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Setting my floor out, is it worth dry laying g and doing all my cuts then doing the https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ or do cuts for half the room and then https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/. It's a 4m squared porch. What do u prefer
 
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Setting my floor out, is it worth dry laying g and doing all my cuts then doing the https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ or do cuts for half the room and then https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/. It's a 4m squared porch. What do u prefer
What type of https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/ are you going to use?
I often will dry fit small floors of that size when I’m using a 2pf, just be sure to mark the floor so the tiles go back in the exact same position.
 
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Bag https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/, standard, I'm told it has 2hrs on the buckets got time, but cuts are the thing taking the time, need a better way of making templates
 
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Awkward angles no right angles... Is there a better way than templates with paper

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Either dry lay surrounding tiles and use another tile against surfaces to mark out cuts required or use a steel rule
 
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Awkward angles no right angles... Is there a better way than templates with paper

Simplest way for you to make a template is to cut thick cardboard in to inch strips, (tear up an old box or something) once you have thin strips, trace the outline of the space with your cardboard and either tape or use a glue gun to stick strips together.
You will then end up with the exact shape that the tile needs to be.
Something like this. As they’re small tiles, cardboard will be stiff enough, or anything you have to hand, just not paper.

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I only dry lay and cut what area my bucket mix will lay, I lift each row of tiles in the same sequence with the tile I place on on top the one I will lay First off on that row, if that makes sense, you can get a number of angle finders which save making templates but for normal externals and internals just do as Plan tec says.

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have a look at this, its canny.
 
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Julian 'Farmer' Bonsall

Wishi - is that an angle'izer? I guess you find it useful ? Are profile gauges helpful?
Thanks for the card strip tip.
 

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