Cheap wall tiles

I have just completed a kitchen job for a mate and he bought cheap (35p each) tiles. They were OK but the lack of quality certainly shows when compared to more expensive tiles. I found a lack of glaze on the corners was a big problem in that the raw tile showed through on the edges of the grout requiring double grouting and a load of messing about. They were quite square and consistent though although there was a very slight difference in size (.2mm) between different coloured tiles.

Mine were not square, or consistantly not square. I will NEVER buy cheep tiles again ...... they anoy me every time I look at them.

Rick

again ......

You can get good quaility trade whites at about 6.50 a square meter from builders merchants.

Anythng halfway decent is 10 a squere or more.

I know these tiles were bought in Focus DIY. They appear to sell shedloads of them, I can almost see David Jason selling these out of the back of a Reliant!

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In my mindless wandering around various DIY sheds which I'm prone to do on a regular basis I did come across some large format wall tiles, and that got me wondering whether this would make tiling in a bathroom easier?

I'm sure it must do as there are less operations involved.

I also noticed in Homebase that they had packs of 4mm tile spacers. I've been using 2mm, and wondered whether 4mm spacers would improve tiling operations?

Though maybe those 4mm spacers are for floor tiles. Can't remember which section they were in now....

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I us 3mm for tiiles up to 150mm and then 4 or even 5mm.

Hope so. The ones I've bought for the bathroom I'm doing at the moment are 33cm on a side. A box of 10 is bloody heavy.

What a weird size. I hope your walls are true - the bigger the tile, the more difficult it is to cope with slight irregularities.

I believe so.

Doh. Put like that, makes more sense. Hope you've got a big spreader.

Famous last words...

Much easier as the coverage is greater, and fewer line-ups to be done.

/But/ make sure the walls are sraight and as true as possible. They are a nightmare if the wall is uneven. I have some interesting 'build ups' of adhesive behind mine in places.

I think the grout lines would be too wide on a wall with 4mm spacers. You'd also use a hell of a lot of grout, and that white microban stuff is pricey.

Cheers,

Paul.

"Huge" wrote | >>are 33cm on a side. A box of 10 | >What a weird size. | 9 make a square metre, innit.

So why not sell them in boxes of nine?

Owain

Doesn't the trimming get more tricky, especially curves?

Chris

Wickes have some 150x150's in boxes of 44 = 1m2

I suggest you address your enquiry to pocelanico Peronda.

Maybe the 10th is a spare to cover breakages.

I don't live in a lighthouse ;-)

But actually, not as far as I can tell, but my tiling knowledge isn't extensive.

I just made sure I did 4 tiles up from the floor, (I was only going up

There weren't any cutouts as I've used a pull switch on the ceiling.

All vertical trims were made with a cheapo electric tile cutter. Far less wastage with tiling newbies like me.

Cheers,

Paul.

Those are the ones I've spent the last week fitting, only they were bought in Focus DIY.

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