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Discuss packing out tiles>>>>>>>> in the Tiling Forum at Tilers Forum; when walls are not flat and bow inwards, tiles need more adhesive and can sometimes come out half a inch from the wall when packed with adhesive. but i had ...- 27-03-2008 #1Tiling Forum Contributor
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packing out tiles>>>>>>>>
when walls are not flat and bow inwards, tiles need more adhesive and can sometimes come out half a inch from the wall when packed with adhesive. but i had a job recently where the walls where 99% straight and i had this problem that i still had to butter the tiles very thick in places(came out half inch from walls in places). the tiles used where 18 inches long and in brick bond. does anyone know why this is ?
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Re: packing out tiles>>>>>>>>
WOW!!! 99% flat that's pretty damn good IMHO. Thre shouldn't be any reson to pack out half an inch if the walls are so flat. There must be some dips and dives in the wall that youv'e missed with the straight edge.Otherwise you gotta work a bit harder to get them to sit flatter to the wall.
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is it the walls or are they cheap tiles we have had some that a customer supplyed and it was the tiles that had a bow the tiles looked ok untill you put them on something flat
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Re: packing out tiles>>>>>>>>
Packing out 1/2", you wern't using tubbed gear were you
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i hope not!!!!!!!!!
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Heh, just noticed I used an angry smiley and not the confused one

... an angry smiley.... that can only happen in interwebland
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Re: packing out tiles>>>>>>>>
they where b and q ceramic. but very hard ceramic, much like porcelain
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- 27-03-2008 #11RajaGuest
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being a professional cowboy i often packed out tiles with white star to thickness which u lot just wud not believe
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... and they say honesty dosen't pay
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Re: packing out tiles>>>>>>>>
i just put a level across the tiles and you are right, some of the tiles bend out on the last two inches by a milimitre or two. BLOODY B AND Q.!!!!!!!!!!!.
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Re: packing out tiles>>>>>>>>
Kev, I thought planametric tolerances were to do with a variation in sizes of the tiles, rather than bending of tiles. Bristish Standards say that tiles can vary by such and such amount (what ever it may be) = planametric tolerances?
- 27-03-2008 #16TilingLogisticsGuest
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Planimetric tolerances usually relate to large format porcelain tiles. The biger the tile the more difficult it is to get it absoluterly bang on level and straight. Now when you tile in the normal way normally no problem but when you start to lay brickbond you cause problems because of the variation. Proper producers of porcelain know this and crate them side on for shipment but the cheaper producers don't care and you end up with want of a better word bendy tiles. BTW that is 6 pints of old speckled hen talking with me as well
Kev
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - pla·nim·e·try

/pləˈnɪm
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Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [pluh-nim-i-tree] –
noun the measurement of plane areas.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME planemetrie < ML planimetria; see plani-, -metry
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