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Phil wrote:Roger, when I did floor and wall tiling at the old house, I used those small plastic X spacers on the floor and wall where big tiles were used.
Andyp wrote:I will have to guess what coplanar rality means but 2' x 1' tiles are going to need a very flat surface behind them to remain level, or an awful lot of adhesive. Just my uneducated opinion of course.
Phil wrote:Roger, when I did floor and wall tiling at the old house, I used those small plastic X spacers on the floor and wall where big tiles were used.
Andyp wrote:Well if the tile backer boards are flat then I would expect the tiles to be too.
RogerS wrote:Andyp wrote:Well if the tile backer boards are flat then I would expect the tiles to be too.
Not necessarily. Accepted standards for many types of tiles allow for non-flatness. So much so that for large tiles they recommend that any overlap a la brick bond is limited to 1/3 of a tile.
TrimTheKing wrote:RogerS wrote:Andyp wrote:Well if the tile backer boards are flat then I would expect the tiles to be too.
Not necessarily. Accepted standards for many types of tiles allow for non-flatness. So much so that for large tiles they recommend that any overlap a la brick bond is limited to 1/3 of a tile.
How is that possible then?? Surely 1/3 overlap from one side is equal to 2/3 overlap on the other side...
Doug wrote:Large tiles tend to be bowed, if laid brick pattern they can look awful even if they are going on a flat surface, I tend to assess the tiles first before recommending which way they are laid.
Out of interest Rog is the chap using ready mixed adhesive or mixing powdered adhesive?
RogerS wrote:
Mixing powdered.
RogerS wrote:On closer examination, the back wall (the largest area) is immaculate. It's the two side walls that have gone out of whack. Not sure what happened ....rushing maybe ? It's a very delicate conversation that I need to have with him.
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