Tile Spacers, leave them in, or take them out, What say you!!!

[widler]

Very valid point

Not really,it's a bit of plastic,probably softy than the grout we use,which a lot now are hollow,remandi ones I use are,they will move just as much as the grout IMO .

Simon ain't that Swiss Pratt is he ?

 

[Simons70]

If you embed the spacers how does it allow expansion on the floor....

Expansion on the floor not push the spaces,contrary.....

 

[Andy Allen]

Expansion on the floor not push the spaces,contrary.....

How come you keep posting but your post count stays on 20?..........and is your name mike?.....and is it snowing?.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

How come you keep posting but your post count stays on 20?..........and is your name mike?.....and is it snowing?.

No..

 

[Fliselege]

How come you keep posting but your post count stays on 20?..........and is your name mike?.....and is it snowing?.

Nah, can't smell anything burning...

 

[m3fitter]

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to be honest boys........ get a grip......its a spacer ! enough said... if you have enough time to dedicate any brain time to take out spacers or not.... @@ !! life's far too short

 

[John Benton]

Ok here's a link to the other thread http://www.tilersforums.com/43-tiling-forum/65515-tile-spacers-4.html Unfortunatley the link to the TTA article (post 14 from John Benton) doesn't work any more, which is annoying as it was quite a good read. I'll see if I can find it somewhere else.

The two main points were these:- It can weaken the joint because of the lack of grout in the joint and also because the depth of grout is not the same throughout the joint, the colour shading could possibly vary i.e. the thinner the grout, the lighter it becomes.

 

[widler]

John,that's the problem, I've taken out many a bathroom,kitchen ect after years of being down, with all the spacers in,never seen a problem yet .
Does this make it right I here the few say?
Of course it does, if it's never been a problem for decades ,why should it start now ?
The internet and forums are the main culprit for this,someone can say ' I've never left a spacer in, it can make you house fall down'
2 months later it's spread around the internet and the worlds ended just cos of a little plastic spacer
I will put money on every tiler leaving spacers in a job ,especially them who have been at it like me since the 80s, when we plastered the sites( big detached) we tiled them as well, spacers left in, never a problem

 

[charlie1]

I just can't believe someone would actually attempt to remove a spacer that's been fully inserted, there either daft and think that's what your meant to do...or...they have too much time and I'm sorry, I just don't believe people actually do this.

 

[Andy Allen]

In 32 years of tiling I've never left a spacer in..
I use spacers as pegs and only space the horizontal line.....and I've never put a spacer in a floor tile on my life just do it with stright edges and a keen eye. .
Just the way ive always done it and always will. .