which got me thinking that tiling with todays tile types is so much harder and slows the job down a lot more,
rather than a few years back when a lot of floor tile's had rounded off edges which hid a lttle bit of lippage here and there.

does anyone curse the fashion of tiles today:mad2:

 

[Alan.P]

What is hard / impossible, is getting no lippage when the [NO LANGUAGE PLEASE] tiles are bowed and trying to explain to the customer / client that it is the tile and not the fixing, but yes, in answer to your question, it is getting to be more of a precise art than years ago.

 

[White Room]

What cutter you using mate

 

[4x4]

Hi whitebeam I'm using a D24000 but what thats got to do with it :smilewinkgrin: I dont mean that rudely by the way

 

[SRFredrick]

What is hard / impossible, is getting no lippage when the [NO LANGUAGE PLEASE] tiles are bowed and trying to explain to the customer / client that it is the tile and not the fixing, but yes, in answer to your question, it is getting to be more of a precise art than years ago.

This is not what us newbies want to hear Better make sure I go on a quality training course.

 

[White Room]

You could've had a wickes special, obviously not.

 

[4x4]

tiling in the real world is a thousand times harder than the course prepares you for, we were told if we can tile the bad bay walls on the course (with a 6 inch tile I may add), then we can tile anything, well guess what..... most of the walls I have had to tile in the real world have been worse! put that with the fact that the customer now wants a tile the size of a barn door, it is not easy

 

[4x4]

I did have a wickes special...still got it buried in the van....have you got the D24000 whitebeam?

 

[White Room]

No mate, I use a rubi nd200.......

Your right about the tiles sizes though and the walls:yikes:

 

[Dan]

4x4, I've added you to the TilersForums Arms.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Hi 4x4 If tiling was easy, everyone would do their own. Large format, rectified edge, can be a callenge to the most experienced amongst us.

 

[peckers]

oh yes tiling is getting harder and harder due to the size and nature and hardness of the tiles! and due to this the substrates have to be flatter more rigid and so on! you cant put right tiles that are not flat etc from the manufacturer but you can tell the customer if there is a problem with the tiles before you start.
but due to the tiles becoming more complex etc then the tiling tools are getting better and larger to cope with them too.
And to be honest I like it getting more awkward and harder to do as this will stop a lot of cowboys from being able to do the job(all though some still have a go) and tiling is becoming more known imo as a specialist job!
I just wish the trades that went in before we do was as specialist as we are and could read a levels bubble so they too can get things flat and plumb!!!!! Its got alot to do with the preparation....

 

[4x4]

I'm fairly new to the trade and think I do a good job but I seem to be too slow, I also wonder if I'm too fussy over lippage but with tiles like this I think you really have to be,

I'm begining to wonder if I'll ever speed up ,...............did anyone else think this when they first started

 

[4x4]

thanks Dan.... thats great.... I'l pop in later.... :cheers2::cheers2:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

oh yes tiling is getting harder and harder due to the size and nature and hardness of the tiles! and due to this the substrates have to be flatter more rigid and so on! you cant put right tiles that are not flat etc from the manufacturer but you can tell the customer if there is a problem with the tiles before you start.
but due to the tiles becoming more complex etc then the tiling tools are getting better and larger to cope with them too.
And to be honest I like it getting more awkward and harder to do as this will stop a lot of cowboys from being able to do the job(all though some still have a go) and tiling is becoming more known imo as a specialist job!
I just wish the trades that went in before we do was as specialist as we are and could read a levels bubble so they too can get things flat and plumb!!!!! Its got alot to do with the preparation....

Steve, you are spot on, I think some trades put their levels in the freezer overnight, so the bubble stays in the middle.:lol: