300x100 tiles free hand

[Dumbo]

Only thing I don't use spacers on are terracotta,slate and handmade tiles because they are often different sizes

 

[Flintstone]

Nearly All tiles need a spacer! Listen to the Tilers jamorgan

 

[Spare Tool]

Gravity!!!

 

[One Day]

Spacers are what nail pockets on work pants were made for!
I always use spacers too, unless the tiles are the ultra-pretentious hand-made rustic affairs.

 

[Deleted member 49260]

Leader line? Is that the bit just before the baited hook...

 

[Jamorgan90]

So not one of you can actually answer the question asked?

 

[WetSaw]

300x100 mm? cm? Ceramic? Porcelain? Wall? Floor?
I expect there are a few options if you care to expand on your question.

 

[Andy Allen]

I've asked you so many questions...... To which you haven't answered to...... If you gave us a bit more info then we could advise you what adhesive you could use.
Are you actually a tiler.......?

 

[One Day]

OK, simple answer.
Best ready mix for grab is BAL white star, best cement based is kerakoll bio gel.

 

[Tile Shop]

So not one of you can actually answer the question asked?

That came across as a bit arrogant. Maybe you should listen to what you're being asked.... I'm sure people could answer if you gave the whole picture. But I'm curious..... why are you asking? have you had a failure?

Hows this for a coincidence? I was recently asked (was actually on Wednesday) for an independent answer to a question from the service department of a local company. Apparently their customer purchased his products from them online back in April and didn't seek any advise on prep or what to use, so I presumed he had a tiler that knew what he was doing. But he didn't. Anyway, this chap from Cheshire, his tiler tried to put 300x100 tiles up with Bostik A100 Showerproof (D1), no spacers, onto plywood which he'd PVA'd the face with a 50/50 solution.

From the image i saw the adhesive had kind of stuck to the ply (say kind of, it would actually have been stuck to the PVA skin), but there was no back-buttering on the tile and they had slipped, so the customer was questioning why the adhesive hadn't set properly after only 18 hours. His tiler said the adhesive was faulty but I find that extremely unlikely.

But anyway, back to your initial question and lets start from the very beginning. What substrate is it that are you tiling onto?

 

[Dumbo]

That came across as a bit arrogant. Maybe you should listen to what you're being asked.... I'm sure people could answer if you gave the whole picture. But I'm curious..... why are you asking? have you had a failure?

Hows this for a coincidence? I was recently asked (was actually on Wednesday) for an independent answer to a question from the service department of a local company. Apparently their customer purchased his products from them online back in April and didn't seek any advise on prep or what to use, so I presumed he had a tiler that knew what he was doing. But he didn't. Anyway, this chap from Cheshire, his tiler tried to put 300x100 tiles up with Bostik A100 Showerproof (D1), no spacers, onto plywood which he'd PVA'd the face with a 50/50 solution.

From the image i saw the adhesive had kind of stuck to the ply (say kind of, it would actually have been stuck to the PVA skin), but there was no back-buttering on the tile and they had slipped, so the customer was questioning why the adhesive hadn't set properly after only 18 hours. His tiler said the adhesive was faulty but I find that extremely unlikely.

But anyway, back to your initial question and lets start from the very beginning. What substrate is it that are you tiling onto?

You know it isn't going to be ply .

 

[Tile Shop]

Then there shouldn't be a problem

Showerproof and string could be the way forward, lol

besides, based on one of his previous comments, surely not using spacers is lazy, not the other way round?

 

[Brian the Tile]

Gone fishing

 

[smokie899]

That was strange lol

 

[One Day]

Not strange.
String.

 

[Andy Allen]

This 'threads' getting ridiculous...

 

[Flintstone]

Knot sure is he’s coming back!

 

[Tile Shop]

Knot sure is he’s coming back!

You mean hes been stringing us along?

 

[Andy Allen]

All These puns are making me yarn...

 

[Flintstone]

Weave seam the last of him.

 

[One Day]

What's it all about? I'm slow to cotton-on.

 

[Bill]

Will he knot be bobbin back on then?

 

[One Day]

He'll be back to spin another yarn...

 

[Profix]

Why is when folk come onto a proffessional forum for advice seem to get narked when they don't get the answer they're looking for

 

[aytiling]

Myself and another tiler did 5K mtrs of 300x100 for Winvic. We didn't use one spacer on the whole job.
It helps if you're doing brickbond because you can straighten any imperfections as you go by placing the next course against the previous then lifting 2 mm.
Laser the wall, work to that, do about 4-6 courses, move laser up to next section, adjust as needs be, repeat.