Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Wood look tiles 10May 07, 2015 2:15 pm you're looking at about $85 per m2 to lay them, as opposed to $65 per m2 for normal rectified. beware of the cheap ones they bow and will be hard to lay... problem is they are long say 900 and skinny say 150 so they bow alot .. with these price does really command quality Re: Wood look tiles 11May 07, 2015 3:58 pm Thanks for the response... Stewie D is it common for newly built homes to have uneven slabs (novice question, I know!) MrBee I assume you're talking about timber? Tiles wouldn't bow? Are your costs for timber laying or tiles?? Sorry I'm not up with the lingo! Re: Wood look tiles 12May 07, 2015 4:24 pm winter_1429 Thanks for the response... Stewie D is it common for newly built homes to have uneven slabs (novice question, I know!) MrBee I assume you're talking about timber? Tiles wouldn't bow? Are your costs for timber laying or tiles?? Sorry I'm not up with the lingo! I'm talking tiles. Not wood. Yes they bow believe me. Cost is laying wood look tiles Re: Wood look tiles 13May 07, 2015 4:28 pm That's amazing... But as you say, their shape and length have an effect on that? Thanks for coming back to me... Would like to see some in the flesh as I've only seen photos. I'm in melb if anyone has suggestions... Thanks. Re: Wood look tiles 14May 07, 2015 5:01 pm Get a couple from the box of the batch you are buying and put them face to face not one on top of another and rest down and look and see if they are bowed it's more the cheap Chinese ones that happen. Also that they are straight the grout lines for these are 1-1.5mm if tiles are exactly straight it will look terrible. Re: Wood look tiles 16May 09, 2015 3:37 pm We have been importing timber look tiles from Spain for the last 17 years. The key is the detail in the print and the frame rate. This is the number of individual prints in each range. This variation is what makes it look like real wood, if every 3rd or 4th tiles look identical it doesn't work. Now on some ranges this variation can be rather dramatic to emulate lets say a weathered timber, while on other subtle to look like a newer timber floor. With the subtle look it is important that the variation is not just in the grain but also in the tone and hue of the tile to look realistic . Regarding the bowing. ALL tiles have a tolerance in manufacture and one is bowing. Yes if a tile has a 3mm bow in it over say 900mmm thats way out of tolerance. But it is possible for a good quality tile to say have 0.5mm or 1mm in it. This happens even with wall tiles...and that why we should never brick bond tiles as we put the high spot of one tile next to the low spot of the other..therefore doubling the offset. With timber look tiles we need to offset to make it look authentic but each manufacturer will specify a max offset..in our case 200mm. Now when we check for bowing we never put tiles back to back as this will show you double the bow. Imagine two bananas placed with the arch back to back...it give you double the true deflection. The true deflection is using a straight edge from the two high points of the deflection. Attached some pictures of projects we have done hope it inspires... Cheers Re: Wood look tiles 17May 09, 2015 3:54 pm Zedman We have been importing timber look tiles from Spain for the last 17 years. The key is the detail in the print and the frame rate. This is the number of individual prints in each range. This variation is what makes it look like real wood, if every 3rd or 4th tiles look identical it doesn't work. Now on some ranges this variation can be rather dramatic to emulate lets say a weathered timber, while on other subtle to look like a newer timber floor. With the subtle look it is important that the variation is not just in the grain but also in the tone and hue of the tile to look realistic . Regarding the bowing. ALL tiles have a tolerance in manufacture and one is bowing. Yes if a tile has a 3mm bow in it over say 900mmm thats way out of tolerance. But it is possible for a good quality tile to say have 0.5mm or 1mm in it. This happens even with wall tiles...and that why we should never brick bond tiles as we put the high spot of one tile next to the low spot of the other..therefore doubling the offset. With timber look tiles we need to offset to make it look authentic but each manufacturer will specify a max offset..in our case 200mm. Now when we check for bowing we never put tiles back to back as this will show you double the bow. Imagine two bananas placed with the arch back to back...it give you double the true deflection. The true deflection is using a straight edge from the two high points of the deflection. Attached some pictures of projects we have done hope it inspires... Cheers Thanks for that. Where are you based? Are you in Perth or can suggest anyone that installs to the standards you mentioned Re: Wood look tiles 18May 09, 2015 3:56 pm Sydney only sorry... Make sure the supplier makes these points too you and that the tiler is fully aware. Cheers Re: Wood look tiles 19May 09, 2015 8:31 pm Quote: Thanks for the response... Stewie D is it common for newly built homes to have uneven slabs (novice question, I know!) All slabs will have a bit of variation in height - some more than others. Then there are those where the concreters rush the job or don't give a rats and you have a lot of peaks and troughs or should I say a big difference in height between the high points and the low points. 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