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[J Sid]

so these sigma things don't come set up for, say 10mm porcelain, straight out the factory?

 

[Dumbo]

No you have to put the handle on the rail.

 

[Bopster]

No expert by any means but have been reading up a little bit and testing on some porcelain———With a tile on the bed and the breaker flat on the tile. Leave a 5mm gap here. If the breaker isn’t low enough then increase the gap.

The hole for the arm is knock out. I just did it on mine. Took two taps with a hammer.

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Well I tapped it with a hammer and hey presto

 

[Waluigi]

Not bought the support arm yet despite having the ‘hole’

 

[Bopster]

Ok, so I’ve started this customers second bathroom with the 1200 x 200 polished porc on walls and floor. Customer has supplied s1 adhesive, walls are all rendered blockwork in good condition, floor hardiebacker
Which size notch trowel would u recommend, I’m using 1.5mm schmox levellers

 

[Cranbrook]

You need to select your notch size based on coverage, so start with say an 8mm notch, back butter the tile, notch the wall or floor, lay a tile, pick it up and check what coverage you have.. Then you can decide if you have enough coverage or is you need a different sized notch

 

[Old Mod]

It’s hard to tell you cos we don’t know how good your substrates are.
You’ll need to trial it, it’ll also depend if you flat back the tile or trowel it.
Start with 10mm and flat back tile.
Put one up, bed it in properly, then remove it and check coverage, you should know if you need to go up or down.
Then remove one every 6-10 pieces to see how you’re getting on.

 

[Old Mod]

 

[Dumbo]

Once you have bedded your tile the thickness of the bed needs to be thicker than the thickness of base of the Schmox clips .

 

[Bopster]

The walls are really good to be honest, solid and flat.
Cheers, was thinking 10mm sq notch with smooth back butter.
I’ll keep checking every 6 or so to ensure coverage.
Used 10mm on the other bathroom which had 900 x 145 planks and worked a treat

 

[Time's Ran Out]

‘It’s easy this tiling lark’!

 

[Spare Tool]

You'll struggle to use any less than a 10mm trowel with schmox clips, they are good clips but bases quite thick compared to some..