Floor spacer sizes for wood effect porcelain tiles

[Justin Andrews]

Hi, it's probably been asked before but here goes anyway. I believe the British standard recommends a minimum of 3mm spacers when laying floor tiles bit I'm looking at laying some 900x150mm wood effect porcelain tiles and was wondering if I can go less than 3mm? It's onto a good concrete base.

Cheers

 

[WetSaw]

If the tiles are straight enough you can.

 

[hmtiling]

I've done 2mm many times without issue

 

[Justin Andrews]

Cheers

 

[Perfect Tiling]

You can easily go smaller than the BS of 3mm.....but if you have any issues with cracking etc then the tile supplier will have a get out clause....as you didn't adhere to British Standards. You probably wont have any issues but better to know. If its a concrete floor then you should look at installing a decoupling mat...and ensure the floor if fully dry.

 

[tile-jc]

I go down to 2mm every time but always de-couple and use a dark grout, dug out a little to further resemble the wood it's mimicking. Looks great! Also fun to reflect what a pukka wooden floor would look like - for example when/if you come to a finishing door threshold a proper carpenter would never show end-grain - so turn the last tile through 90 degrees . Good luck!

 

[WetSaw]

Cheap DIY shed planks, 2mm spacer with dark brown grout.