B&q tiles approx sizes are a joke

[Rav daniels]

Tiles 11 2 m of b & q White gloss ceramic tiles, the size was 400 x 250 and on the box it says after it approximatley, I had a nightmare today and was ready for killing someone, good job the house was empty because I did some swearing, the tiles were all diffrent sizes , some were 1 , 2, and 3 mm out, I was using all diffrent spacer sizes and even pieces of card, not touching these again, took 5 years off my life expectancy lol,

[paulyoung666]

did you supply ?? , or were you supplied with ??

the tiles that is .......

[whitebeam]

Nothing new there then with B&Q

[nybor62]

bin there , night mare

[Rav daniels]

did you supply ?? , or were you supplied with ??

the tiles that is .......

No all tiles were at the house, I just supplied matts, I would never supply from b & q anyway mate, I will take some pics tommorrow when finished grouting, I am happy with the result, but shouldn't need to faff about like that, and it would be my name on the line if it didn't look good, don't think b & q would care though

[Dave]

yep.. used them... mare to use..

[Rav daniels]

Yep, if it wasn't for the slate mossiac border, it would of looked like a public loo, will put pics on tommorrow,

[Phil Hobson]

Rav, I've been there too. Not good

[merlecollins]

I did a conservatory floor last month where the customer had bought all his tiles from B&Q - nightmare up to 6mm difference in size

[Phil Hobson]

Maybe B&Q know that TF members can get over anything

[timeless john]

If a customer was paying £63/m for 600x600mm porcelain tiles I'd expect quality.
If a customer was paying £11/m for 600x600mm porcelain tiles I'd expect BQ.
Its a DIY store - let the customer do it themselves or charge the going rate for a professional job.
IMO their tiles are no worse than those produced by Candy tiles and Johnsons tiles 35 years ago and if this job was that easy everyone would be doing it themselves.

[puddle]

Did you find them slightly bowed too,length wise,used some early in the year,it was wife's friend,they just kept saying what a bargain they were,,I ended up unpacking them all on the lawn and sorting different widths,so could do line with approx. same width ,then next with other size ect,ended taking about 4 boxes back to find size required,sat in isle sorting out

[Rav daniels]

Yes there was a few bowed mate, customer paid £8 a m2 , was shocked as it was a massive posh house and nice size bathroom, especially with slate mossiacs on top costing £5 a 300mm length, beats me, I just fix em, to the best of my ability

[Burnsy]

Ive had the same problem with B&Q 30cm floor tiles,sme were out by 3mm.

Having said that I did the dreaded 600 by 600 polished porcelains last week and to my amazment the sizes were pretty much spot on - must have got a lucky batch!

[Rav daniels]

Yep, if it wasn't for the slate mossiac border, it would of looked like a public loo, will put pics on tommorrow,

pics of the mare job,

[marky]

Hi Rav
Nice job but could not see any of the dif joint sizes got any close ups

[andy allen]

wedge spacers are a god send for b and poo tile

[Rav daniels]

Hi Rav
Nice job but could not see any of the dif joint sizes got any close ups

You won't do pal, made sure I got it right, pain in the yarris though mate, never again

[paulyoung666]

in my complete ignorance , if the tiles are so badly out of spec , how do you avoid getting different joint sizes

[Rav daniels]

Hi Paul , you can't you just have to do the best you can, and do what is going to look the best to the eye, I made sure I kept all the crosshair lines bang on , because this would get spotted straight away, I sacrificed the horizontal grout lines by playing about with them, and once grouted u can get away with it, but u shouldn't have to,

[CJ CERAMICS]

job looks good rav....must say though as you stated it would have finished better with aluminium profiles rather than white.