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Are there any BS standards covering this please
I have recently had 3 sides of a shower tiled, each side approx 750mm, tiles are 330 x 250 laid landscape and stacked, the tiler says he has used 2mm spacers, the ceramic tiles are good, square and flat out of the box.
We have 2 vertical joints per wall (6 in total) 2 of these joints are are approx 2.5mm wide as grouted, the other 4 vary between 5 and 6 mm, the left and right walls consist of 2 full tiles and a 130mm cut tile into the corner, the back wall consists of a full tile in the middle and a cut tile each side of 220mm.
There are 9 courses of tile from the shower tray to within 25mm of the ceiling, all the horizontal joints are 5 - 6mm wide as grouted, (I think he tried to bump up these joint to save a cut at the ceiling height)
So looking through the shower door, we can see 2 tight 2.5mm vertical joints, surrounded by 5 to 6mm horizontal joints, and all the side walls joints at 5 - 6mm.
My understanding from what I have read here and on other sites, the joints should be consistent throughout the wall and typically +/- 1mm of the 2mm spacer used.
I understand that the tiles form a part of this, but he managed to perform 2 full vertical joints, with no problems, and as I have said the tiles are very constant in terms of flat and square out of the box.
Are there any BS standards or other standards covering this please.
Thanks for reading.
I have recently had 3 sides of a shower tiled, each side approx 750mm, tiles are 330 x 250 laid landscape and stacked, the tiler says he has used 2mm spacers, the ceramic tiles are good, square and flat out of the box.
We have 2 vertical joints per wall (6 in total) 2 of these joints are are approx 2.5mm wide as grouted, the other 4 vary between 5 and 6 mm, the left and right walls consist of 2 full tiles and a 130mm cut tile into the corner, the back wall consists of a full tile in the middle and a cut tile each side of 220mm.
There are 9 courses of tile from the shower tray to within 25mm of the ceiling, all the horizontal joints are 5 - 6mm wide as grouted, (I think he tried to bump up these joint to save a cut at the ceiling height)
So looking through the shower door, we can see 2 tight 2.5mm vertical joints, surrounded by 5 to 6mm horizontal joints, and all the side walls joints at 5 - 6mm.
My understanding from what I have read here and on other sites, the joints should be consistent throughout the wall and typically +/- 1mm of the 2mm spacer used.
I understand that the tiles form a part of this, but he managed to perform 2 full vertical joints, with no problems, and as I have said the tiles are very constant in terms of flat and square out of the box.
Are there any BS standards or other standards covering this please.
Thanks for reading.