Setting out a floor..........

[Tile Shop]

Sal has a good way of doing it:

 

[Old Mod]

Sal has a good way of doing it:

That’s how I was taught to lay Marley tiles, but obviously no grout joint, so you sit tile you’re marking directly on top.
He sounds more like a Chicago gangster than tiler

 

[Stevev]

But he's leaving no gap at the skirting.

 

[Matthew77]

I just turn the tile upside down and mark it against the next tile using a spacer then take off the amount (10-15mm) for the movement joint under the skirting.