Some great work their John !!View attachment 86594
These have all been done with a 2mm joint.
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Some great work their John !!View attachment 86594
These have all been done with a 2mm joint.
Hi Andy,Interesting post. A true renovation would follow the original skills to achieve the same finished result. Most of BS5385 relates to current tiling practice, which is thin bed tiling. The originals were laid using a thick bed of adhesive. So, in the interests of authenticity, why not use the original method of tiling the path?
Hi Rich,Who's supplying the tiles? I've used Original Style extensively over the years and as good as they are there's no way they can be butt jointed. There's always variation in sizes between the different colours and shapes. Especially after production moved out of the UK some years back. Same goes for Olde English Tile Company and London Mosaics imo. The concerns you have over the recently laid butt jointed path is valid. Water getting between and under the tiles and freezing is the biggest concern.
Hi John,I'd have no qualms about butt jointing the tiles (1mm) paper joint and using a suitable outside adhesive. The base would have to be prepared properly the tiles I would have to cut to size and as they would be solid bed fixed you would have no concerns re 'lifting'.
What I would observe however is the setting out and sizes of your photo shown. There should be complete symmetry inside and outside of the design with full/half pieces being the norm and not cut as in that case. It looks as though he's done the perimeter frame and filled in the mat!! Doesn't look very authentic to me.
Just my opinion of course.
Good to hear, looks like they may have upped their game with regards to both customer service and manufacturing quality control. Best of luck with the project.Hi Rich,
The tiles have already been purchased from Original Style and they are being amazingly helpful and completely understand what we want to achieve. The vast amount of their tiles can be butt-jointed since we've dry laid the tiles although there are some that are slightly out although we having this resolved.
Would the customer not be due any compensation for inconvenienceIf any of my tiling fails after 100 years from installation then I'll go back and repair them free of charge!
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