this might sound stupid but

[ross lewiss]

if you are working on your own and you are setting out a floor, then how do you mark the floor into a cross or grid using a chalk line. what i mean is, if i havent got someone to hold the other end of the line then how do i snap my chalk lines. would i mark the floor with a pencil and batten or something similar. sorry if i sound a prat, its all new.:whatchutalkingabout

what does vitrified porcelain mean:stupid:

 

[enduro]

use a pack of tiles to hold the other end of your chalk line, and another tip is when you have your chalk line on the floor spray it with hair spray and it wont rub off the floor

 

[Daz]

Blimey Ross,

Questions, questions, questions - lol.

I use an Intersect laser for most small floors, saves worrying about a chalk line.
For large floors, I secure one end of a chalk line will a box of tiles and when I am happy that I have my line in the correct place, I ping it.

Vitrified means that tiles are fired for longer at a higher temperature and, to put it bluntly, are bloody hard to cut. They are extremely dense and will frustrate the life out of you. The first vitrified job that I did killed a pair of tile nippers and my wet cutter blade.

Keep smiling!

 

[ross lewiss]

any particular brand. harmony, insette, loreal? i take it this is a winde up or some sort of forum initiation.

 

[bal]

yes mate thats what i do when im on my own, pack of tiles holding chalk line or pencil mark using a long straight edge.

 

[ross lewiss]

so for vitrified tiles a rubi wont cut it but a wet saw is the answer. i wont ask anymore questions now. i'll just read and wait till ive done my tiling course at net.
thanks, ross

 

[Daz]

You may get lucky with a dy cutter but clean breaks (other than your wrist) are rare.

 

[enduro]

any particular brand. harmony, insette, loreal? i take it this is a winde up or some sort of forum initiation.

No its not a wind up, another tiler showed me this and it stops the chalk rubbing off the floor.

 

[hillhead]

Hi Ross,i'v read the replies and do none of it.
I pick where my line is going from first,ie.middle of room maybe.At one end i hammer in an obo nail,i then hook my chalk line onto it and go down room with it,when i line up with my other mark i snap it and there is my nice blue chalk line.
Hope this helps you a bit.
Joe
Hillhead Tiling

 

[Fekin]

Taken from tilingnews.co.uk

Porcelain tile, have a total vitrified body, their porosity being under 0.1%. This fact does not mean that the whole tile has been melted, but it means that during the firing, was generated enough melted mass, to be able to fill all the empty spaces in between the particles.

 

[Perry]

Hi Ross,i'v read the replies and do none of it.
I pick where my line is going from first,ie.middle of room maybe.At one end i hammer in an obo nail,i then hook my chalk line onto it and go down room with it,when i line up with my other mark i snap it and there is my nice blue chalk line.
Hope this helps you a bit.
Joe
Hillhead Tiling

i have done both you carnt always get a nail in concrete ete

 

[DHTiling]

VITRIFIED..........means GLASS LIKE.........fired to such a high temp that it

VITRIFIES............Many tiles are made this way including porcelains............

 

[floydyboy]

i have done both you carnt always get a nail in concrete ete

sorry mate i thanked you by mistake:mad2:
i use an Hilti nail with a coller they are not cheap but will last you years acouple of cloutswith the hammer and it will penetrate the hardest of floors.
i have driven 1 of these into an engeneering brick and they are solid

 

[Gazzer]

This has just reminded me that years ago i had a smallish paint tin which had been filled with molten lead. The top of the can replaced and i painted the can red. It still had a wire handle so was easy to handle but easierto use than a box of tiles and didnt take much room up in the van.
No idea where that went so now i use a box of tiles too.

 

[hillhead]

buy a good hammer ,lol. i haven't lost yet.