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BjarneST-123 Sep 2012 00:47Hello everyone :-)
My husband and I are currently working on the interior finishing and are now ready to start laying tiles. We have laid tiles several times before but never tiles as large as these (30x60cm (12x24 inches)). However, my father-in-law and others are interfering and warning us about problems with such large tiles, saying air bubbles can form and that everything might easily fall off the wall, and so on...
We are starting to get a bit nervous. What is the difference between installing small and large tiles? What should we watch out for?
My husband and I are currently working on the interior finishing and are now ready to start laying tiles. We have laid tiles several times before but never tiles as large as these (30x60cm (12x24 inches)). However, my father-in-law and others are interfering and warning us about problems with such large tiles, saying air bubbles can form and that everything might easily fall off the wall, and so on...
We are starting to get a bit nervous. What is the difference between installing small and large tiles? What should we watch out for?
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MODERATOR24 Sep 2012 11:54For large formats, it is important to ensure cavity-free installation. Ideally, a combined adhesive method is used. This involves applying tile adhesive to the back of the large-format tiles as well.
The adhesive bed on the substrate is combed through using a medium-bed notch trowel. This helps to compensate for unevenness or dimensional inaccuracies of the tiles or the substrate.
To achieve precise and neat grout lines, spacer crosses or wedges must be used for large-format wall tiles due to their heavy weight.
The adhesive bed on the substrate is combed through using a medium-bed notch trowel. This helps to compensate for unevenness or dimensional inaccuracies of the tiles or the substrate.
To achieve precise and neat grout lines, spacer crosses or wedges must be used for large-format wall tiles due to their heavy weight.
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Nicole1981-112 Jan 2015 15:03Hi,
We faced the same problem, but my husband stayed focused. He handled it really well and used these tile spacers. The grout joints look good. We also have these large grout joints on the shower floor. Here, he sealed everything beforehand with a sealing film.
For the corners, he cut the large tiles using a glass cutter. That worked out well too. So, I think it’s great.
Best regards
We faced the same problem, but my husband stayed focused. He handled it really well and used these tile spacers. The grout joints look good. We also have these large grout joints on the shower floor. Here, he sealed everything beforehand with a sealing film.
For the corners, he cut the large tiles using a glass cutter. That worked out well too. So, I think it’s great.
Best regards
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herrmann-112 Jul 2015 08:38Exactly, and that’s how I do it as well. After some tile installation work, it is going very well now. At first, there were some difficulties and I often had to make corrections. However, with every extra step, I learn more. 🙂
That’s obviously not so easy with these large tiles. Especially for beginners, I wouldn’t recommend it. I also had my difficulties and eventually hired a professional tiler. Rather than struggling myself and having the tiles come loose again, I didn’t want to deal with that stress.