baton out or cut in?

[Thespanishtiler]

Been looking at those, are they good?

never used the KD ones but have the rubi ones,

you either love them or hate them.

 

[White Room]

I find with the karl ones is that I don't use the screw at the back to hold it up.

The arm which holds the baton up just drops a fraction and will support itself, so easier to adjust.
If you see what I mean

 

[doug boardley]

going againt the grain here:lol: I tend to datum, and tile from the deck these days, nowt so displeasing as doing all the field tiles and then oing a load of cuts

 

[Peter]

Every tiler I know does it differently.

My own way is to put my level line round at about 1m high and tile down from my line to the floor. Do this 99% of the time unless the tile is overly heavy or the walls are very bad.

 

[Daz]

I have used both batons and tiling up from the floor and don't really have a preference.

Recently, I have been marking the datum and tiling down from the datum. This is now my preferred method. If large format, I usually use Ardex X77 which will hold anything, no worries, but otherwise Ardex X7G+ or Mapei Keraflex work fine for hanging tiles.

 

[Thespanishtiler]

going againt the grain here:lol: I tend to datum, and tile from the deck these days, nowt so displeasing as doing all the field tiles and then oing a load of cuts

Do you always tile the floor first then Doug ?

 

[brian c]

a few different ways then peeps...whatever works for you i suppose eh¬!

 

[Peter]

Do those who use batons stick the bottom cut in with the floor? Know a tiler who does this and it's a good system as I personally think it looks like a better job with the wall tile coming onto the floor tile.

 

[mistral]

Prefer to use battens, do floor, then cuts after.

 

[White Room]

I do in wetrooms wingn but in a standard bathroom tend to finish the walls then the floor but always seal between the wall and floor