BATON or not!

[FreeD]

Interesting think i might give this a go. If you have a datum line on the wall and you are quick can't see a problem, no need to start half way up the wall could just start a couple of tiles up.

Why indeed! Work to a datum line on your first row...so why do people start half way up the wall?

 

[Andy Tiler]

after 12 years i still battern, and use a laser, and always use spacers im a bit of a bugger for perfection, and i still make money.:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Gazrus]

I dont batten anymore, havn't for a long time, can't remember when i did last to be honest, sometimes use me laser level & just mark the corners etc, then either pencil them in with a straight edge of use a chalk line on long walls, depends how big the job is & I too always use spacers.

 

[Scott]

I sometimes baton, sometimes i even twirl.......

[video=youtube;Hi0cQ5ELdt4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi0cQ5ELdt4[/video]

 

[Ian]

I sometimes baton, sometimes i even twirl.......

[video=youtube;Hi0cQ5ELdt4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi0cQ5ELdt4[/video]

That pink dress really doesn't suit you! I think green is more your colour.

 

[martin1c]

I tend to do a lot of large format tiles so batons are important for me. I don't think I would have the confidence to leave them out of the equation at this stage. To set out I use a self levelling laser to mark the whole room then baton all walls. Even doing this method I still find that the tiles can be ever so slightly out when meeting up in the opposite corner. I'm not sure if it's a case of the level or the odd baton not being 100% straight. Then next time I tile I will try the method of tiling one wall at a time and then offering up the baton to the bottom of the tile.

 

[EverDon Tiling]

sometimes i batton sometimes i dont the bathroom i'm finishing today i never but the last one i did.

 

[swanman]

Ive never used batons

If i have to hold up a tile i just use a nail underneath

 

[EverDon Tiling]

just thought i'd show you my method of the day

 

[swanman]

I never use batons

Just my pref

 

[swanman]

Like what i see everdon

 

[leslie]

I use batons , the thought of arriving the next day and finding them all on the floor gives me sleepless nights.

 

[mhtiler]

i don`t use battons any more, if you take your time working out the cuts around the room 1st ,shouldn`t need them, i always spend time on every job weighing it all up before starting..i have a saying... PEE POOR PREPARATION LEADS TO A PEE POOR PERFORMANCE,not everyone works the same way,find a way your happy with.

 

[Andrew]

I use a laser level and baton to it round the entire room, and am so damn fussy I wouldn't dream of starting a room without them. Regardless of format, adhesive etc..can I trust a tile not to drop half a mm, No way! That would be me ripping it off and starting a fresh, and there is nothing I hate more than doing a job twice!

 

[Tony73]

what if tile is heavy?