Lots of defective tiles - Tile Advice

[TilingPeter]

How many bad tiles do people find? Do you often need to return large quantities of tiles?

I decided to cut a tile this evening and ended up spending the whole time searching for a good tile to cut. I went through 3 boxes and found 1 good tile (6 per box)! My first few boxes were very good. Out of the first 4 boxes 3 of them were all good and one box was awful. I've now hit 3 bad boxes in a row and will need to order more. I've almost finished a wall now so I can't change tiles now.

They're British Ceramic Tiles, and after tiling I've heard that they're not very good. The defects I have vary from tiny scratches, to water spot type marks and pimples.

I would usually expect to have mostly good tiles and a few with minor defects which can be used in less visible areas. However, I'm getting about 4-5 unusable tiles plus one which is barely ok, but not good enough for an eye-level tile. Would tile places usually be happy to replace the boxes?

 

[Flintstone]

British ceramic tile are about the worst tiles you can get !

 

[Dumbo]

I f they are substandard take them back . That is nowhere near acceptable. Any product should be of merchantable quality. I don't get anywhere near the numbers you are talking about if anything just the odd one gear and there but mostly not at all .

 

[Andy Allen]

Should of took the whole lot back.
Now you will have to hope they can match the batches..

 

[TilingPeter]

Here's a picture of some spots (circled with a marker). These are the worst ones so far.

 

[GoneGuy]

I think I will be doing the same as a bathroom I’m booked in to tile is all bct tiles, wall and floor.

 

[One Day]

BCT - says it all. Utter rubbish.