Tile spacers

[Ben Ross]

What size do you mostly use on .....
walls ?
Floors ?

 

[Dumbo]

2 and 3

 

[Andy Allen]

Walls 2mm
Floors...don't use them on floors ..

 

[J Sid]

depends on tile

 

[One Day]

2 on wall and 2 on floors . Very rarely 3 on floor.

 

[Flintstone]

Most of the time 3mm unless small tiles then 2mm

 

[Bill]

How thick is the cardboard from the boxes?

 

[Andy Allen]

Sphinx tiles used to have perforated carboard for spacers in every box....lol

 

[Flintstone]

I've heard Antonio uses spaghetti

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I've heard Antonio uses spaghetti

Cooked!

 

[Bill]

Sphinx tiles used to have perforated carboard for spacers in every box....lol

I think Johnsons Cristal range did it first though.

 

[LM]

Depends on the tile for me also, normally 2mm on walls and 3mm on floor with the exception of planks, then I always use 2mm. A grout joint is also a form of expansion joint, bear that in mind.

 

[Bill]

When we laid terrazzo tiles it was the thickness of your gauging trowel blade......... woe betide if the CoW caught you with a cheap one.

 

[LM]

I remember a time on a hospital job a cow gathering us round and warning us that if he could get a spiders leg in between our work he'd scrap it lol, how we've moved on!!

 

[Bill]

Those CoW knew their stuff though.............. I wish we still had them, CoW had great training and abilty to keep a job on progress.

 

[LM]

Absolutely, from a customers (government)point of view the standard of the finished works were second to none.
Which in my opinion was no bad thing, it kept everybody on their toes.

 

[Bill]

My dad would make a great CoW......... he has just retired.in his 70's..... Mum died last year so he feels time is his now but went for a pint with him on Sunday and he is bored. This is the type of position he would thrive in, very pragmatic whilst able to give a bollocking or two. It would be much better than him being one of those wonderful people that are now employed by B&Q in their trade departments. (I like the ex trades folk in B&Q by the way)

 

[LM]

Sorry to hear that Tom, it makes you reflect on how good things are right now.

 

[Andrew Anaxagoras]

Doesn't hurt to ask your customers if they have a preference before you steer them in the right direction 2 walls 3/4 floor

 

[Italy]

I've heard Antonio uses spaghetti

Cooked!

wrong, I use matches or toothpicks

 

[Simons70]

wrong, I use matches or toothpicks

You can buy here in the tiling tools shops,no joke

 

[Andy Allen]

Seen string used as spacers..

 

[Old Mod]

Seen string used as spacers..

Used to use it all the time contract tiling......
Yes, I used to get my hands dirty

 

[Dan]

Somebody told me about string a while ago. Said you just pull it out one end and it clears all the grout joints out.

 

[Old Mod]

Somebody told me about string a while ago. Said you just pull it out one end and it clears all the grout joints out.

Yep works a treat, just make sure it's not hooked behind the corner tiles haha or you'll suddenly find all your cuts on the floor! Haha

 

[Dan]

It might have been you that said it to be fair pal!

 

[Old Mod]

It might have been you that said it to be fair pal!

Maybe, I've mentioned it before, but it feels like it was another lifetime ago now.

 

[Bill]

panel pins were great too and the good thing about those was that you could tap them in the wall for a bit of extra grip if you need to take out a tile below.

 

[Flintstone]

I have panel pins in the tool box, occasionaly use them with mosaic

 

[AndY mac]

I use 1mm 1.5 mm 2mm 2.5 mm rarely use 3mm unless working with BCT then I use them all at the same time.