How Square Should Tiles Be?? - TilersForums.com

[StevieBoy]

They came from a small local supplier. The brand is I believe halcon but says emotion ceramics on the box. The tile is Kenia marfil. Can be seen at emotionceramics.ca.
So not b and q

Just out of interest, what country?

 

[Old Mod]

One way to deal with it is to use a chalk line and grid your floor out.
It's extra work but it'll overcome the problem.
Take the most common size and using chalk line grid out your floor in a chequerboard pattern of 9 tiles. Every 3 rows and columns. Allowing a 3mm joint on the top of the tile. So if they're 560, then grid a line every 1689mm in both directions.
So effectively u start on the left hand line, and finish SHORT on the next line, that's because the next line is the START of the next box. Clear as mud?

Forget spacers and just make sure all 9 tiles fit within your box.
As long as your chalk lines are correct u'll end up with an acceptable finish.
As you fill every box, stand back and adjust by eye an even joint.
Otherwise change em.
U won't able to use spacers, the floor will twist.

 

[Brian the Tile]

If they are not right they will never be right ,take them back

 

[Andy Allen]

They differed at batches..?
Check the calibration number on three box.

 

[Old Mod]

If they are not right they will never be right ,take them back

Does that mean u don't tile with BCT tiles Brian? Haha

 

[Just Rizzle]

welcome to the past tiles were all like that in the 1980 used to get em straight with a 3mt feather straight edge no spaces just a good eye and a tight string lineand the feather edge

 

[StevieBoy]

welcome to the past tiles were all like that in the 1980 used to get em straight with a 3mt feather straight edge no spaces just a good eye and a tight string lineand the feather edge

Agreed mate, yep you have to have laser eyes.

 

[Markltile]

Make sure you have the arrows on the back pointing in the same direction and the joints might meet up.

 

[Robert19306]

Thanks for all the help guys it really is much appreciated as my wife loves the tiles so bringing them back is a last resort and the woman who sold them to us is extremely nice lady so I don't want to be going back complaining without good reason. Just as a matter of interest how accurately sized would you expect this size of tile to be? And if the s**t really does hit the fan and they all go back are there any recommended brands that I could look at? I also think I will take my mates advice and send back the Dunlop set fast adhesive for something that will give us a little more time to fiddle with each row.

 

[Two-Trowels]

Just done a floor with Nero Granite 600x600 polished porcelain and every one was bang on the same size and square.