Anybody else hate fixing BnQ tiles?

[daz825]

Everytime I seem to come accross tiles from BnQ there are massive inconsistencies, the last job I done was 30 x 30 floor tiles and most of them were a different size, some were 3 to 5mm out, I know it says 30 x 30 (approx) on the box but that takes the micheal a bit. It took me an age sorting them all by size and to get the grout lines looking good. anyone else found this?

[Lawrence147]

Yes Daz

Tiled 16m2 bathroom and 30m2 kitchen all in 15 x 15 white that customer wanted - inconsistencies everywhere

I know I'm a bit of a newbie but takes an age just to get full tiles on the wall straight much less working with cuts and using loads of wedges!

[beanz]

Yup, same as... Sometimes they aren't even square!?!

[CJ CERAMICS]

i try not to tile with b and q tiles as they are nearly all different sizes but if i do (not in a position to say no at the mo) i open all boxes and lay tiles into sizes as best as poss using the worst sizes for cutting and edges while using a wider grout line.
chris.

[timeless john]

B&Q tiles....
Just done a bathroom ( well Little John has) using 250x200mm bumpy white wall tiles at £9-00 mt and 330x330mm Black slate effect floor tiles at £7-00 mt.
He used the floor tiles up the walls in a 1 tile wide vertical centre panel edged with a cube of stone mosaic. Altogether there was 3 panels, behind the basin, behind the w.c., and over the bath end as a feature on the shower wall.
The tiles cost a total of approx £180-00 for 20mts and when grouted with white for the wall tiles and charcoal for the floor tiles (including those as panels) the job was Stunning!
The boxes of wall tles have to be checked for breakages and shade numbers, and the floor tiles are all different sizes. But for the price you pay for this material you have to learn how to fix it professionally.
When the clients plumber fits the rest of the suite I'll get a photo to put in his album!
You get what you pay for - and you have to make a good job of what you work with.
If all tiles were perfect the customer would do the jobs themselves!

Timeless John.

[brian c]

as TJ says it depends how you fix them but 5mm out is a bit much.Cant you use the bigger sized ones for cuts etc

[dagger]

agree with john, my wetroom job this week (and last) has b and q wall tiles, they are out of square, +/- 2mm tolerence in the boxes, and i made sure they are from the same batch, in my case 21-10-08.

you get what you pay for and they look great on the wall,
but as a fixer i have had to wiggle and wriggle all the joins!
(wiggle and wriggle are not technical terms!).

[brian c]

its how you wiggle and wriggle that matters Dagger..

[djr tiling]

am doing a 20m2 floor at mo and they vary 5mm in the same box

£6 m2 from b&q

spoke to the customer and insisted on doing it half bond and am measuring for 2 tiles at each end of the line of tiles and snapping a chalk line through and doing it free hand

doesnt look bad if i say so myself

but the b&q wall tiles i used were all cuped witch was intresting just got to make the best job you can

[doug boardley]

I must be the only tiler that has never fixed them

[dagger]

I must be the only tiler that has never fixed them

Really, OH MY GOSH.. YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST!

have wedges, 2mm,3mm,and 4mm spacers at the ready!!!!

Doug you must get all the posh jobs!

and i started of with 2mm spacers as usual, i will reccommend min start 4mm, and then the problems i have had will be a lot easier!

[timeless john]

Not many sheep in the Lake District buy tiles!

John.

[dagger]

they are so bad you can use a sheep as a spacer!

[doug boardley]

just not many tile sheds round me

[chris.tiling]

Doug - cant believe you are still a B&Q virgin....lucky sod!

[doug boardley]

done some Wickes ones tho

[david campbell]

don't think it matters me and kilty are doing a bathroom with tiles at £80 and they are all bowed,what a struggle

[brian c]

what tile is that DC?

I WOULD BE TAKING THEM BACK AT THAT PRICE,IF THEY ARE BOWED.

[doug boardley]

Doug - cant believe you are still a B&Q virgin....lucky sod!

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