Battens

[dboden]

Hello again, I just wondered what a lot of you do?.. Do most of you just use standard wood & nails / batten stands / other techniques??

Thanks

 

[Ian]

I strike a line around the room using a laser as a guide, then start tiling from the floor upwards. Same principle over a bath.

 

[Qwerty]

Same as Bri for me. Faster than battens IMO

 

[Dougs Third Go]

me too ^^^

 

[RDTiling]

For me, I just use lengths of timber on the walls. I set my height using my laser level and draw marks along the laser line all the way round the room.

I then screw the batton to the wall, checking the batton is level with my spirit level.

 

[prceramics]

batton from the bottom of last full tile using a lasor level as a guide and double checking with a spirit level , sometimes i start from the floor by pinging a line round where the battons go and cutting the tile in but only if the floor is not to be tiled, if i batton i always use screws and plugs if needed

 

[J Sid]

Same as Doug, plan and bri

 

[IHB]

Does that mean you tile the floor first?

 

[J Sid]

I always tile the floor first. That way i can leave an expansion gap around perimeter, (ufh), and makes it easier to follow joints up the walls.

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

I use batten stands and do the floor last then then slot bottom row after floor has been laid.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Why don't someone like you Bri do a picture step by step guide to show beginners then it can be made sticky........ just a thought. this question like so many just pops-up time after time .

 

[Qwerty]

Does that mean you tile the floor first?

Yes

 

[prceramics]

I always put the bottom row in after the floor is tiled

 

[Mr Tiler]

I would strike a line 2 course up the wall, tile down from that line and put screws in under the last full tiles leaving room for the floor to be tiled then cut in the bottom row later

 

[Stef]

I would strike a line 2 course up the wall, tile down from that line and put screws in under the last full tiles leaving room for the floor to be tiled then cut in the bottom row later

Easier just fixing a baton to the wall Ash if your trying to monkey about with screws under tiles.
I always try & tile from the floor up but if the floors getting tiled then I will fix a level on the 1st row & tile up from there then tile the floor & fix in the bottom row last.

 

[Mr Tiler]

that's how I am being taught to do it stef so have no choice on the matter mate lol. but tbh I just mark a few course up, strike a line around the room and then work down from that level... then when it comes to chucking the screws into the wall you just have to push the tiles together (with the spacers in place) if ya know what I mean mate? its very effective tbh

 

[prceramics]

I only use nails or screws when tiling on the diagonal otherwise always batton

 

[Mr Tiler]

guess im outnumberd here! haha... I used to use a batton too but since working with these guys it is all about speed and that tbh is the fastest way its much easier to wack 2 screws under each tile and keep to the line rather than put a batton up... to them it is anyway and it works and I couldn't use a batton if I wanted to lol

 

[prceramics]

You only need two or three screws in the whole length with a batton

 

[radim]

two nails under spirit level on first course than right up. than floor and bottom row. works for me.

 

[Stef]

that's how I am being taught to do it stef so have no choice on the matter mate lol. but tbh I just mark a few course up, strike a line around the room and then work down from that level... then when it comes to chucking the screws into the wall you just have to push the tiles together (with the spacers in place) if ya know what I mean mate? its very effective tbh

I only do this when needed but you would be quicker to stick a batton on the wall Ash,
Depends how heavy your tile is also..

 

[Mr Tiler]

well its mainly 600x300 atm mate

 

[cam_low]

with the way some people are paying at the moment I will start a thread up about 'what technique do you use to remove the tiles without damaging them so you can get your adhesive back'

 

[AliGage]

Rubi batten stands and various lengths of steel box sections to tile from. Then tile floor and do wall cuts.

 

[Peter]

Gone are the days when you can draw your line a metre high, spread the entire bottom section and work from the line down. There was a lot less faffing about before the advent of large formats. :mad2: