Layout advice, please. Would this look too bad?

[Rosa]

...bed time for me too!

 

[Sean Kelly]

Rosa, if you are going to give us a Lotto prayer then I will have to give you some tile advice!!

You say 1.5 grout. Do you mean 1.5mm grout line? That's pretty ambitious for a non tiler (sorry, thats an assumption on my part). Also, are the tiles rectified (i.e. all exactly the same size). Lots of large tiles can vary between 1-2mm in overall size. Even a pro tiler would not use such a small grout line. Go for 3mm and use levelling clips.

The above is 600x600 tiles and I used a 3mm grout line. Porcelain over underfloor heating.

Good luck.
p.s. Do I buy my lotto ticket for this Fridays draw? !!

 

[Italy]

Rosa, if you are going to give us a Lotto prayer then I will have to give you some tile advice!!

You say 1.5 grout. Do you mean 1.5mm grout line? That's pretty ambitious for a non tiler (sorry, thats an assumption on my part). Also, are the tiles rectified (i.e. all exactly the same size). Lots of large tiles can vary between 1-2mm in overall size. Even a pro tiler would not use such a small grout line. Go for 3mm and use levelling clips.

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The above is 600x600 tiles and I used a 3mm grout line. Porcelain over underfloor heating.

Good luck.
p.s. Do I buy my lotto ticket for this Fridays draw? !!

I understood that I will remain an apprentice for life ....

 

[Rosa]

Lol! Even pictures with your advices..buy ticket for Friday I add a candle to my prayers for you!

 

[Rosa]

He he thanks for the laugh Sean!
So how do you know if they are rectified?.. In the box it said digital glazed vitrified..do that mean they are or are not rectified??

 

[Rosa]

By the way your floor looks great!!
The thing is my house is small and I think invisible grout lines make a space look bigger...but of course it will do no good if it'll be too difficult for a first timer to do and I end up with a mess..

 

[Sean Kelly]

He he thanks for the laugh Sean!
So how do you know if they are rectified?.. In the box it said digital glazed vitrified..do that mean they are or are not rectified??

a)It should say it on the box.
b)They should be expensive tiles.
c)Ask at the shop you bought them.
d)Measure a few tiles.

 

[Sean Kelly]

By the way your floor looks great!!
The thing is my house is small and I think invisible grout lines make a space look bigger...but of course it will do no good if it'll be too difficult for a first timer to do and I end up with a mess..

It would be very difficult (for anyone) Rosa.

 

[Rosa]

Great, thanks a mill Sean. I call the shop and they are rectified.
I'll plan the layout and then decide if I take the chance..
Thanks a lot for your advices!

 

[Rosa]

Sean I don't mean to sound ignorant, but why is difficult to keep the line with big tiles? Shouldn't they keep themselves straight together when you push one into another?