Ceramic floor tiles - advice

andygb

We bought a load of floor tiles from B & Q last week, and I am not sure if they are going to be suitable for use on a floor.
On the outside of the box, they say the tiles are 10mm thick, which is right for a floor tile, but when I took one out and measured it, it was only 6mm/7mm thick. Although this may not sound a big difference, I am worried about them breaking. I did notice that there were a few broken tiles in the display boxes.
Any advice please on what to do, as I don't really want to start putting them down if they are going to break.

mchale

As long as they are "bedded in" ok the should not crack, make sure they are laid on a bed of adhesive and not "blobs" of adhesive

andygb

mchale wrote: »

As long as they are "bedded in" ok the should not crack, make sure they are laid on a bed of adhesive and not "blobs" of adhesive

Thanks for that, I will certainly be putting an even coat of tile adhesive on the whole floor, not just blobs at the corners and centres. I was just concerned about the thickness of the tiles, although I suppose once they are fixed down, then there should be no reason for them to crack.