Big tiles................ - Tile Advice

[Andy Allen]

What do you mean bits . That was all of it , i never said it was mahoosive

One tile doesn't count as a job..

 

[Italy]

none of my friends pro
talk about the difference between floor or wall?
on the wall I can mount larger sizes alone,
the problem is the floor.
and what about large spaces or narrow spaces?
the differences are huge ...
as far as I'm concerned, if I remember correctly
for floor 75x150x10 narrow spaces, only 5 tiles and 120x120x6 only large spaces.
for walls 75x150x10, 120x120x6 and 100x200x3

 

[Qwerty]

Biggest alone for me was 1200 x 600 11mm porcelain.

Just watch your back @Andy Allen , even the best chiropractor in the world cant sort a severely prolapsed disc if that happened. Buy a back support for when youre lifting, it helps

 

[Dumbo]

Oh also did this on my own . Threw them up one day , grout and rein on the second day. Can't remember what size they were but they were View attachment 103299

One tile doesn't count as a job..

Well actually I didn't want to say this as it was one tile but you've forced my hand I did 1500 x 750 x10 or12 can't remember which front step and riser . I got paid for it therefor a job .

 

[Dumbo]

One tile doesn't count as a job..

On a serious note unless it's a very large space and depending where it is in the house if that's what it is you really need a cutting room as you can't be messing around with these in peoples hallways or landings . Also make sure you have a decent bench to work off .

 

[Flintstone]

800 X 800 floor on my own and I didn't think it was that bad, although they were reasonably thin about 7mm. I have a full large wet room to do in 10mm 800s in January. I think I'd take on a 1000x1000 or 1200x600 on my own

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Ok - so when is it a tile and not a sheet?
Apart from the adhesive factor what do the large format porcelain thins have in common with our trade?
Shower boards have been around a good few years and are fitted by plumbers and joiners.
There is undoubtably a technical skill required for the complexity of these ‘panels’ , along with a complete new set of specialist tools, but like vitrolite 50 years ago it didn’t come within the plasterers/bricklayers/tilers portfolio.
So is it because it’s imported by tile suppliers, is it because it’s porcelain, or is it because tilers fix them that these new sheets are called ‘big tiles’?

 

[J Sid]

just starting, 5 shower/bathrooms, cloakroom all fully tiled in 1200x600x10. 250 m2 of floor in 1200x600x10, a swimming pool and changing room size not known yet.
going to be hard work....
did about 500m2 in 1000x1000x10 a few years ago, nearly kill me

 

[Italy]

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[Andy Allen]

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I want one...!!

 

[hmtiling]

I did about 500m2 of 1200x600x10 this year and I hated it. Site conditions did not help

 

[Concrete guy]

Large format tiles (by large I mean when they become so large you are fitting single slabs floor to ceiling) have much more in common with stone masonry than tiling.

The templating, cutting and installation process of a 2400x1200 "tile" is the same as if were a slab of 20mm thick marble. The big benefit for the installer is weight. The big benefit for the end user is lack of maintenance vs natural stone.

Cost is also a big benefit.

I love stone, I specialised in it when I was tiling and I eventually became a stone importer. However I've just ordered large format Florim tiles (slabs) for our en suite shower room.

I think it's reasonable to consider anything up to 900mm x 900mm a tile, but once you're over that size you're into the realms of slabs.

As the size increases the surface preparation become exponentially more critical. So in the same way mosaics are a specialist job in their own right, huge format tiles are also specialist, just at completely the opposite end of the size spectrum.

 

[macten]

Doing 900x600x10 atm and I'm living on ibuprofen and bourbon

 

[LM]

Doing 900x600x10 atm and I'm living on ibuprofen and bourbon

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Jack or Jim?

 

[WetSaw]

Jack or Jim?

Could be Lidl's finest Western Gold!