Laying tiles additional costs

  • Erstellt am 2020-12-01 21:21:28

andimann

2020-12-02 15:17:47
  • #1
Hi,



Yes, you do. With rectified tiles, you can see minimal angle errors and tilts between the tiles because of the straight edges. If the floor is a bit uneven, you'll immediately have edges sticking up somewhere. It looks lousy and there will be a big fuss. So the tiler has to prepare and level the substrate much better.

Best regards,

Andreas
 

Zaba12

2020-12-02 15:31:56
  • #2
However, the mini joints do not result from more elaborate work, but in my opinion from the fact that the tiles are cut straight and post-processed. Whether I, as a tiler, use a 2mm or 4mm spacer cross makes no difference or extra charge. Of course, it may be that the tiler wants to add a surcharge here, but that is neither justified nor normal, especially with 60x30. With 250x120 I would tolerate that. At 120x20 I agree with you, but not at 30x60.
 

nordanney

2020-12-02 16:12:46
  • #3

The mini joints come about because the customer wants them. And it only looks really good with calibrated tiles. Very precise work must be done for this.
When the joints become wider, it doesn't matter at all whether rectified, calibrated (or not) tiles are used, or even tiles fired under the first full moon in March for that matter.
 

Zaba12

2020-12-02 16:27:59
  • #4
Now we need a tile setter here, because in my opinion it doesn't matter to the craftsman whether the tile setter works with 2mm or 4mm. You have to work precisely in both cases, and by that I mean maintaining the joint width pattern.

I have been in this forum for 4 years now and must admit that this is the first time I have read that a tile setter automatically calculates a surcharge for rectified tiles because he assumes the customer wants narrow joints, no edges, etc. Let's be honest, it is his job to work accurately.
 

Smialbuddler

2020-12-02 18:49:46
  • #5
I am not a tiler, but I have laid floor tiles myself. The narrower the grout joint, the more a crooked joint stands out. Of course, you have to work precisely at 2mm AND at 4mm, but 2mm is unforgiving. And woe betide if you have a slightly uneven floor (old building :rolleyes:). You can lose that much more easily with wider joints. So at least for me as a DIYer, wider joints were much easier to lay. The experience of a professional naturally compensates for that to a large extent.
 

Silvia79

2020-12-02 20:04:59
  • #6
The narrower joints were only mentioned in passing when we were choosing the wall tiles. We were told that with rectified tiles the joints are narrower and that we definitely should choose rectified wall tiles because otherwise it would look bad. However, we were neither asked whether we wanted it that way nor were we informed that it would be more expensive.

In general, I no longer feel well advised there.
 

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