Tile spacers.

[enduro]

Who leaves tile spacers in when they are tiling, or do you remove them before grouting? I know what i do, just wondered what everybody else does....:smilewinkgrin:

 

[LM Ceramics]

usually take them out but im very carefull not to chip the tiles i find taking spacers out is easier for me

 

[hillhead]

I normally pull em out too,leave the hard ones.

 

[mickyc]

Prefer to take them out prior to grouting

 

[Colour Republic]

leave them in.... well if they are set back enough.

Who else get's annoyed when you buy 2mm spacers and find they aren't 2mm but 2mm and a bit:mad2:, meaning you can't use them with others you've got

 

[brian c]

i prefer to leave them in as i normally push the spacers in too far:smilewinkgrin:

 

[mikethetile]

i use pegs and remove them spacers left in can ghost if left in and is bad practice :ban:

 

[Colour Republic]

i use pegs and remove them spacers left in can ghost if left in and is bad practice :ban:

Have you seen my tiling??? Ghosting is the least of my customers worries!!!:lol:

 

[Dan]

I used to remove them during tiling. So i'd tile to a height around the room, or on one wall, and then as I tile above that I'd nab the spacers from the first few square meters and re-use them on the next few.

Though that'll work with ceramics, and on floors using any tile, you might find you need to keep using them while the adhesive goes off if you're using heavy tiles, or large ones. And those are being fitted a lot more now than when I used to tile.

I used to hate pulling them all out before grouting, and I'd never grout over them, there's always one or two that cause big problems or you chip tile edges trying to force them out with something. So I got used to waiting for the adhesive to go off enough to carry the weight of the tile and simply re-use as many as I could / would dare.

 

[gaz man]

I remove pins and cross pegs b4 grouting

 

[grumpygrouter]

I remove them too!

 

[chris.tiling]

I remove them now - used to leave them in but got fed up with ghosting

 

[Colour Republic]

Well I'm surprised you all take them out, my spacers are neigh on impossible to get out. I push them right to the back of the tile as in some cases the shoulder of a tile can be as much as 1mm front to back but is in most cases at least 0.3mm. So if i push them back I know they are sitting on the thickess part of the tile and tiles won't creep off level over a distance, this is also the reason I try to only use spacers that are well made rather than a different size front to back.

As most of you know I'm not trained but time served so apart from possible ghosting what other reasons are there for removing?

 

[dhsanta65]

I always pull the spacers out & reuse if possible, anyway I'm scared of ghosts :yikes:

 

[brian c]

Well I'm surprised you all take them out, my spacers are neigh on impossible to get out. I push them right to the back of the tile as in some cases the shoulder of a tile can be as much as 1mm front to back but is in most cases at least 0.3mm. So if i push them back I know they are sitting on the thickess part of the tile and tiles won't creep off level over a distance, this is also the reason I try to only use spacers that are well made rather than a different size front to back.

As most of you know I'm not trained but time served so apart from possible ghosting what other reasons are there for removing?

i also am aware of the different thickness's from front to back of spacer and tend not to use these spacers.The problem with these spacers is obvious..when you push them in there is a chance of slight movement and possible debonding of tile and grout line moving..well thats all i can see problematic.Each to their own.imo.