What Size Tile Spacers?

[davas]

Hello,

Just wondered what size tile spaces you would recommend for wall tiles that have dimensions 33cm x 60cm? I was thinking 3mm or would you go bigger?

Thanks in advance

DAVAS

 

[gcol]

3mm should be fine.

 

[davas]

3mm should be fine.

Thanks for your opinion gcol

 

[gcol]

I just hope that your walls are dead flat for tiles that size. If not, you're gonna have a nightmare putting them up.

 

[davas]

The walls have just been plasterboarded so they are mostly dead flat apart from at the joins but thankfully there aren't too many of them.

Any advice on how to handle/lay these "big 'uns"?

 

[gcol]

Not really. The principles are the same as tiling with smaller tiles, but the difficulty isn't. I'd offer up a tile to the wall in various places and see if it sits flat. If it wobbles then you could struggle. If the boards are at different levels then I'd advise you to get them flat before you start.
I refused a tiling job a few months back because the plasterboard the bloke had put up was all over the place. He had the same size tiles that you have.

 

[davas]

My boarding was done by a pro as part of a larger plastering job so pretty good joins as i said.

Thanks for your advice on this gcol.

 

[Moz]

Hello davas
IMHO I would go small the grout space with them "Huge" tiles , maybe 1or2 mm Peg Spacers !!
2 mm Cross Spacers IMO

too lay small tiles its a case of checking regular with spirit levels ...

an keep an even level thinset going on ....