Curve on tile - Tile Advice

[tolola2]

Hi TF
Laying 1200x20 porcelain tiles they have slight curve and I don’t want any lippage
any suggestions
thanks

 

[Tony_C]

Very common on tiles that size and style, use a tile leveling system and check the box for recommendations of patterns

 

[Smiler5714]

I agree with Tony_c there. For sure use a levelling system and check to see what the box says about percentage stagger etc and stick with it.

I used similar tiles not so long back and before fitting advised my customer that they couldn't have a 50/50 offset due to the warp in the tile and explained about the lippage, but they insisted i do it, even though I advised against it. After fitting they then moaned like hell about the lippage! Nightmare!

 

[Perfect Tiling]

You can use a leveling clip to pull the middle of the tile down but it will always be stressed and could crack. You can also use a wider grout line and keep the grout level with the tile edge so you don't feel the lippage as bad...but its always harder if they are rectified tiles.