XXL tiles - how to cut?

[Dan]

Yeah lol cheers.

Somebody wants to take more pictures then because NZ Tiler's getting the same stuff as Ray is. If it's not the same tile, it's taken of the same slabs lol

 

[Old Mod]

*pulls hair out!*
Haha it's the Calacatta marble, doesn't matter where the slab came from, it's called Calacatta for its own unique reasons, so it will ALL be similar.

 

[Grime]

Hi All - thanks for the advice and suggestions. I've only been tiling since late last year so XXL format tiles are a bit daunting.

Ta

 

[Dan]

*pulls hair out!*
Haha it's the Calacatta marble, doesn't matter where the slab came from, it's called Calacatta for its own unique reasons, so it will ALL be similar.

I seeeee. So what they took a picture of is Calacatta then?!?! lol

So like this, which is the real deal, not the chinese cheap man made stuff lol

 

[Old Mod]

I seeeee. So what they took a picture of is Calacatta then?!?! lol

So like this, which is the real deal, not the chinese cheap man made stuff lol

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Exactly, only thing you were slightly off in was that the Chinese make the crap stuff. Haha
There's so much more to the way they trade than I ever realised.
It's like that Hampstead staircase, you can clearly see its cheap Chinese crap!

 

[Dan]

Exactly, only thing you were slightly off in was that the Chinese make the crap stuff. Haha
There's so much more to the way they trade than I ever realised.
It's like that Hampstead staircase, you can clearly see its cheap Chinese crap!

It's cheap Chinese stuff compared to the way the earth makes it which is priceless pal.

The Chinese are market leaders in a lot of the game. They're not the biggest economy for nothing. Well, child labour, but it keeps our iPhones cheap. Not wait, no it doesn't pmsl

 

[Old Mod]

I never said it was better than the real stuff did I!
I just said you'd be pushed to tell them apart.
But you can pay £700m2 and use far more of the earths resources, or you can pay £150m2 and be just a little bit greener. Haha

 

[Dan]

lol I never said you did say that

I'm not sure they're actually greener either lol Digging and chopping up compared to the burning of coal and oil making porcelain and firing them etc.

I wonder which is heavier per cubic tonne too. I bet if it's more dense it'll be porcelain. So all the freight costs too. lol

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Handbags!

 

[Old Mod]

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I wonder which is heavier per cubic tonne too. I bet if it's more dense it'll be porcelain. So all the freight costs too. lol

Just to be pedantic, a metric tonne is a metric tonne, a bit like Calacatta is Calacatta,

It's the cubic metre of space they require, depending on each materials density, that makes the difference.

It's all supposition anyway, cos I don't actually know, was just speculating haha

 

[NZ_Tiler]

That's a silly size.

Are we really just doing this to not see grout joints?

Are people who are buying them thinking it's going to fool other people into thinking they have a room built from solid marble? lol

I think they're pushing for more fascade applications

 

[NZ_Tiler]

No, it's a Calacatta but not porcelthin. The largest they do currently is 1800 x 900,but that'll possibly increased to 2400 x 1200.

3200x1600

 

[Old Mod]

3200x1600

Sorry wasn't being clear.
Porcel-Thin™ Is a brand.
They currently go to 1800 x 900, with a view to go to 2400 x 1200mm
The magnum ranges here go up to 3.2 x 1.6m also

 

[Royal Tiles]

I think it can come in handy .

 

[Flintstone]

That decide to close the Joints up, never seen one of them before, is that really necessary ?