Skates?

[Martino]

Just wondered of anyone on here uses a skate like this and how beneficial actually are they?.....also those spacers take a lot of skill away from the tiler... Anyone can bang them down and use those spacers!

View: https://youtu.be/DUnk9W6PVMI

 

[Old Mod]

I'd stick to joinery rather than picking a fight if I was you.

 

[Martino]

Hahaha fair enough..

 

[On one]

1. She is a tile installer and not a tiler.
2. Why would a company produce,edit and promote a video which plainly shows that 100% contact with the floor is not being made,ie voids under the tiles

 

[Martino]

Exactly...I wouldn't be too keen on using these spacers myself

 

[Chalker]

Only thing back buttered is her trousers.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

One of the least professional videos I've seen.

 

[Old Mod]

Now having actually watched the video can't agree more, from an instructional point of view, it's poor, very poor.
However, (even tho I know I'm biting! )
I'm fairly certain, that wasn't the point of the original post.
More the virtues of the product being advertised, which for anyone who has been a member on here for more than a dog watch knows, has been the cause of many a lively debate!
Hence my comment on picking a fight haha
Not as hotly contested as 'Rubi versus Sigma', but up there with the best of them.
Hope that clarifies things for u @Martino

 

[Tile Shop]

Just wondered of anyone on here uses a skate like this and how beneficial actually are they?.....also those spacers take a lot of skill away from the tiler... Anyone can bang them down and use those spacers!

View: https://youtu.be/DUnk9W6PVMI

Oh dear...... don't tell @antonio you said that.




Whoops!

Notice he uses these on a lot of jobs. But he's certainly no DIYer. Someone said on a previous post they won't level you're floor but can be used to eliminate lips. And besides, the skill of the pro tiler doesn't stop at whether a floor is lip free. Thats only a mere 10% of what he/she can do.

 

[Italy]

Oh dear...... don't tell @antonio you said that.




Whoops!

Notice he uses these on a lot of jobs. But he's certainly no DIYer. Someone said on a previous post they won't level you're floor but can be used to eliminate lips. And besides, the skill of the pro tiler doesn't stop at whether a floor is lip free. Thats only a mere 10% of what he/she can do.

I'm tired of repeating what I think. Levelers are for apprentices. not for professional tiler.
antonio is an apprentice. and uses leveling

 

[Italy]

I'm tired of repeating what I think. Levelers are for apprentices. not for professional tiler.
antonio is an apprentice. and uses leveling

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I was forgetting. HARD HEADS lol

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

What an absolute palava that is using those things!!!.....time consuming and just no need in my opinion......and I bet they ain't cheap......what a game that is......I certainly won't be using them unless a client insists, is paying for them and I'm on a good day rate

 

[Italy]

What an absolute palava that is using those things!!!.....time consuming and just no need in my opinion......and I bet they ain't cheap......what a game that is......I certainly won't be using them unless a client insists, is paying for them and I'm on a good day rate

Already tried?

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

Already tried?

I won't try them spacer/leveller things unless you throw me a box from your garage Antonio ☺️

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

Why a would a pro tiler need them unless his tiling is what we used to call bad tilers work - ( lip city! ).....then possibly use of your that bad you can't see or feel any lips

 

[MW Smith Ceramics]

Those roller seats look good for large commercial flooring tho .....think they do one with a specially made bicycle seat at Tradetiler .....

 

[Andy Allen]

Only amateurs use them..

 

[Italy]

words words . always words.
You first try. After speak.
I try all the novelties. (Little news. Antonio uses of 2011).
I decide if it is ok. or not.
sorry and kiss

 

[Flintstone]

There spending more time prattin about with them silly spacers/levellers than they are correctly fitting a tile.

 

[Old Mod]

*Bites fist!*
Sometimes I truly wonder!!!

 

[Old Mod]

Only amateurs use them..

U can wind it in too! Hahahaha

 

[WetSaw]

As for those laser thingamajigs that the diyers use, real tilers use water levels. Why use spacers or wedges when tiles come with free spacing accessories, the box they come in!!

Anything that can help get any job done easier, faster or help get a better job done is fine with me.

 

[Stef]

Here's a small floor I tiled today, for anyone that thinks that a levelling system is for amateurs then they need to start moving with the times.

 

[Stef]

Here's another finished floor i took photos of today as I was back doing a bit of silicone work.

 

[WetSaw]

Here's a small floor I tiled today, for anyone that thinks that a levelling system is for amateurs then they need to start moving with the times.

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Shabby..... Different colour wedges, tut tut