Battens.

[laurami tiling]

well you could if you had 1 of them addy guns of the dragons den show lmao

tony

 

[charlie1]

i use 'U' and 'L' profile strips of aluminium for a straight edge, seems to work ok but i like the idea of using supperstrong adhesive that doesn't slip with your first row and that becomes the straight edge, thats what Darren from NETT advised.

 

[lm tiles]

local joiner ha plenty scrap bits of wood

 

[pursedog]

get wat ya saying bout using battens on walls but what do you guys use to get your line on a kithen floor, when all the units are already fitted and its hard to tell where to begin?

 

[GazTech]

Usually find the centre between the units and get equal cuts to plinth ,Either laser line pencilled in or chalk line mark

 

[pursedog]

nice one gaz. but if the plinths are all not parallel to eachother what do you go from?

 

[DHTiling]

sqaure to the longest run of units as this will show if your not in line...

 

[GazTech]

nice one gaz. but if the plinths are all not parallel to eachother what do you go from?

Split the difference and point out to the customer that it's not square.Then tell the customer to match the grout colour to the tile so they blend in,and your eye is not then drawn to the joints.If it's not that far out pack the plinths out a bit to compensate:wink_smile:

 

[lm tiles]

Start at the Door threshold and dry lay your tiles to the units
mark floor with chalk line . laser or perm marker pen