Anyone use thin porcelain large-format slabs on walls?
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Comments (9)OK...we've seen one poster (several years ago) have a horrific experience with her new build in Europe. She had her porcelain tiles laid in a second floor bathroom (European Builders and tile setters are MUCH higher in skill and education that Canadians...so keep that in mind). The building was cement block with some wood-joists. Thick subfloors with excellent deflection rating. And a tile setter who had been sent to Italy to learn how to install the product. Epic fail. As in 2 years later the national tile setters guild (Austria or Switzerland I believe) had to be brought in to sort out the retailer and the installer. Still not settled even though everyone agreed it was not done properly. You will notice the project pictures you are showing are all done over concrete slabs. There's a reason for that. The SUBSTRATE must be EXTREMELY RIGID. That's a start. Then the setting of the materials must be EXACT! The materials used to lay these supersized porcelain tiles are rarely found "off the shelf". This is super specialized product, product knowledge and skill-set. And the education level of the installer must be insanely high. Someone who believes they can use a single tile as a shower floor may not have the education level available. Your average "builder" rarely has the skill set to complete such a specialized installation. They have to know some hyper-expensive guys who have been trained specifically for this job. Ask how often they go to Europe to get training in this material. If they look scared and/or angry then you know you have got the wrong person. And in a shower you WANT lots and lots of grout lines. It adds TRACTION to the wettest surface in your house. A shower tile MUST BE RATED to go into this setting. The slip coefficient must meet safety standards. You need to check off all of these boxes to get this product installed. Assume the worst and go from there....See Moreproper installation of large format field tile on walls. nice
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