Topps Kamber tiles advice pls - Tile Advice

[Luggsey]

I have a 153m2 job coming up and have a price from Topps for their Chinese porcelain Kamber tiles @£6.72 each.
So, any anybody floor laid any great amounts of these?
Are they good and square enough for 2mm gaps?
Do they cut OK, my current saw is a Husky flat table with genuine blade, I'm not sure it's going to be big enough for 600 porcelain?

Kamber™ 60x60 Tile | Topps Tiles - http://www.toppstiles.co.uk/tprod46947/kamber-60x60-tile.html

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[Time's Ran Out]

Any decent dry scribe cutter should do.
If you do that size area in bays it won’t matter much how good/bad tiles are.

 

[macten]

Did a small kitchen floor with these last year and they're not a bad tile.
Topps told customer they are pre sealed but they aren't. They are covered in transport wax that you'll need to strip off before sealing.

 

[Luggsey]

John please explain how a bad tile looks OK in bays? Sorry I can't get my head around your answer?

Macten that's not good, I I was also advised they were prepared sealed!
So for that much area would you reseal with a buffing machine before grout?

Cheers both.

 

[LM]

@Luggsey are you a tiler or is this a diy project?

 

[Luggsey]

It's my DIY new build house, I I'm sparks first then plumber for ufh and heating elsewhere followed by chief tiler!

 

[Andy Allen]

Tiling in bays to keep the tiles straight and square....

 

[Flintstone]

If they need sealing, probably a roller on a pole and plenty plenty plenty of Lithofin sealer.

 

[Andy Allen]

Says on the topps website they come pre-sealed........

 

[macten]

Says on the topps website they come pre-sealed........

Lies!!!

 

[macten]

Not calling you a liar btw Andy !
When I did them they were so greasy and slippy you could barely walk on them. Once the transport wax was off I had my doubts they were pre sealed - water didn't bead as good as a decent sealed tile, sealed and buffed they came up a treat.

 

[Luggsey]

Bays, I understand what you mean now, to avoid drift, yep do that if the area is large enough.

If I need to re seal 150m2 would it not make sense to machine e buff them?

 

[macten]

Sealing is best done with a roller on a pole as already said. Getting all that wax off such a large area is the harder part - a scrubbing machine might be good for that.

 

[dynamictiling]

It's my DIY new build house, I I'm sparks first then plumber for ufh and heating elsewhere followed by chief tiler!

As a spark the real problem you are going to have is getting to grips with using a brush haha

 

[Blunt Tool]

I’ve did 70 square metres of them last year, easy enough cut with Sigma manual and grinder with decent diamond blade on. I gave them 3mm joints and had no problem with size. But as @macten said they are covered in greasy transit wax and need a really good clean. After grouting I sealed them as they did not feel as tho they were presealed. Not a bad tile to work with tho. Only advice I would give is spend your time on the prep for a straight forward install.