Terracotta tiles, help

[city fan]

Hi all, i am on a job at the moment 24mtrs of 300/300 terracotta tiles with a corner cut of for a insert glassed tile.I have put 10mm backer brds down and ufh on top.My problem is that the tiles got deliverd pm today and they are hand made and not one tile is the same size worse still is that the tiles are not flat.They are oprox 5/6mm bow across the tile.I am worried about what the finnished job will look like as the grout line is at least 10/15mm.Any help would be good!

[Brian the Tile]

did yo order the tiles or the customer, more info needed

[Brian the Tile]

10 to 15mm grout ,your idea or theres?

[city fan]

They bought them off the net!

[city fan]

customer!

[pjc]

pic would help sound like Mexican carrillo or where you brought them who from

[Phil Hobson]

If they are hand made, you will probably need 10/15mm joints. As pjc, pics would help.

[pjc]

310 x310 dont know of oct that size or might be more likely they would be Saltillo or a hand made Spanish so shouldn't be that bad

[nybor62]

did a load of terracotta last year hand made 200x100 bricks all diff sizes , are the customer aware of what they have bought , they look great when down we sealed with linseed oil , 10 mm joint , and grouted with ardex coco bean looked brill , found the ardex awsome to work with no slumping and so easy to clean off

[Brian the Tile]

have only used that kind of joint on 6 x6 quarries i have never seen a 15mm joint on tiles i think its to wide a joint but then i suppose its up to the customer but imo they would look crazy still a from me but each to there own

[Rich]

I have often had to give slate a 10mm+ joint, not down to choice when the tolerance is that wide.


I hope the customers know what these are going to look like and not saved themselves a few quid buy picking them up on line but want a flat and level floor.

[Dave]

Terracotta always gets a wide joint, so unless you have never laid it before then you cannot say it will look wrong

[city fan]

thanks for all your help folks, let you no how i get on!

[Gall.B]

Sounds Mexican, will look the dogs when done, will need a large joint.
Do they have a shamfered edge?

[Mike]

as long as you explain everything to the customer i.e. wide joints, bowed tiles etc. if they don't like it you're covered.

[Brian the Tile]

ah but dave it does not matter whitch or what tile it is when you have been in the job for forty years you have not only fixed a lot of tiles but you tend to get afeel for what looks right and what doesnt it is up to the customer what they want at the end of the day we are only here to advise with a wealth of experience terracotta might i say is a tile that i have fixed many times over but is only my opinion