Floor levelling pegs. Which ones have you tried

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

DON'T worry mate they are great to deal with !, i buy loads of my stuff from them !!

 

[Bubblecraft]

So is the wall kit 3mm base clips & floor kit 4mm base clips?

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

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

I have used that Mark, a pound coin is perfect it also shows voids under tiles. You can hear the hollow spots as the coin passes over them.

 

[Bubblecraft]

Just realised there's a different set of pliers too. Anything else different between the wall & floor kit. Doubt I'd ever use it on wall tiles anyway

 

[Spud]

the only difference is the pliers for the floor have a 90 degree set from the handles ,the wall ones are straight ,I dont really use the pliers I just hand tighten them

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

So is the wall kit 3mm base clips & floor kit 4mm base clips?

no mate the standard white plastic one's are 2mm spacing

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i bought the dearer pliers ,they are much better quality,and you get replaceable plastic jaws ,not that i need them !! i think they are for dirty workers really the type that gets adhesive everywhere !!!lol.....

 

[Bubblecraft]

no mate the standard white plastic one's are 2mm spacing

Oh yeah, see that now. There's the standard clips, 3mm & 4mm. Just didn't state what size the standard clips were.

 

[Bubblecraft]

i bought the dearer pliers ,they are much better quality,and you get replaceable plastic jaws ,not that i need them !! i think they are for dirty workers really the type that gets adhesive everywhere !!!lol.....

Lol. I'm a very clean worker so should be fine. I do know a very messy worker that would need them though.

Think ill grab me the floor kit for my next floor job & give it a whirl.

 

[Peter]

Take it the wedges can be removed? Prefer to use slow set on floors now wherever possible, much less slump and easier to get a floor to stay lip free.

 

[Bubblecraft]

Take it the wedges can be removed?

http://youtu.be/rRnOtT7Q8v4

 

[Peter]

Sorry what I meant to say was reused. Or do the pliers squeeze and deform them too much?

 

[Bubblecraft]

Sorry what I meant to say was reused. Or do the pliers squeeze and deform them too much?

Yeah, wedges can be reused over and over but like spacers, they will get covered in adhesive and get mangled the more you use them. They are relatively cheap enough to buy separately though if they require to be replaced - http://www.kwiksplit.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_copy_of_Raimondi_Tile_Spacers_and_Levelling_System.html

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Sorry what I meant to say was reused. Or do the pliers squeeze and deform them too much?

Wingn you can use the wedges over-over, the pliers don't deform them , i think gary said he just uses this hands to place them, i used the piers every time,if you have the piers set to the wrong tention they will snap them,so it's important to get the best from your tool,and set it right to start with, they look very professional IMO on a tiled floor/wall and it sort of shows the customers you have taken care to do a v-good job !!give them a go i did, and liked them .......

 

[DHTiling]

What shows a customer a good job is the finished result, not plastic gimmicks for tradesmen who need to use them 🙂...

 

[Bubblecraft]

I'm a bit like you Dave. There's been nothing wrong with the way I've been doing it. I wouldn't mind giving them a shot though. You never know.
I'd rather test someone else's kit though before forking out seventy quid on them

 

[DHTiling]

Chatting to the USA lads on their forum bubbles , they are mixed results with them.. some say then use them all the time and others say you have to use wetter adhesive than normal to get tiles to pull into place.. now over wetting adhesive IMO is weakening cement to water ration and could impair tensile strength..

Any tiler worth his salt can tile a flat floor and with very minimal lippage.. the cost of adding a gimmick like this is stupid and some tilers really struggle as it is with costs...

my take on it is , some tilers use battens and some do not... the same with these.. if they work for you and you can retrieve the costings then go for it. 🙂

 

[Bubblecraft]

It's quite a big out lay for something of probably use once. I enjoy the way I do it & I feel it's done right. Don't fancy having a runny mix. Just makes a poor, brittle adhesion to the substrate. Think ill stick with the old skool way 😉

 

[DHTiling]

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i love the commentator on this one :smilewinkgrin:

Try posting it in the footy thread you already started pool fool.. rather than spoil another one.

 

[DHTiling]

It's quite a big out lay for something of probably use once. I enjoy the way I do it & I feel it's done right. Don't fancy having a runny mix. Just makes a poor, brittle adhesion to the substrate. Think ill stick with the old skool way 😉

hey , if you wanna try then see if they work for you.. you never know.. but i did look into these a few yr back when they hit the USA market first.

 

[charlie1]

Chatting to the USA lads on their forum bubbles , they are mixed results with them.. some say then use them all the time and others say you have to use wetter adhesive than normal to get tiles to pull into place.. now over wetting adhesive IMO is weakening cement to water ration and could impair tensile strength..

Any tiler worth his salt can tile a flat floor and with very minimal lippage.. the cost of adding a gimmick like this is stupid and some tilers really struggle as it is with costs...

my take on it is , some tilers use battens and some do not... the same with these.. if they work for you and you can retrieve the costings then go for it. 🙂

a runny mix probably full of air pockets, there is no way of knowing how good these systems are for years to come untill they have stood the test of time. I would like a try at one but on the other hand i like the skill involved using level and mallet.

 

[Peter]

Will be interesting to see how Gary and co got on with them. Think they done/are doing a test with the various types of clips using glass to see what's actually happening underneath.

Wouldn't rule them out on very large format stuff although a decent tiler should be able to lay a good quality run of the mill floor without them. I find it contradictory the way you need to have a flat well prepped floor for them to work though.

 

[DHTiling]

Will be interesting to see how Gary and co got on with them. Think they done/are doing a test with the various types of clips using glass to see what's actually happening underneath.

Wouldn't rule them out on very large format stuff although a decent tiler should be able to lay a good quality run of the mill floor without them. I find it contradictory the way you need to have a flat well prepped floor for them to work though.

Exactly.. 🙂.. and how many diy'rs can do that , never mind tile a lip free floor 🙂🙂🙂