tile spacers and floor tiles

[Andy Allen]

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?..

 

[peteablard]

I just finished a job where I had to tile round a kitchen island and when the tiles came to meet at other side of island they lined up perfect and the joints were perfect, I know i couldn't have done that without spacers, the problem ive got is that spacers slow me down because they always break off when im pulling them out and get stuck in the joints, Whats the strongest spacers? View attachment 46377 View attachment 46378 View attachment 46379

do you not find they are breaking because the end has set in the adhesive? Try using shorter legged spacers or making sure the joint is clean first

 

[sjw450]

yeah basically there just setting in the tile adhesive, I do clean joints as I go along but they are still breaking must be too long as you say, I'll buy some shorter spacers like the rubi ones.

 

[Houston]

we would grid the big commercial floors out with a chalk line other times work to tape. On the Aldi floors in sand & cement we would have metal templates to use