Silk Purse Out Of Pigs Ear

[bcd-87]

Thanks Mark

how long did that take you mate

 

[LM]

how long did that take you mate

Because of the layout and working 'backwards' so to speak it took me 3 days to tile and about 3 hours to grout. Plus it was BAL green screed adhesive so I had to wait till the next day to stand on any work that had been laid, so in the rooms where the tiles are on the length, I could only lay half the room and then tile the other half the next day when the first half had cured, there's only 70 mts in the floor, so that's why it took so long

 

[bcd-87]

Because of the layout and working 'backwards' so to speak it took me 3 days to tile and about 3 hours to grout. Plus it was BAL green screed adhesive so I had to wait till the next day to stand on any work that had been laid, so in the rooms where the tiles are on the length, I could only lay half the room and then tile the other half the next day when the first half had cured, there's only 70 mts in the floor, so that's why it took so long

That's fast, fair play!! how did you get over the floor height difference? it looked bad

 

[gamma38]

70 mtrs. 3 days am i reading that right? that's some going

 

[LM]

That's fast, fair play!! how did you get over the floor height difference? it looked bad

You put a piece of the packaging card board that the tiles come in under a tile placed at the highest part of the floor, stand on it and that gives you the finish height of your highest tile, do the same with a tile on the lowest part of the floor in all directions and then with either a straight edge or a chalk line with a screw drilled into the floor at say the mid point if it's a large span, use these as height references to set your straight edge on and then when you lay a tile make sure that it has a solid bed and that the 'tilt' of the tile sits flush with the straight edge, follow this across the floor and then you will arrive at the highest tile it's at the exact height and plane as the highest tile on the floor. It took me a while to master this technique and it's good, but it's not as good as proper prep!
In this instance I also had an external door frame to consider when planning how to deal with this particular problem, that's why when all things were considered I chose to 'ramp' the floor down over what was a large space

 

[Bill]

You put a piece of the packaging card board that the tiles come in under a tile placed at the highest part of the floor, stand on it and that gives you the finish height of your highest tile, do the same with a tile on the lowest part of the floor in all directions and then with either a straight edge or a chalk line with a screw drilled into the floor at say the mid point if it's a large span, use these as height references to set your straight edge on and then when you lay a tile make sure that it has a solid bed and that the 'tilt' of the tile sits flush with the straight edge, follow this across the floor and then you will arrive at the highest tile it's at the exact height and plane as the highest tile on the floor. It took me a while to master this technique and it's good, but it's not as good as proper prep!
In this instance I also had an external door frame to consider when planning how to deal with this particular problem, that's why when all things were considered I chose to 'ramp' the floor down over what was a large space

A string line across the levels would have worked too - that is how we used to lay falls in floors.

Nice job.

 

[Old Mod]

Are they the new genisis clips Lee?
What D'u reckon?

 

[LM]

Are they the new genisis clips Lee?
What D'u reckon?

I'm not sure if they are 'new' Marc. Ive been using Genisis type clips now for over a year. They come with two 'block' or clip heads if you like options, smaller clips for 600's and below and the larger type like the ones in the above pics for anything larger, but the strap is universal to both.
The reason I'm running with the Genisis clips is that I can buy them from stock locally and I tried all sorts of systems before these ones, but never actually tried the Ramondi ones.
Imo these are very good, they're 1.5mm thick and can go up to 70mm in depth. Just like what you've said about the Ramondi type is the same with these, there's a limit to squeezing the pliers before you snap the strap, but you get to know that very quickly, one criticism would be that the pliers and the strap work like a cable tie would and after a while the teeth on the pliers ware out, but apart from that I can't fault them.

 

[Old Mod]

I'm not sure if they are 'new' Marc. Ive been using Genisis type clips now for over a year. They come with two 'block' or clip heads if you like options, smaller clips for 600's and below and the larger type like the ones in the above pics for anything larger, but the strap is universal to both.
The reason I'm running with the Genisis clips is that I can buy them from stock locally and I tried all sorts of systems before these ones, but never actually tried the Ramondi ones.
Imo these are very good, they're 1.5mm thick and can go up to 70mm in depth. Just like what you've said about the Ramondi type is the same with these, there's a limit to squeezing the pliers before you snap the strap, but you get to know that very quickly, one criticism would be that the pliers and the strap work like a cable tie would and after a while the teeth on the pliers ware out, but apart from that I can't fault them.

Well ok maybe not that new then haha
Yeah same principle as original Rubi system. I prefer the downward action of them over pushing from the side.
I see Rubi have brought out a new quick system, but not had chance to try yet.
The genisis, isn't it comparable in price to the Raimondi Lee?

 

[LM]

Well ok maybe not that new then haha
Yeah same principle as original Rubi system. I prefer the downward action of them over pushing from the side.
I see Rubi have brought out a new quick system, but not had chance to try yet.
The genisis, isn't it comparable in price to the Raimondi Lee?

can I quote prices here

 

[Old Mod]

I don't see why not mate, if prices are freely available on line.

 

[Italy]

can I quote prices here

no

 

[White Room]

I'm not sure if they are 'new' Marc. Ive been using Genisis type clips now for over a year. They come with two 'block' or clip heads if you like options, smaller clips for 600's and below and the larger type like the ones in the above pics for anything larger, but the strap is universal to both.
The reason I'm running with the Genisis clips is that I can buy them from stock locally and I tried all sorts of systems before these ones, but never actually tried the Ramondi ones.
Imo these are very good, they're 1.5mm thick and can go up to 70mm in depth. Just like what you've said about the Ramondi type is the same with these, there's a limit to squeezing the pliers before you snap the strap, but you get to know that very quickly, one criticism would be that the pliers and the strap work like a cable tie would and after a while the teeth on the pliers ware out, but apart from that I can't fault them.

Are they the straps with a curved bottom or flat.

 

[LM]

Recently Mark any that I've been getting have had flat bases

 

[White Room]

Recently Mark any that I've been getting have had flat bases

I got some from protilers on the net and got curved ones, complained and was told that's all they do now...obviously not.