a quick way of getting battons on the wall

[ryanbrown]

Anyone ever thought of using double sided foam tape to put battons on the walls?
If you get the good quality stuff thats capable of holding a lot of weight (mounting tape) and simply stick it on the wall in no time.

Then when your finished knock it off with a hammer,
and scrape off the tape in seconds with a wallpaper scraper.

No problems with screwing into electrical wiring either.

Sound like a good time saving idea?

Ryan
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Accent Tiling

 

[Fekin]

Possibly, though with tape you'd have to get it bang on level the split second you place it to the wall though, wouldn't you ?

I prefere the hotglue gun method, gives you a few seconds to move the batton around to get it level then hold a few seconds and it's stuck.

 

[Varley]

Yeah, i'm gonna get myself a hot glue gun, seems like a great idea and a lot less hassle.

 

[enduro]

battens, just get decent tile adhesive that holds the tiles on the wall.

 

[DHTiling]

No need for battens once you get used to tiling ....put your datem lines on the wall as usual.. then starting from your centre mark or however you have set out to start from.. stick one row of tiles vertically from datem line down to floor..then tile from floor to datem line in consecutive rows then no need for battens ...worked for me all these years.. good technique once you get used to it...saves on installing battens and money on timber etc.......dave....

 

[GazTech]

No need for battens once you get used to tiling ....put your datem lines on the wall as usual.. then starting from your centre mark or however you have set out to start from.. stick one row of tiles vertically from datem line down to floor..then tile from floor to datem line in consecutive rows then no need for battens ...worked for me all these years.. good technique once you get used to it...saves on installing battens and money on timber etc.......dave....

Just like that..in a Tommy Cooper voice...lol

 

[grumpygrouter]

No need for battens once you get used to tiling ....put your datem lines on the wall as usual.. then starting from your centre mark or however you have set out to start from.. stick one row of tiles vertically from datem line down to floor..then tile from floor to datem line in consecutive rows then no need for battens ...worked for me all these years.. good technique once you get used to it...saves on installing battens and money on timber etc.......dave....

Seems logical dave, does that mean you do all your cuts to the floor as you do each row then?

Grumpy

 

[DHTiling]

yep spot on there grumpy......dave..

 

[grumpygrouter]

Mmmm! must try that. Got a job coming up to put marble on my sisters bathroom wall. Not getting paid for it so maybe the idea opportunity to try a new technique.

 

[CJ]

Mmmm! must try that. Got a job coming up to put marble on my sisters bathroom wall. Not getting paid for it so maybe the idea opportunity to try a new technique.

Trying a new technique with your sister..........................

 

[grumpygrouter]

Trying a new technique with your sister..........................

Thought that was Wivers making a comment just for a moment:whatchutalkingabout

 

[guy1976]

Mmmm! must try that. Got a job coming up to put marble on my sisters bathroom wall. Not getting paid for it so maybe the idea opportunity to try a new technique.

id be surprised if marble tiles didnt slide down the wall

 

[DHTiling]

tiles cant slide anywhere when you working from bottom up..lol lol.........dave..

 

[Varley]

Good tip Dave, i'll try that one on my next job

 

[ryanbrown]

I know it can seem like a waste of time messing with battons,
but you can mix your adhesive a little thinner (not too thin of course) when working with battons, safe in the knowledge your tiles arent going to slip.
The advantage being you can then slap the adhesive on faster and its less tiring on the arms.
I havent timed it but could work faster this way.
And if you can re-use your batton all the way around the room and on other jobs - not much cost really.
With this mouting foam tape i find I can bang it on - and if it aint straight I can
knock it off and have another go and its usually still tacky.
In fact I can knock it off the wall quickly and mount it on the next wall straight away without putting more tape on - to carry on around the room.
Probally not a good idea with heavy stuff - but standard ceramic stuff
works ok.
Maybe a glue gun would hold the weight of natural stone. Think how useful that would be holding up a heavy natural mosaic tile around a curving bath panel thats trying to slip!
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Oddly enough you rip it off and re-stick straight away with the same tape I find.
Very tacky stuff.
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thats true - although you can't always work from bottom up and be guaranteed to end on a straight line all the way along a wall with mosacis on a mesh, because you cant vary the gaps and gain space if need be because there all tied together.
Its a bugger.