ᐅ Tiles on a quarter-turn staircase – Does anyone have experience with this?
Created on: 15 Oct 2018 18:02
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Hello,
we had a half-turn concrete staircase tiled. Beforehand, the tiler told us he would need 42 tiles sized 60x60cm (24x24 inches) for 15 steps. He explained that usually there would be only one joint, and on the long stair treads in the corners (about max. 140cm (55 inches) long) there would typically be one more joint.
Since I wanted to avoid this extra joint (or the small triangular pieces that would then appear in the corner), I suggested using 40x80cm (16x31 inches) tiles there instead.
So one half with 60x60cm (24x24 inches) tiles, the other half with 40x80cm (16x31 inches) tiles. That would add up to 140cm (55 inches). If necessary, two times 40x80cm (16x31 inches) tiles could be used, which would be more than enough (160cm (63 inches)).
He said that was possible, and even the tile supplier agreed that it was a good solution.
Accordingly, only 36 of the 60cm (24 inches) tiles and 8 of the 40x80cm (16x31 inches) tiles were ordered.
We also went over everything again on site. He seemed to have understood everything.
Now I come to the construction site and there are two joints on the long steps.
He said it couldn’t be done any other way, which I can’t really understand.
Are there any tilers here who can explain this to me? Mathematically, I can’t make sense of it.
Two tiles in these sizes should easily fit on one stair tread.
I am a bit disappointed. I wonder why you put so much thought into it, discuss everything, buy accordingly, and in the end it’s done differently.
we had a half-turn concrete staircase tiled. Beforehand, the tiler told us he would need 42 tiles sized 60x60cm (24x24 inches) for 15 steps. He explained that usually there would be only one joint, and on the long stair treads in the corners (about max. 140cm (55 inches) long) there would typically be one more joint.
Since I wanted to avoid this extra joint (or the small triangular pieces that would then appear in the corner), I suggested using 40x80cm (16x31 inches) tiles there instead.
So one half with 60x60cm (24x24 inches) tiles, the other half with 40x80cm (16x31 inches) tiles. That would add up to 140cm (55 inches). If necessary, two times 40x80cm (16x31 inches) tiles could be used, which would be more than enough (160cm (63 inches)).
He said that was possible, and even the tile supplier agreed that it was a good solution.
Accordingly, only 36 of the 60cm (24 inches) tiles and 8 of the 40x80cm (16x31 inches) tiles were ordered.
We also went over everything again on site. He seemed to have understood everything.
Now I come to the construction site and there are two joints on the long steps.
He said it couldn’t be done any other way, which I can’t really understand.
Are there any tilers here who can explain this to me? Mathematically, I can’t make sense of it.
Two tiles in these sizes should easily fit on one stair tread.
I am a bit disappointed. I wonder why you put so much thought into it, discuss everything, buy accordingly, and in the end it’s done differently.
Kekse schrieb:
Or the joint follows the walking path, basically maintaining a constant distance from the inner edge. That was more or less my suggestion, but the other way around: to apply it not to the joint, but to the center of the panels.
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Not much was discussed, except that I wanted only one joint per step, even on the long ones.
Now, there are actually more than one joint, but he said it couldn’t be avoided because he couldn’t mix 60cm (24 inches) and 80cm (31.5 inches) sizes due to the fire rating color.
He said it would have looked worse than having an extra joint.
So, on the long steps, there are now two 80cm (31.5 inches) pieces, which created a small triangle. (My original idea was to mix 80cm (31.5 inches) and 60cm (24 inches) pieces).
I think this also causes the joints on the long steps to be placed further outward.
The riser edges are all exactly 60cm (24 inches) from the inside. And the joints on the step tread are mostly exactly between two riser-edge joints.
The deviations on the long steps probably occurred because different sizes were used there.
Now, there are actually more than one joint, but he said it couldn’t be avoided because he couldn’t mix 60cm (24 inches) and 80cm (31.5 inches) sizes due to the fire rating color.
He said it would have looked worse than having an extra joint.
So, on the long steps, there are now two 80cm (31.5 inches) pieces, which created a small triangle. (My original idea was to mix 80cm (31.5 inches) and 60cm (24 inches) pieces).
I think this also causes the joints on the long steps to be placed further outward.
The riser edges are all exactly 60cm (24 inches) from the inside. And the joints on the step tread are mostly exactly between two riser-edge joints.
The deviations on the long steps probably occurred because different sizes were used there.
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