Floor levelling pegs. Which ones have you tried

[Jeff the tiler]

Just trying to find out what floor levelling pegs you are finding the best. Currently raimondi for me when needed but open to suggestions

 

[C&S]

We recently laid an Egyptian Limestone Floor using the Raimondi Pegs with great results. We have also tried the Genesis pegs with equally good results. If I had to choose I would probably opt for the Raimondi simply because of the 'pliers' that you use to tighten up the pegs. The pegs seem to work a little better with these 'pliers' but they are more difficult to remove. We kicked out the pegs as recommended and they flew all over the place.
Don't take my word for it as we have moved away from 100% tiling to concentrate on our restoration work, but I thought I would add my thoughts to your thread.

 

[Spud]

I tried the tile mate levelling wedges recently and all i can say is that they are in my garage and are free to whoever wants to collect them from Stevenage , what I found with them is they dont tighten up they same way ask the raimondi ones do and even pushed home to the very last notch on the wedge on a 10mm porcelain tile they didnt really work that well, so far the Raimondi ones are the best I have used but would like to try out any others that are on the market and may well do a comparison video next year

 

[Ian]

Andy Carroll has tried that Australian one, ATR levelling system, I think it's called. He said that was really good.

 

[Spud]

Andy Carroll has tried that Australian one, ATR levelling system, I think it's called. He said that was really good.

I will have a look at them Bri they are the threaded screw cap ones I believe

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

raimondi for me so far ,i have bought the kit with the good pliers ,so don't want to skip about to much as it all costs money ,i only use them when it has to be top quality,as i can tile fairly flat on my own !! and they are expensive to use......

 

[ifindoubtgrout]

i just use more addy:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Dougs Third Go]

I'm still in the belt and braces approach, ie, check the floor, slc where needed, and then use a solid bed trowel to get 100 % solidity. I don't subscribe to "stretching" addy to compensate for poorly prepped floors,,just my tuppence worth.

 

[charlie1]

I'm still in the belt and braces approach, ie, check the floor, slc where needed, and then use a solid bed trowel to get 100 % solidity. I don't subscribe to "stretching" addy to compensate for poorly prepped floors,,just my tuppence worth.

that's because addy don't stretch, it gets substituted by air!

 

[Dougs Third Go]

that's because addy don't stretch, it gets substituted by air!

not necessarily, there are addy's that claim to be deformable, and they are, but to what extent?

 

[prceramics]

the lash clips are a waste of money and make the job take to long you could get the same results without just by taking your time witch probably be quicker than using them, gimmicks

 

[White Room]

Andy Carroll has tried that Australian one, ATR levelling system, I think it's called. He said that was really good.

Got some of the Aussie ones but have yet to try them....

 

[Bubblecraft]

Never used a levelling system other than a spirit level, eye & a 2p.
Wouldn't mind trying the Raimondi System. Looks pretty good though.

 

[charlie1]

Never used a levelling system other than a spirit level, eye & a 2p.
Wouldn't mind trying the Raimondi System. Looks pretty good though.

what do you use the 2p for?

 

[Bubblecraft]

what do you use the 2p for?

Never done the 2p test?

It's an old skool thing. Where corners meet, run a coin over. If the coin catches, too high. Simples lol

 

[charlie1]

not necessarily, there are addy's that claim to be deformable, and they are, but to what extent?

who knows what goes on underneath a tile once you pull it back out its bed by say 5mm? You would need to xray the bed to find out, my guess is it would be full of voids, or more probably one large void somewhere. I don't personally have too much of an issue with this however if i was fitting tiles in an area subject to really heavy traffic then i certainly would.

 

[White Room]

An old tiler once told me that a coin would be rolled across the floor, hopefully not hitting a lip otherwise it would jump.....

 

[Dougs Third Go]

who knows what goes on underneath a tile once you pull it back out its bed by say 5mm? You would need to xray the bed to find out, my guess is it would be full of voids, or more probably one large void somewhere. I don't personally have too much of an issue with this however if i was fitting tiles in an area subject to really heavy traffic then i certainly would.

I think that's what I was saying

 

[Spud]

lash clips dont level floors they just control lippage if the floor is bumpy and out of tolerance you still have to latex ,lash clips are helpful when using large format tiles when using pourable adhesives as they stop the tiles slumping and stop the adjacent tiles being pushed up by the bedding of the tile next to it ,Try the clips out first before dismissing them if then you decide they are not for you give a explanation why you dont like them not just theories on why not to use them

 

[afright]

The Americans use a tile puck ,anybody used one of these ?

 

[afright]

An old tiler once told me that a coin would be rolled across the floor, hopefully not hitting a lip otherwise it would jump.....

Had a clerk of the works used to use a billard ball if it jumped on an certain spot he would put a chalk mark on the tiles so we would end up chopping that area back up that was in the Sand/cement days all the tilers on the firm dreaded working on his jobs.

 

[beanz]

I keep wondering about these pegs... Can't figure out if they'll save, or add time!?! I do have occasional issues with slumping though, so might be of benefit. Nothing worse than leaving a job chuffed at how perfect it is, just to come back in the morning and see one of the tiles has dropped.. Ruins my week!

 

[charlie1]

I don't doubt they would be useful for the likes of myself tiling residential areas but using on commercial areas i would have concerns, will def give it a go and see if i like although i do like using my spirit level or gigantuim marble

 

[Bubblecraft]

Where's the best place to buy the Raimondi levelling system?

 

[DHTiling]

Quite a few of these systems on the market now... think i will stick with the way i have always done it...