Hi all,
I'm having my kitchen renovated. The tiles went down today, 300 x 600 ceramic ones. The fitter used wedges and clips, 2mm spacing. The grouting is happening tomorrow.
I've noticed this evening quite a bit of lippage but want to check my concerns are reasonable before broaching the matter in the morning. We are on a fairly tight schedule with kitchen stuff all arriving day after tomorrow.
I've done the so called credit card test, those cards being 0.76mm in thickness. Quite a few of the tiles are at that level above or below the adjoining one, so that the bevelled edge/tile surface is flush with the surface of the credit card. There are a few places where it is a little worse. Maybe more like 1mm difference between tiles. There is at least one I can see in the corner, but don't want to walk over to it, where I can see the difference. What would you tolerate and at what point would you ask for the tiles to be removed and replaced?
Trouble is, there are only a few tiles left and no adhesive, which doesn't help.
Besides the aesthetic flaws, I don't like the idea of the tiles and grout eventually being chipped around the edges. Very annoying, but maybe I'm being picky?
Feedback very welcome! Thanks
I'm having my kitchen renovated. The tiles went down today, 300 x 600 ceramic ones. The fitter used wedges and clips, 2mm spacing. The grouting is happening tomorrow.
I've noticed this evening quite a bit of lippage but want to check my concerns are reasonable before broaching the matter in the morning. We are on a fairly tight schedule with kitchen stuff all arriving day after tomorrow.
I've done the so called credit card test, those cards being 0.76mm in thickness. Quite a few of the tiles are at that level above or below the adjoining one, so that the bevelled edge/tile surface is flush with the surface of the credit card. There are a few places where it is a little worse. Maybe more like 1mm difference between tiles. There is at least one I can see in the corner, but don't want to walk over to it, where I can see the difference. What would you tolerate and at what point would you ask for the tiles to be removed and replaced?
Trouble is, there are only a few tiles left and no adhesive, which doesn't help.
Besides the aesthetic flaws, I don't like the idea of the tiles and grout eventually being chipped around the edges. Very annoying, but maybe I'm being picky?
Feedback very welcome! Thanks