setting out time dry lay?

[Andy Tiler]

As garythetiler dont rush.the setting out has got to be right,speed comes with experiance.

 

[Yorkshire Tiling Services]

3 4 5..........

 

[The D]

Use a tile staff !!!
Dry laying is complete madness !!

if it is a small floor i dry lay the lot and then use a good rapid set like Webber SPF or Variset XP it is not madness in some situations it actually saves time.

 

[The D]

3 4 5..........

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[jay]

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Either missing two fingers or he might be referring to a way of achieving a square line off a line

 

[Ken Bruty]

3,4,5 is 3 lines with measurements with a ratio of 3,4,5 creating a right angle triangle. So for example you have a line 30cm long put a 40 cm piece of string at one end and strike an arc. Then get a 50cm piece of string with a pencil say and strike an arc, where the two arcs intersect above the original 30cm line will give you a perfect right angle. To make the triangle bigger you can have a line say 60cm;80cm;100cm, as long as the ratio is 3,4,5 you will create a perfect right angle, whatever the measurement unit is.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Pythagoras, square on the hypotenuse 3/4/5 basic tiling or building formula. Before steel squares, or lasers:smilewinkgrin: The square of the hypotenuse, is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, simples

 

[doug boardley]

...or 5,12, 13,,,,,useful on long corridors. But you still have to decide which wall you're starting from, I quite often dry lay first, not completely on a big floor but most times to get the initial lay-out.

 

[andy8758]

3,4,5 is 3 lines with measurements with a ratio of 3,4,5 creating a right angle triangle. So for example you have a line 30cm long put a 40 cm piece of string at one end and strike an arc. Then get a 50cm piece of string with a pencil say and strike an arc, where the two arcs intersect above the original 30cm line will give you a perfect right angle. To make the triangle bigger you can have a line say 60cm;80cm;100cm, as long as the ratio is 3,4,5 you will create a perfect right angle, whatever the measurement unit is.

I love a simples answer - actually found a use for my o level maths from 1974!! The best tiling advice I have picked up tends to be the basics like this that we should all know but dont care to remember.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Outside walls should be square, so I tend to go for that, but still use a staff. I do dry lay small areas too. We all have our own ways, as long as the finished job is good, there is no right or wrong way. Whatever works for us is good.