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[TileSmasher]

Morninig all!!

can anyone let me know where i can get a set of battons from and what sizes i'll need?

Thanks

 

[grumpygrouter]

I use U shaped steel shelving brackets. Others use batten wood form the likes of wickes or B&Q and the like and make them up as they need them.

If you really want a "set" give PTS Training a call in Warrington, they sell sets to their students. Will cost around £30 if I recall.

 

[Fekin]

Morninig all!!

can anyone let me know where i can get a set of battons from and what sizes i'll need?

Thanks

Size will depend on the wall size won't it.

When I used to need to use battons I simply bought wood lengths cut to size and either nailed or glued to the wall.

Others have these fancy things

 

[Jse85883]

I pop down to wickes and get a sheet of 12mm wbp ply and get them to cut it into lengths of about 3 1/2" and then cut them down as and when i need them.

 

[grumpygrouter]

I pop down to wickes and get a sheet of 12mm wbp ply and get them to cut it into lengths of about 3 1/2" and then cut them down as and when i need them.

Does your Wickes have a cutting service? Mine doesn't!!!!:furious3:

 

[brian c]

Does your Wickes have a cutting service? Mine doesn't!!!!:furious3:

hey grumpy ,they probably dont have the demand for one up there in the Highlands...chookter.lol:lol:

i use the batons from b and q they are £6 or so for 8.

 

[grumpygrouter]

hey grumpy ,they probably dont have the demand for one up there in the Highlands...chookter.lol:lol:

i use the batons from b and q they are £6 or so for 8.

Thanks a lot pal! lol. Still a bit behind the rest of the country up here then! Recently discovered that I can get anything Schluter though.......Yipee:yes:

 

[Dan]

I used to rip up ply personally.

 

[Fekin]

What happened to my pic of the batton stands, like the same pic that's been used on here many times before, cos my post looks a bit dumb without it:huh2:

 

[Gazzer]

What happened to my pic of the batton stands, like the same pic that's been used on here many times before, cos my post looks a bit dumb without it:huh2:

Advertising me thinks :yes:

 

[DHTiling]

It was a copyright pic......doh.........

 

[hillhead]

44x19 white wood s.e ,
thats what i buy,cut to lengths then and nail to walls or screw to stud walls carefully,need straight ones.
Joe

 

[enduro]

I dont use battens, im just bloody good and dont need them :lol:

 

[macten]

Enduro - what do you do if you're tiling walls + floor in, say, a bathroom?
I was tought to have the wall tiles sitting on top of the floor tiles (for aesthetics and for better water protection).

 

[wayne]

cant see the water protection myself as you still have a joint between two tiles whichever way you tile