Hi all,

We've bought around 100 large wall tiles for our bathroom, plain white
but with a textured surface.
Around half of the tiles have visible defects. Some are bad - brown
marks within the tile, holes in the glaze and so on - but some are
quite minor such as tiny black dots smaller than a pixel.

What is an acceptable defect in a new tile? Should they stand close
scrutiny when held up to the light or is that unrealistic?

FWIW they weren't cheap bargain-bin tiles.

Thanks

Pete

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Hi all,

We've bought around 100 large wall tiles for our bathroom, plain
white
but with a textured surface.
Around half of the tiles have visible defects. Some are bad - brown
marks within the tile, holes in the glaze and so on - but some are
quite minor such as tiny black dots smaller than a pixel.

What is an acceptable defect in a new tile? Should they stand close
scrutiny when held up to the light or is that unrealistic?

FWIW they weren't cheap bargain-bin tiles.

Thanks

Pete

How do they compare with the sample that you used to choose them? If
the sample was perfect, so should your tiles be. If the sample has
blemishes then you've got what you selected...

AWEM

On 2008-07-17 22:02:38 +0100, said:

Hi all,

We've bought around 100 large wall tiles for our bathroom, plain white
but with a textured surface.
Around half of the tiles have visible defects. Some are bad - brown
marks within the tile, holes in the glaze and so on - but some are
quite minor such as tiny black dots smaller than a pixel.

What is an acceptable defect in a new tile? Should they stand close
scrutiny when held up to the light or is that unrealistic?

FWIW they weren't cheap bargain-bin tiles.

Thanks

Pete


That's not acceptable, assuming you saw the tiles with several in a
panel and all were perfectly white and unblemished.

Yes they should stand close scrutiny and these are good reasons to
return the whole lot.

wrote:
Hi all,

We've bought around 100 large wall tiles for our bathroom, plain white
but with a textured surface.
Around half of the tiles have visible defects. Some are bad - brown
marks within the tile, holes in the glaze and so on - but some are
quite minor such as tiny black dots smaller than a pixel.

What is an acceptable defect in a new tile? Should they stand close
scrutiny when held up to the light or is that unrealistic?

FWIW they weren't cheap bargain-bin tiles.


Last tiles I bought were very cheap - whole box for a few quid from
Wickes. On the box is says to check them before fixing and if any are
not perfect, return them for replacement. At the price, it would
probably be cheaper to have bought two boxes than pay for the petrol -
had any been bad. :-)

I would expect no less from any other shop.

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On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:02:38 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Hi all,

We've bought around 100 large wall tiles for our bathroom, plain white
but with a textured surface.
Around half of the tiles have visible defects. Some are bad - brown
marks within the tile, holes in the glaze and so on - but some are
quite minor such as tiny black dots smaller than a pixel.

What is an acceptable defect in a new tile? Should they stand close
scrutiny when held up to the light or is that unrealistic?

If you literally mean that there _are_ holes in the glaze, then they
are unfit for purpose. Some dealers will try to fob you off with
excuses such as "they're natural products from Italian tile mines" or
whatever. Tosh.

Make sure that you get some compensation when they are replaced, such
as adhesive and grout.
--
Frank Erskine

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wrote:
We've bought around 100 large wall tiles for our bathroom, plain white
but with a textured surface.
Around half of the tiles have visible defects. Some are bad - brown
marks within the tile, holes in the glaze and so on - but some are
quite minor such as tiny black dots smaller than a pixel.

What is an acceptable defect in a new tile? Should they stand close
scrutiny when held up to the light or is that unrealistic?

No - they should be perfect.

FWIW they weren't cheap bargain-bin tiles.

I've seen bargain-bin tiles which are fine. You tend to pay for the
fashion rather than quality.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article
,
wrote:

We've bought around 100 large wall tiles for our bathroom, plain white
but with a textured surface.
Around half of the tiles have visible defects. Some are bad - brown
marks within the tile, holes in the glaze and so on - but some are
quite minor such as tiny black dots smaller than a pixel.


What is an acceptable defect in a new tile? Should they stand close
scrutiny when held up to the light or is that unrealistic?


No - they should be perfect.


FWIW they weren't cheap bargain-bin tiles.


I've seen bargain-bin tiles which are fine. You tend to pay for the
fashion rather than quality.

There is a Pilkingtons seconds store in Manchester, at the side of what
is now the M60 in Death valley. To get to it, you have to take the exit
that is closest to Liverpool at the top of the hill and turn left. The
exit is the next one down from the M61 junction, for anyone that wants
to pay a visit. Stop someone and ask directions, cos it's been a while
since I last went there and with most of them you have to examine them
very closely fo find any faults. OTOH some of the boxes do contain
seriousy flawed tiles, maybe 2 or 3. You can open the boxes to look at
them, as they want to get rid of them and get some cash back from their
production. Is there a Pilkingtons around your way?

Dave

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Hi all,

We've bought around 100 large wall tiles for our bathroom, plain white
but with a textured surface.
Around half of the tiles have visible defects. Some are bad - brown
marks within the tile, holes in the glaze and so on - but some are
quite minor such as tiny black dots smaller than a pixel.

What is an acceptable defect in a new tile? Should they stand close
scrutiny when held up to the light or is that unrealistic?

FWIW they weren't cheap bargain-bin tiles.

Thanks

Pete

I've just had 9 boxes of high gloss jet black tiles from Topps. In quantity,
they worked out at 11 quid a box. So far, I have used 9 boxes, and there has
only been one tile that I have rejected for having a defect in the glaze.
Had the tile have been white, I probably wouldn't have even rejected that
one, but the black ones are very unforgiving in a large area. I wouldn't
accept what you are describing, as being acceptable, and would be wheeling
them back where they came from DDQ.

Arfa

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Hi all,

We've bought around 100 large wall tiles for our bathroom, plain white
but with a textured surface.
Around half of the tiles have visible defects. Some are bad - brown
marks within the tile, holes in the glaze and so on - but some are
quite minor such as tiny black dots smaller than a pixel.

What is an acceptable defect in a new tile? Should they stand close
scrutiny when held up to the light or is that unrealistic?

FWIW they weren't cheap bargain-bin tiles.


Well, I did buy about 6-700 cheap bargain bin tiles (150mm white) from
Homebase - £3.50/sqm. They had not a single defect, that I can remember and,
yes, I did put every single bloody one of them up! I would be peeved with
the defects you describe. White is white and that's how you want it.


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