Levelling clips are a load of tosh? Really?

[bl tiling]

I have chipped a ceramic before as well callatiler before I put the clips under the tile I make sure to run a small margin trowel through
the trowel serrations in the addy where the clips will go, that helps to
keep the spacer part of the clip clean and breaks off better

 

[Matt Bott]

Just seen the video I think I’d rather take on bananas with clips than auto level

 

[LM]

@donald F what part of my post do you disagree with? Just wondering.

 

[ATZ Tiling]

On a flat floor I can see a benefit but on an uneven floor, don't think I can.

 

[LM]

On a flat floor I can see a benefit but on an uneven floor, don't think I can.

Strictly speaking you shouldn’t be tiling an uneven floor

 

[Italy]

is the trend already finished?
other tilers who do not use?
good guys, then almost all
resigned .....
Now you understand that leveling clips are used to something.

 

[Brian the Tile]

Mmmmmm

 

[hmtiling]

Mmmmmm

Is that mmmm I like clips?

 

[Brian the Tile]

No just mmmmm

 

[AOS TIling]

For me, levelling clips have a synergy with Brexit. It’ll be interesting to see what effect they have on the industry in a few years time.

 

[Rookery]

Erm, nope. Didn't get that at all.

 

[LM]

Erm, nope. Didn't get that at all.

In other words he’s waiting to see if there’s mass failures in the time to come due to using clips. If used properly I doubt very much so they’ll be shown to have been a problem.
How many years have they been on the go now anyway 8 years or so, roughly?

 

[Rookery]

Ah I see. Well as you say, as long as they're used properly I cant see them failing. What I do suspect is that some people cant get their head around 'lifting' the tile away from the substrate leaving a void where there's no adhesive. As long as the adhesive is wet enough, it'll stick to both surfaces and stretch that tiny little bit.

 

[macten]

Can push a tile down just as easily as it could lift one. If you're using them right I find they squeeze down that last half mm that you can't quite get from twisting and bedding the tile in by hand.

 

[AOS TIling]

I’m not actually ‘waiting’ for anything. They have no impact on my work or indeed any work I intend to do in the future. Any tile failure is a negative for all of us in the trade and certainly not something that I relish to see.

I’ve seen the system endorsed by very respected tilers and that’s good enough for me. I still struggle to understand why they are needed on ‘smaller’ format such as 60x60s but I also don’t require any explanation.

For those of you who have embraced the fixing method, I do however hope that it doesn’t impact the trade going forward by way of encouraging the DIY market to have a go at what in my experience is a trade that undertaken properly, is not within the capabilities of the average DIY’er. God knows I’ve seen enough disasters. Currently I see these systems placed at almost every point of sale. How long before they are packaged with the tiles under the marketing flag ‘endorsed by professionals’? Time will tell and I hope for the good of the trade, we don’t get to that point.

Happy fixing