spacing

Views on size spacer on 60x40 trav 2mm or 3mm is it a personal choice or is there pros and cons to a diff size spacer !!

Any recommendations for buying big volumes of long leg spacers? Good prices on trade tiler but NI postage is coming up as £15 :yikes: so not viable unfortunately.

Hello all. Just a quick one. I spoke to a guy yesterday who told me he grouted over some of his cross shaped floor spacers which he laid down in the joint between 4 tiles. The spacer has since reappeared on the joint but due to the grout having set he can't remove it. I told him he'll have to...

Doing a job this week with a colleague, 600x300 rectified porcs over UFH. Someone mentioned to him that minimum spacer size is 3mm for this install? Is that correct? I had a quick read through the Brit Standards link someone posted on here the other day, but couldnt see any mention of this...

Hi Does anyone have experience of using kerapoxy grout with 2mm tile spacing? In the guide it says its only for 3mm and up? Will 1mm really make that much difference? Regards TED

often overlooked by many tilers a good tile spacer is important ;having used many over the years i have found the raimondi 3 mm spacer to be the best;the spacer is large and holds the tile perfectly in place and due to its shape it is easy to fit between the tiles and more importantly easy to...

Have just picked up some Porcelanosa Multicolor Nacar 20x31.6x1cm tiles that imitate the mosaic effect,mosaics end up at 4x4cm in size for Mothers kitchen splashback.Saw these laid on a kitchen display in the M/cr showroom and thought they were proper mosaics so i know if laid right can look...

Hi All, This is my first post so I hope I have posted in the correct forum. I'm wondering what is the minimum tile spacing I should use for floor tiles I am laying? The tiles are 45cmx45cm and are being laid over electric underfloor heating (Devimat 150W/sqm). I have laid f-board 6mm...

just interested to know who uses tile spacers when tiling floors... ive never used spacers for floor tiles, just use stright edges and a keen eye... do you think its quicker/easier using spacers or not?..

Short leg tile easy ones for me....:thumbsup:

Hi everyone, I have a kitchen and entrance hall floor to tile next week, tiles are 450x450 white glazed porcelain. the customer would like the floor to look like one lovely, big shiny glass top, hence no big grout lines. I was intending to use a 1mm tile spacer and thought i would put it out...

hi guys can anyone advise me on type of adhesive ive got liquid pumped screed + wet UFH, i will be laying 1200*600 porcelain which is about 135m2:mad2: i was thinking KERAFLEX MAXI , floor primed with PRIMER G(2 coats?) and 2mm spacers????? any suggestions cheers chris

Hello I've got 500x500mm black polished porcelain floor tiles to be laid on a concrete floor and wanted to know what was the best spacer size to achieve a sleek seamless look, also I'm thinking of going for black grout , any suggestions?? And best grout and adhesive to go for?? Thanks :)

We have just started to stock a new type of tile spacer at 365Drills to see.... if its of any use to tilers. The guy who invented them is from Suretile and is trying to get them to market. I said I would put them up on my website 365Drills to see if there is any commercial interest. Tile...

hi all am after a bit of advise please i've been asked to price a job laying 800x800 marble tiles over a 160m2 area dimound style i've done jobs of this scale before so not too worried about that but the customer as asked me to lay them leaving no grout joints normally i would put an expansion...

I'm after some advice. Having the above tiles fitted today and was wondering what spacers people use? I think it looks better without any spacers as there is still 0.5mm gap due to the edges of the tiles bevelled. What do you guys think?

Hi, can you tell me what size of notches should I go for when using 500mmx250mm wall tiles and 300mmx300mm floor tiles. I know that you tell 8mm notches for wall and 10mm for floor, but according to tilles manufacturer the adhesive should not be more than 5mm. So what should I use? And what...

hi there. if you get addhesive on them . how do you get it off. its easy to clean a few but if you have had an accident with them or are just messy youl have a lot to do. iv heard of soaking them in hot water soaking in water then feazing them putting them in a jar with small ball bearings...

hi there. im starting out and havent used anything other than the cheap generic ones you get in hardware shops. what is the best type out there or are thay for different situations. there are x shaped straight u shaped 3 legged ones long legged ones what are your opinions on all the...

Hi everyone i would like your input to a debate thats going on over here about the correct way to use tile spacers. As we all know the most important part of a job is setting out and of course how to space the tiles evenly. Now when I first started my old man only ever used a string line...