Herringbone wall - TilersForums.com

[Steve]

Doing a herringbone wall 60 x 240's , got Centre and offset it for equal cuts but cuts arnt good , whats best way to cross tile to get better cuts up both sides ? Also 4 tiles with joints are a good 5 mil longer than the tile on the long , will this cause a problem on a reasonably big wall , thanking in advance

 

[Dave]

The tile length should he divisible by the width for the pattern to work.

 

[Steve]

The tile length should he divisible by the width for the pattern to work.

Yea , they are 60x 240's so it is divisible but when you space the 4 tiles it's 6 mil longer than the long length of the tile so not sure if it will cause a problem in practice.

 

[Dave]

Yea , they are 60x 240's so it is divisible but when you space the 4 tiles it's 6 mil longer than the long length of the tile so not sure if it will cause a problem in practice.

What size spacer ?

 

[Steve]

2 mil

 

[Dave]

2 mil

Then they are not divisible 😂

 

[Steve]

so won't work and I shouldn't attempt it eh , builders asking me to do it .

 

[bsc ceramics]

Yea , they are 60x 240's so it is divisible but when you space the 4 tiles it's 6 mil longer than the long length of the tile so not sure if it will cause a problem in practice.

But its not 4 tiles is it its the end of 1 tile and the length of another..so in the length of 1 tile there
is only 1 joint not including the ends if that makes sense.

 

[Dave]

so won't work and I shouldn't attempt it eh , builders asking me to do it .

Nah won’t work.

 

[Steve]

Yea , makes sense, as they are 60x 240 will they still go up at a 45 degree angle ?

 

[Steve]

Yea I was on site,today and looking at it and I didn't think it would work .

 

[bsc ceramics]

Yea , makes sense, as they are 60x 240 will they still go up at a 45 degree angle ?

Yeah, lay some out, it will work, just get your lines right. it takes time so dont rush.
watch your cuts.