battens

[falkirktiler]

Hi folks can anyone tell me if you need to use battens with the BAL adhesives like ctf3 and whitestar etc . It says that they are non slip but how non slip do they mean? Other guys on here say Palace supergrip or Mapei but I can't get Palace where I am and to be honest I'd rather use BAL.....any advice greatly appreciated.....Scott

 

[scrubmuncher]

I'd use them if you work fast. Infact even if you work slow on a big job its often quicker anyway. No its not, 'none slip' in that sense of the word, not quite.

 

[faithhealer]

Don't think I'd work without battens especially when I'm tiling several walls, say a bathroom. reassuring to know the tiles will match up

 

[versatilene]

Who has any faith in 'none Slip' products. Not worth the risk if your going round a room. battens only take a min or two.

 

[falkirktiler]

cheers guys......Battens it is then...

 

[Fekin]

On a full wall I'd batton.

 

[penno]

****, reminds me i have got no timbers in the van and doing a job tomorrow. Thats me getting up half an hour earlier to go and get some

 

[Fekin]

****, reminds me i have got no timbers in the van and doing a job tomorrow. Thats me getting up half an hour earlier to go and get some

Pah!!!

Must be a tree on ye way to the job pen

 

[scrubmuncher]

****, reminds me i have got no timbers in the van and doing a job tomorrow. Thats me getting up half an hour earlier to go and get some

Nah!! your lass wont mine the odd skirta missing for a few hours.

 

[TonyJ]

while I was on my 2 week training course they showed us how to use our 1800mm level as the battern if we didn't have any or run out of timber, by the time you have done a couple of square meters, the addey would be strong enough for you to move your level along for the next part.

TonyJ

 

[postie]

****, reminds me i have got no timbers in the van and doing a job tomorrow. Thats me getting up half an hour earlier to go and get some

I went to B Q and got them to cut up an 8x4 sheet of ply into strips i have plenty of straight battens on the van now :wink_smile:

 

[yrag1964]

I bought some aluminium box section in different lengths as wood can be twisted and bent, got about 40ft for just over 50 notes, I stil have abit of timber in the van just case there are some short bits, I also have some batten stands, would recommend them to anyone, takes two minutes to set up.

 

[penno]

Yeah use baton stands aswell, good piece of kit

 

[Fekin]

Yeah use baton stands aswell, good piece of kit

Keep meaning to get me a pair too :/

 

[penno]

Keep meaning to get me a pair too :/

got mine off tradetiler, cost £12 and think it was about £4 delivery. well worth it mate, stick a timber or a big spirit level on em and you are good to go in minutes.