More boring pictures of what I’ve been up to lately.

[LM]

I'm sorry i looked at these photos because I'm nowhere near this level...makes me feel inadequate!

Don’t feel inadequate Paul, that’s what the forum is all about. Without the generosity from the likes of @3_fall sharing his work with us then it wouldn’t be what it is. Every day is a school day for most of us.
Be inspired by it and drive to improve I say.

 

[Old Mod]

I completely agree with Lee, all that I am now is thanks to this forum.
I met the people who could help me get there, but you still have to look for them, they don’t find you.
Our aim is to help each other,
I still learn something new everyday, from the guys that post.

 

[Flintstone]

Stick around Paul, it will be good for you

 

[Simon Dale]

Not many people can do those, forget about rushing slow but sure

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

That work is on another level, superb. Real Inspirational stuff that Marc. And I totally agree with Lee Mac and Local, this forum is a great resource for learning.

 

[Kieks]

Thank you Paul, very kind

They were cut either by a large format rail cutter or angle grinder.
My cutter will extend to 4.4 Lineal metres.
The job did take longer than it should because of on site issues and actual issues with the beige tile, and I had to have a factory rep from Italy visit to confirm.
Fortunately I was justified, so although it confirmed my suspicions, it wasted a lot of time.
It took approx 8 weeks, but there is a 5m x 5m room that was also done but not posted as yet.

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Just two of us.

Having to cut in them niche boxes, looks like fun. I want to tile my downstairs toilet in something similar.

What could possibly go wrong ha ha

 

[Old Mod]

What could possibly go wrong ha ha

If you can dream it, it can happen.

 

[Old Mod]

And I totally agree with Lee Mac and Local, this forum is a great resource for learning.

Cheers D, it’s the only place to learn, other resources just don’t cut it, more often than not.

 

[Kieks]

If you can dream it, it can happen.

Maybe I’ll go with respotec

 

[Old Mod]

Maybe I’ll go with respotec

It’s all in the prep, get that right, the rest will be easier.

 

[Kieks]

It’s all in the prep, get that right, the rest will be easier.

I’ve wanted to do it for a while now, missis keeps nagging me....

Ffs you tile 7 days a week for everyone else, but you can’t tile any of your own bathrooms

The only thing that’s putting me off, is the equipment needed to buy. Although no one is laying these tiles in guernsey.

The only job I’ve heard of over here, a team of lads came over from England.

Maybe I’ll bite the bullet and experiment on my own bathrooms.

 

[Old Mod]

The only thing that’s putting me off, is the equipment needed to buy. Although no one is laying these tiles in guernsey.

If you were in a position to set yourself up with the right equipment and advertise the life out of it, I’m sure you’d carve yourself a niche market in no time. Might be more difficult sourcing the actual material more so than the equipment.
Choice of adhesive is vitally important too.

Oh and just so you realise you’re not alone,
I’ve 6 inch whites in my own bathroom, I kid you not!

 

[Kieks]

If you were in a position to set yourself up with the right equipment and advertise the life out of it, I’m sure you’d carve yourself a niche market in no time. Might be more difficult sourcing the actual material more so than the equipment.
Choice of adhesive is vitally important too.

Oh and just so you realise you’re not alone,
I’ve 6 inch whites in my own bathroom, I kid you not!

I kind of see her point

Absolutely awful ha ha!

All jokes a side might give it a go, keep ahead of the competition. The missis preference is the big ones... been with her 15 years, an from day one she told me size didn’t matter!

Now all of a sudden she thinks bigger is better

There was a place here called stone tech an they had some Porcel-thin in but not sure what happened with it as the company is not open here anymore.

 

[Old Mod]

There was a place here called stone tech an they had some Porcel-thin in but not sure what happened with it as the company is not open here anymore.

I can assure you porcel-thin is still trading, I work very closely with them.
They now stock 2.4 x 1.2’s now too.
Great product.

 

[Kieks]

I can assure you porcel-thin is still trading, I work very closely with them.
They now stock 2.4 x 1.2’s now too.
Great product.

No I know Porcel-thin is trading, I’ve been looking at their stock. I was referring to stonetech.

They had some in at one point, but they went bust.

 

[Paul James Farrell]

I can assure you porcel-thin is still trading, I work very closely with them.
They now stock 2.4 x 1.2’s now too.
Great product.

How thin Are they?

And what machine do you need to cut the very large tiles?

Btw, do you cut all your tiles in a wet/dry saw, or do you still use the score and snap type?

Cheers

 

[Old Mod]

How thin Are they?

And what machine do you need to cut the very large tiles?

Btw, do you cut all your tiles in a wet/dry saw, or do you still use the score and snap type?

Cheers

On average between 4.8 & 6mm thick.
Ideally you need an extra large format cutter available from one of the higher end tool specialists.
I tend to find humping a 3.5m long wet saw around a little inconvenient.

 

[Kieks]

On average between 4.8 & 6mm thick.
Ideally you need an extra large format cutter available from one of the higher end tool specialists.
I tend to find humping a 3.5m long wet saw around a little inconvenient.

Which cutting system do you use? I have seen one from montolit, sigma an the Rubi slim.

After last night I was looking at all the prices.

 

[Old Mod]

Which cutting system do you use? I have seen one from montolit, sigma an the Rubi slim.

After last night I was looking at all the prices.

None of the above haha
That’s not strictly true to be fair, I have the sigma Kera cut, which is a very well made piece of kit, and works very well indeed.
But I’ve also just bought a second system from Raimondi, which is equally as good.

Rubi Slim is a waste of good money, don’t bother.
Montolit Flashline mk 2, is an improvement on the first I’m led to believe by those who use it, I sold mine because I feel it’s more for the occasional user. (Mine was mk1 tho)
So for occasional use, not full time, I can recommend the Flashline.
If you’re working with it day in, day out, like myself, then Sigma or Raimondi is the way to go.

And yes, it’s all a large investment, especially when you start buying frames as well.

 

[Flintstone]

Only worth the investment, in my opinion if your very interested in trying to peruse large format tiling on a regular basis and there is demand in your area.

 

[Simon Dale]

If you were in a position to set yourself up with the right equipment and advertise the life out of it, I’m sure you’d carve yourself a niche market in no time. Might be more difficult sourcing the actual material more so than the equipment.
Choice of adhesive is vitally important too.

Oh and just so you realise you’re not alone,
I’ve 6 inch whites in my own bathroom, I kid you not!

6 inch whites in mine to lol

 

[LM]

I must be a snob as mine are 8x10 bumpy whites

 

[Old Mod]

I must be a snob as mine are 8x10 bumpy whites

Flash git!

 

[Julian 'Farmer' Bonsall]

How thin Are they?

And what machine do you need to cut the very large tiles?

Btw, do you cut all your tiles in a wet/dry saw, or do you still use the score and snap type?

Cheers

Paul - I think these are something else - and I think you need a very long flat level table too

 

[Old Mod]

Paul - I think these are something else - and I think you need a very long flat level table too

.

Oh bloody hell, Giuseppe Maffei, he does my head in.

 

[Kieks]

Only worth the investment, in my opinion if your very interested in trying to peruse large format tiling on a regular basis and there is demand in your area.

I don’t think there is much demand for it at the moment, but we always seem a little behind the times haha.

But maybe some good marketing could drum up some interest.

Generally I take it these tiles would be more for the commercial market? Or do you lads have to try log these tiles up three flights of stairs, to tile joe blogs, down the road new ensuite

 

[Kieks]

None of the above haha
That’s not strictly true to be fair, I have the sigma Kera cut, which is a very well made piece of kit, and works very well indeed.
But I’ve also just bought a second system from Raimondi, which is equally as good.

Rubi Slim is a waste of good money, don’t bother.
Montolit Flashline mk 2, is an improvement on the first I’m led to believe by those who use it, I sold mine because I feel it’s more for the occasional user. (Mine was mk1 tho)
So for occasional use, not full time, I can recommend the Flashline.
If you’re working with it day in, day out, like myself, then Sigma or Raimondi is he way to go.

And yes, it’s all a large investment, especially when you start buying frames as well.

Thanks for that, I’ll bookmark this for future reference .

How did you first get into these tiles? Sorry for all the questions, just eager to find out as much as possible haha

 

[Old Mod]

Generally I take it these tiles would be more for the commercial market? Or do you lads have to try log these tiles up three flights of stairs, to tile joe blogs, down the road new ensuite

Do you mean like this?




Those had to go up these!




All the way up to the loft space.



So I suppose, yes we do lug them up stairs to Joe’s ensuite. It was 4 flights to be fair.

 

[Old Mod]

How did you first get into these tiles?

By doing exactly what you’re doing now, and by bullying clients in to changing their choice of material over to ex large formats.

Sorry for all the questions, just eager to find out as much as possible haha

No need to apologise, that’s why the forum exists, without questions, there’d be no need to spend all of our spare waking life consumed by this place.

 

[Kieks]

Do you mean like this?

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Those had to go up these!


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All the way up to the loft space.

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So I suppose, yes we do lug them up stairs to Joe’s ensuite. It was 4 flights to be fair.

Haha I could imagine a lot of swearing going on there for sure.

But the more you use it, the better you’ll get at manoeuvring them it tight spaces. Also at the start I could imagine my conversations going a little like this.

No, you don’t want the really big ones up stairs. I’d go for these... half size ones ha