Floor levelling pegs. Which ones have you tried

[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]

[video=youtube;01eifzeMxhU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01eifzeMxhU[/video]

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.