1 metre tiles

[kilty55]

hi all,,my latest lovely job is putting up 1 metre ceramic tiles,,300 mm width and 12 mm thick tiles,,im using rapid set flexi adhesive(bagged) and wondered would i be better with a thicker grout line than 4mm to look good with these tiles or is 4mm suffficeint,,going on a wall by the way.thanks

[salmonfisher]

4mm is the max i use

id have stuck with 2mm...are you sure they are ceramic kilty, not porcelain..

regards
ed

[Grace'sDad]

Be brave and use 2mm!

[kilty55]

hi,,defo ceramics ok ill go for the 2mm

[CJ]

Hope the walls are spot on

[sWe]

So they're 1000mm x 300mm? Check how well they're caliberated, and go from there. If they're very even in size, and square enough, you can go a little bit thinner, say 2-3mm. From a technical standpoint, other than compensating for tile and substrate uneveness, more than 2-5mm isn't normally required. It's more a question of taste.

I'd generally say thin joints look better than wide joints, but it depends on the style of the tile and the rest of the furnishings. From a purely aesthetic perspective, large tiles tend to benefit from fairly thin joints, IF they're evenly sized and shaped. Rustic style tiles tend to benefit from wider joints, but they also tend to be smaller.

[tkm18]

If its the Porcelonsa ones, the calibration should be ok, used them a while back and they were ok.

2mm joints would be fine
just be carefull when you push the suckers into the adhesive they tend to bend a touch and can spring back before the adhesive sets leaveing lips and hollows
just a thought

[kilty55]

thanks all for the advice ill need it with this one haha,,walls are not too bad i did advise the customer to get a plasterer in to make them perfect but its that old nutshell again,,they dont want the expense so ill make the best of what i can do myself,,ill post pics of the job once completed.

[deanotile]

You might want to check the weight of the tiles if the walls are skimmed they may be to heavy

[kilty55]

the walls are original lath n plaster,in decent nick apart from 2 bubbled bits which have movement behind the double shower tray this being due to no tanking! so im going to cut them out and dot and dab plasterboard onto them finishing with a skim on the 2 peices only,,also 2 packed out peices of wall to fit shower tray which im putting hardi backeronto as these are made of cheap chipboard do you guys think this sounds sufficient to hold the weight,,i personally thought it would be fine?