What do you think of these tiles?

[magga]

Just doing a bathroom at the moment, and used some interesting tiles that I haven't seen before, they were a bit of a pain to cut, as they have fake grout grooves in them, so couldn't score them to cut, had to angle grind every one!

I think they look quite good when down though, what do you guys reckon, and what's your guess at the cost per square metre?

btw - this pic was taken before I'd polished them off.

 

[White Room]

They from Topps ?

 

[magga]

No, not Topps

 

[White Room]

They look good, not as good as the real thing but cost would be an issue...if the customer is happy then that's all that matters.

 

[Old Mod]

The actual time joint looks too heavy to me compared to the rest.
What size joint have you used Magga?

 

[magga]

I know, it's a 3mm joint, didn't really want to go smaller than this. A 2mm would have been better, but really you'd need a 1mm for it to look the same!

 

[Old Mod]

I know, it's a 3mm joint, didn't really want to go smaller than this. A 2mm would have been better, but really you'd need a 1mm for it to look the same!

Oh ok, I'd of been tempted to go down to match, depending on substrate.
I'm sure client was made up tho mate, nice job!

 

[magga]

I nearly did go to 2mm, but they weren't 100% spot on size wise, so didn't want to risk it!

The customer loves it, and that's the main thing of course.

I was quite impressed with them for the price though, £22.94/sqm

 

[Old Mod]

Yeah effective for money, for sure.

 

[magga]

And in the background you can see the Dewalt laser that I bought, based on your recommendation! I do really like it though! Whilst on that subject, do you ever stick yours to angle beading behind plaster? I find it's right on the verge of being too heavy for the magnets to hold it. It does hold, but the slightest touch and it falls.

 

[WetSaw]

Are the fake grout lines unglazed? I did some mosaic ones that had unglazed grout lines so I grouted the whole tile and it looked quite like the real thing

 

[magga]

No, they were glazed, perhaps would have worked better if they hadn't been.

 

[Old Mod]

Yeah I find same, do have to be careful where you place on angle bead.
I'd of thought it'll be down to how much skin is over beading.
In process of rigging up something now to be able to adjust heights safely.

 

[magga]

My mate bought a cheap Bosch laser, which came with one of these:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-mm-02-professional-adjustable-clamp/3992k

I tried it with the Dewalt laser, just clamped onto an architrave, and it held it without any problems at all, I was really surprised at how good it was, so much so, that I am going to get one.

 

[Kyle Knowles]

Just doing a bathroom at the moment, and used some interesting tiles that I haven't seen before, they were a bit of a pain to cut, as they have fake grout grooves in them, so couldn't score them to cut, had to angle grind every one!

I think they look quite good when down though, what do you guys reckon, and what's your guess at the cost per square metre?

btw - this pic was taken before I'd polished them off.

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Topps sell a version of this tile I've used on a job with my dad and there was no way u could do a 1m joint the tiles were to badly sized

 

[Kyle Knowles]

My mate bought a cheap Bosch laser, which came with one of these:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-mm-02-professional-adjustable-clamp/3992k

I tried it with the Dewalt laser, just clamped onto an architrave, and it held it without any problems at all, I was really surprised at how good it was, so much so, that I am going to get one.

I've recently bought one of these for my laser I'd bin using a similar clamp thing with my old laser but I think my new later would be to heavy for it

 

[White Room]

Topps sell a version of this tile I've used on a job with my dad and there was no way u could do a 1m joint the tiles were to badly sized

That's why I asked about Topps in my post, Topps sell the best as their staff tell me 😕

 

[magga]

Does that have fine height adjustment on it, or is it just a case of "move bracket to where you want it and twist the knob"?

 

[Kyle Knowles]

Good question when I use it ill.let u know it's sat in the kitchen I'm. Not back in work for a few weeks as I've just had a baby or I mite even get it out and set it up tomorrow and see if there is fine adjustment on it

 

[Old Mod]

Does that have fine height adjustment on it, or is it just a case of "move bracket to where you want it and twist the knob"?

No wouldn't have thought so mate, that looks identical to the Stanley version. It would wobble too much I think under the weight of the Dewalt.
I do find the Dewalt base that it's in frustrating cos I can't remove it.
I use the long metal bracket a lot. Just screw it to a wall or piece of timber.

 

[Old Mod]

 

[magga]

Good question when I use it ill.let u know it's sat in the kitchen I'm. Not back in work for a few weeks as I've just had a baby or I mite even get it out and set it up tomorrow and see if there is fine adjustment on it

Congrats! Priorities, hey?! 😉

I've got a stabila pole, I fit the Dewalt to that, but it doesn't have fine height adjustment, and it takes a while to setup.

I reckon the best combination is a Bosch BM1 and a Bosch MM2!

 

[MTiler]

The Bosch BT350 is a great pole, very sturdy and solid.

 

[On one]

I did fit some 450x450 tiles similar to that from Topps a few weeks ago(Henley) they had a very narrow 2mm square edge groove cut into them for the grout.
But I had to explain to the customer that because of the rounded edge of the tile and the need for 3mm grout joint I couldn't replicate a 2mm grout joint over the whole floor.

 

[Andy Allen]

They will put TJ out of buisiness...😉

 

[Time's Ran Out]

They will put TJ out of buisiness...😉

They said that about stick on tiles, tiled wallboards, and tiling on a roll. There's no comparison to the real thing - no chipped corners, lips, shade variation... Why would we want to miss the feel of real tiling.😉

 

[hmtiling]

I've used those ones from Topps and they were sizey. Customer loved them quick I'd the main thing but s already said, can't beat the real thing