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Afternoon gents. I’m laying a limestone opus floor, it’s Salum gold opus. Is there a specific technique when spacing them? It seems almost impossible to get an even grout joint consistently. Any help appreciated!
 
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You just got to have a wide joint between 2 tiles Where it lines up with three tiles at a smaller joint . Now don't try and do it with a tight joint as differences in joint width show up more . I would be thinking my main joint about 5mm with some 6 and some 4 ish
 
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Thank you for your reply. I’m finding the small square tiles are the ones that throw it all out! Top advice, many thanks
 
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Just done one last week and exactly the same with the small squares, they were a good 2 or 3mm bigger than the corresponding rectangular tile, ended up using 4mm spacers on the larger tiles and just red wedges and rack of the eye around the small square, not a lot else you can do really... I wouldn't get too hung up on it tbh as you'll notice once you finished that its about the overall look of the floor rather than individual lines and joints..
 
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Exactly Andy! That’s what I’m finding. I’ve been dry laying batch first to see how they sit together then trying to apply the same look with https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/! It’s a real pain staking process but I think they will look fine once grouted in. Thanks for your reply, you’ve made me feel a lot better!
 
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Exactly Andy! That’s what I’m finding. I’ve been dry laying batch first to see how they sit together then trying to apply the same look with https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/! It’s a real pain staking process but I think they will look fine once grouted in. Thanks for your reply, you’ve made me feel a lot better!
You shouldn't feel bad anyway if they are different sizes you can't magic them right .
 

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