rubi batten holder or tiletracker

[Rookery]

I've used battens and batten stands but never liked either method so stick to using the customers batten - the floor.

 

[Dash J]

So when you cut floor into wall how do you finish the cut?grey grout?its astetically a million times better to cut into a floor

 

[Handyeire]

Sorry but I'd never dream of starting off with a cut to the floor...only one 100% guaranteed way of marking a room up and making sure every corner meets perfectly in my book and that's ping a datum line round the room, make a staff from a batten, tiles and spacers, then carry the batten round the room marking each wall up off your datum and staff till you've found the perfect starting point...at this point you can put your levels back in the van and every batten comes off your datum line and mark on your staff. Hammer the battens on with 6 inch nails if need be but I've found that a dry wall screw will drive into almost anything

Datum line ? Is this marking your level of your 2nd tiles and batten all around the room, if so, this is how I do it then tile onto the floor tiles like you mention in next post.

 

[Handyeire]

whichever I don't get a better finish from one method over the other.

You hit the nail on the head! Still haven't worked out if I should go with rubi stands or tile tracker.

 

[merlecollins]

So when you cut floor into wall how do you finish the cut?grey grout?its astetically a million times better to cut into a floor

I never said the floor was tiled....:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Dash J]

Mate get yourself a decent laser
And wooden battens
The rubi battens are absolute
****
Tile tracker is just a gimmick
Tile whatever way suits you
If you prefer battens use battens
If you prefer to tile off a line do it that way
Screw battens into gyproc or masonry nails into brick
It really is that simple,if you can leave a finish the way you are doing it why do you want to waste money on bits of metal?

 

[Dash J]

Assuming you were tiling the floor
Do you never tile a floor if you tiling a wall with your no batten method?

 

[merlecollins]

Assuming you were tiling the floor
Do you never tile a floor if you tiling a wall with your no batten method?

The only time I may use the bottom cut first method with a tiled floor is if the walls and floors are the same size large format tile and I am bonding up. Because the floor would go in first.

Other than that I would stick a batten around the room first...unless it was a wet room and was tanked.....oh the permutations could go on forever...:lol:

 

[gamma38]

I always put the bottom row in first, i use a 360 deg laser, like others i have used battens but now i prefer starting from the floor. No difference in finish with either method in my opinion. The cuts to a dodgy floor are a pain done first or second.

 

[Dash J]

I will put it out there again
How do you finish a tiled floor if
Cut into the wall tile?
If it is grey grout it is absolutely horrendous

 

[gamma38]

I will put it out there again
How do you finish a tiled floor if
Cut into the wall tile?
If it is grey grout it is absolutely horrendous

I'm not sure what your asking there, maybe it's just me...

 

[merlecollins]

I will put it out there again
How do you finish a tiled floor if
Cut into the wall tile?
If it is grey grout it is absolutely horrendous

If I am tiling the floor last then I will use a batten.

 

[Dash J]

If I am tiling the floor last then I will use a batten.

That's what I'm talking about
I get that,that's what I would
Do
The advice the guy was given at the start of the post was nah never used battens in 40 years datum line all the way
My point was the finish of a tiled wall with the floor cut in is absolutely horrendous
I can't believe people still do it this way

 

[Spare Tool]

Datum line ? Is this marking your level of your 2nd tiles and batten all around the room, if so, this is how I do it then tile onto the floor tiles like you mention in next post.

A datum line is a level line marked around the room, I use a laser now but used to use a level to draw the line around, as long as your datum meets up your tiles will.
You can also use the datum to check your ceiling levels and floor levels, using this method you can land a full tile over a door casing, shower tray or bath(if there level) under or over a window starting from the other side of the room.
Have used it to meet up a 6x6 tile over 300sqm over 4 rooms with 2 of us doing the job and was bang on.
Everyone has there own way of doing things and as long as you give a first class finish and your customer is happy then stick to it.
Just know what works for me...

 

[area tiling]

I've a set of the rubi stands in the garage , used them once never liked them , to fiddly , waste of money , you could fix a batten faster, waste of money IMO , or just start from the bottom wedge them up the depth of a tile plus addy , then slide your floor tile below !