1 metre long porcelain wall tiles

[sjw450]

hey, ive got a bathroom to do in 2 weeks for my brothers friend,
his wife has went out and bought 1000 by 300cm porcelain wall tiles,
biggest cutter i have is a ts60 plus so i guess i'll need to hire a cutter from somewhere? also his ceiling is 2.3 metres high because hes lowered it and he and his wife want the tiles vertical, so what would you guys do, have a full tile from the floor up and a 30cm cut at roof or have a 15cm cut at top and bottom, ive only been tiling for 2 years and never had this situation, there a stupid size of tile for a small bathroom is u ask me but any advice would be great thanks, steven

[brummie tiler]

Walk away!!haha

[sjw450]

i would but its my bros friend haha nightmare!

[kilty55]

hi sjw,i had an alomost identical job a month ago,was ceramic tiles 1000 by 300 each tile weighed 7.5 kilos mate so first thing i would do as i was advised would be to check if the walls will hold this weight with addy and grout added on.i wouldnt start a full tile from the floor its almost guaranteed your floor isnt spot on which will throw your tiles all over the shop,i used rapid set with a 10mm floor trowel for fixing these.hope this helps

[sjw450]

great that will help! thanks

[kilty55]

i did start this job however i stopped halfway through swj after advive from guys on here about the weight of tile going on to lath n plaster walls,but your gonna have a hard slod working with those buggers mate id be pricing accordingly friends or not

[muffinman]

adhesive to used nanolite should be a breeze

[kilty55]

was more like a hurricane mate

[eamonn]

hey, ive got a bathroom to do in 2 weeks for my brothers friend,
his wife has went out and bought 1000 by 300cm porcelain wall tiles,
biggest cutter i have is a ts60 plus so i guess i'll need to hire a cutter from somewhere? also his ceiling is 2.3 metres high because hes lowered it and he and his wife want the tiles vertical, so what would you guys do, have a full tile from the floor up and a 30cm cut at roof or have a 15cm cut at top and bottom, ive only been tiling for 2 years and never had this situation, there a stupid size of tile for a small bathroom is u ask me but any advice would be great thanks, steven

sjw i would start 650mm from the floor that should leave you 650 to the celing aswell, good luck.

[bj F]

hire the tx 1200 from ctd

[365drills]

Assume these are 9mm thick and not something fatter than that.

Its a fact tiles are getting bigger and luxury bathrooms demand that "look" so tilers will be stuck with it of a while....

Best thing is... Most clients pay more for top quality work

Better not to walk away from large porcelain tiles.

PS: IF you ever need to see a website with superb results with large format tiles then please have a look at this site. Quality work all the way.

The other things I'd say (as I always do with Porcelain Tile posts) is of course dont forget ya drill bitz.

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[kilty55]

i forgot to say that as well whats the thickness,,ones i was working with were 12mm no dry cutter would deal with it,,all wet cuts

[sjw450]

excellent guys i'll drop into ctd tomorow and price the tx1200 to rent, i cant use nanolite muffin man coz of course porcelanosa have sold them 4 x 20kg bags of stuff, i dont even no what the make was but it wasnt bal single part or nanolite, i dont want to walk away from this job because at the end of nightmare jobs u always feel good and gain experience, thanks again! steve

[bj F]

excellent guys i'll drop into ctd tomorow and price the tx1200 to rent, i cant use nanolite muffin man coz of course porcelanosa have sold them 4 x 20kg bags of stuff, i dont even no what the make was but it wasnt bal single part or nanolite, i dont want to walk away from this job because at the end of nightmare jobs u always feel good and gain experience, thanks again! steve

Not sure about the spelling but it will be butech adhesive one flex. It is made by BAL under licence for porcelanosa good stuff remember to prime the walls as it is a cement baste adhesive.