Just had a look at the RLS clips and thinking about moving with the times and giving them a go. I normally use 2 mm spacers, are the 1.5 mm clips compatable with 2mm spacers or do you not need spacers with the clips also are the pliers needed. I know this is a topic that is well covered on here...
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Going to be installing over the next few weeks Gulf Quartz floor tiles 600x600 on a concentre floor in the kitchen.
Floor will be primed first and tiles back buttered.
I have read on this forum different opinions on which type of trowel and size to use - can you please advise best...
In the process of tiling my kitchen walls between below my kitchen units and the worktop. I was going to start tiling with the tile resting on the worktop and working up to the unit. However, a chap and keen DIYer told me to sit the tile on a 2mm spacers to allow the bead of Silicon to seal...
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Hi , I am currently doing a large floor area up , 300 sqm approx.
i have polished porcelain 60x60 tiles and I am considering using 1mm spacers , do you think that would be OK ?
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the tiles are like ivory/white colour - i am considering using epoxy grout but what are the main benefits of...
A recent thread and a couple of members made me question the way I've been using tile trim recently and I wondered which way the forum guys and gals do it.
I've always butted the tile trim up to the tile WITHOUT a spacer, on both an external corner, and when tiles finish half way up a wall...
Are tile spacer sizes actual or nominal? Bought what I thought was 1.5mm and 2mm and it seems as if they are 1.1mm and 1.8mm.
Am trying to layout 300mm x 100mm metro tiles horizontally in shower cubicle from tray to ceiling (23 rows) and want to avoid an awkwardly-sized top row where they meet...
We are having a constant battle with learners and employers of apprentices regarding leaving tile spacers in the joint. This is something I have never done on any job ( that I can remember:rolleyes5:). There are loads of YouTube vids and many pieces of literature that show the spacer in the...
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I am tiling the following floors in my house renovation and was wondering what the views are on whether I should use Mapei Latex Plus:
900x900 slate tiles on concrete floor
For this floor Mapei have recommended; Prime the surface of the heating cables & the boards with Mapei Eco prim grip...
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Got a bathroom floor to tile tomorrow, in a bathroom I've been fitting. He has a pallet of the stone pictured below.
question is, could I use spacers or would it not work . So will I have to just fit them without.
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I'm tiling the bathroom floor this weekend using wood effect tiles (xilema wenge). They are long and thin and all online images show a narrow grout line.
The floor is bounce free Chipboard overlaid with 6mm insulation board fixed with S2 adhesive and then has UHF covered in a thin slc...
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Not sure if this is in the right category I use tile spacers like there is no tomorrow even tho I always use the edge of the spacer so I can pull them out and re use them if you know what I mean I always end up with less and I'm sick of buying them can anyone recommend where I can buy them in...
Any recommendations for buying big volumes of long leg spacers? Good prices on trade tiler but NI postage is coming up as £15 :yikes: so not viable unfortunately.
Hello all. Just a quick one. I spoke to a guy yesterday who told me he grouted over some of his cross shaped floor spacers which he laid down in the joint between 4 tiles. The spacer has since reappeared on the joint but due to the grout having set he can't remove it. I told him he'll have to...
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Doing a job this week with a colleague, 600x300 rectified porcs over UFH. Someone mentioned to him that minimum spacer size is 3mm for this install? Is that correct? I had a quick read through the Brit Standards link someone posted on here the other day, but couldnt see any mention of this...
often overlooked by many tilers a good tile spacer is important ;having used many over the years i have found the raimondi 3 mm spacer to be the best;the spacer is large and holds the tile perfectly in place and due to its shape it is easy to fit between the tiles and more importantly easy to...
Have just picked up some Porcelanosa Multicolor Nacar 20x31.6x1cm tiles that imitate the mosaic effect,mosaics end up at 4x4cm in size for Mothers kitchen splashback.Saw these laid on a kitchen display in the M/cr showroom and thought they were proper mosaics so i know if laid right can look...
just interested to know who uses tile spacers when tiling floors...
ive never used spacers for floor tiles, just use stright edges and a keen eye...
do you think its quicker/easier using spacers or not?..