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Tommygun_ski
Hi guys. I am trying to find information about the largest floor tiles that was ever laid in Britain. Anything bigger than 3m x 1m and standard 10 - 12mm thick. Thanks for your help. Thomas
Largest floor tiles laid
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Time's Ran Out
1200x1200x15mm for The Tile Emporium in Reigate.
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White Room
At that thickness you'd be struggling to fix unless helped with a support system and about 6 burly helpers.
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LM
1200 x 1200 x 10.5mm Imola M2.0, 40 kg's each for me
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hmtiling
1200x2400 but only 6mm 🙁
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Tommygun_ski
I am just curious if anyone laid or seen anything bigger than this as we were told those tiles are the largest format ever laid in Britain so far. I don't want to take a credit for that as I heard someone is manufacturing even larger format but only 3.5mm thick. Those iles are 3.2 x 1.2 m and 12mm thick. Each weight around 240kg. This is extremely dense porcelain with nano glass reflective finish layer. We did fix them using only suckers without any frames. Leveled with rubi tile level quick and cut with flex cs60.
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White Room
Nearly 1/4 of a ton a tile 😕
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Tommygun_ski
Do you want to see how they were lifted up the first floor? We have now on the floor 6 tons of tiles and a ton of adhesive.
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Casa sell 3.2 x 1.6 x 6mm
I've got sum 2.4 x .800 to fit the first week of November.
I've got sum 2.4 x .800 to fit the first week of November.
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Colour Republic
Neolith have slab sizes of both 3.65 x 1.25 and also 3.2 x 1.5. I've never laid that size but i've seen it done, in the UK too. Yours are pretty close and a lovely job, but sadly you were told incorrectly. Although don't want to take anything away from you pal😉
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Tommygun_ski
I knew that some manufacturers do larger formats but only heard about ultra thin porcelain like ecoporcelain or that casa florim oversize. Yeah. Client got slightly overexcited
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LM
This is getting silly, we'd be better off perfecting the polishing of stained concrete or improving resin floors.
This is factories measuring d^*ks.
There's a place for large formats, but this is getting silly, most people wouldn't know they were looking at a tile.
I think the cost, environmental and H&S implications of this will be its demise.
I could think of dozens of analogies to describe how silly this is getting!
This is factories measuring d^*ks.
There's a place for large formats, but this is getting silly, most people wouldn't know they were looking at a tile.
I think the cost, environmental and H&S implications of this will be its demise.
I could think of dozens of analogies to describe how silly this is getting!
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LM
What is a 'Tile' after all?
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White Room
I just hope their paying good money for it...
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Colour Republic
It's because some of these tiles weren't meant to be tiles in the first place @LEE MAC For example Neolith like I mentioned above is a sintered stone (a type of porcelain pressed under extreme measures) It is used a hell of a lot as a worktop, in fact that's its main market, but it also doubles up as building clading and extreme format tiles. It's not so much that they were trying to produce huge tiles, it's more it over spilled in to that market.
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Colour Republic
for example this is a neolith worktop, the slab is actually only 6mm thick, but its fabricated i.e. mitred to produce worktops of any depth
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Colour Republic
and here as a clading on doors, this time only 3mm thick...
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Tommygun_ski
That's right. Our tile is Cosentino. They mainly manufactured worktops or clads and now came here with floor and walls coverings
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Colour Republic
So it was Dekton then? They were the first to push it in the U.K. About 3 years ago, Alongside their Silestone brand, followed quickly by neolith
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Stef
Haven't fixed a bigger tile than 1200x600 but have been on the Grespania course & they were fixing 3mx1m..
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One Day
Ive recently installed some magnum which came via casa ceramica at 3.2 x 1.6 x 6mm.
I didn't enjoy it, but all least it's done now and all ok.
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Tommygun_ski
Any chance you can put some photos please? Ta
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Italy
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Tommygun_ski
Lovely job. Were they on the mesh? Did you had to use a frame for transport?
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Italy
no mesh, are 5 mm thick, we were three people,
we did not use the frame, because environment was too small.
We used 3 suckers.
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One Day
On a wall even though floor tiles...(the cuts are the reason I didn't enjoy the job)
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Italy
ahrr. the cuts are the only satisfaction !!!
enjoy, when lay a slab, without fail Search. and see the perfect cut. 😉
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Italy
this is 3mm wit mesh 300x100 all cuts
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Italy
Yes marc
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One Day
this is 3mm wit mesh 300x100 all cuts
3mm is easy to cut Antonio. The 6mm Magnum is also easy - UNTIL you try and cut across the width.
Very very tricky to break. A stupid design by the bathroom designer!
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