Advice For Setting Out Tiles Before Tiling

[Dan]

I remember the days when we used matches and dried spaghetti

Christ you're showing your age now!

 

[widler]

I always put cuts in as i go, i hate going back to put cuts in, much quicker for me
Same on a wall, when i use a batton to work off i do the wall, take batton off and put cuts in , does my head in having to fill in

 

[Old Mod]

Yep never go back over any wall or floors, always insert cuts as I go.
When I was doing contract work I often used 2mm yachting yarn as a spacer. U can remove all the spacers in a minute or so and it cleans the joints as u pull it free! And of course u can insert your spacer along a whole course in one go, takes seconds.

 

[Just Rizzle]

Yep never go back over any wall or floors, always insert cuts as I go.
When I was doing contract work is often use 2mm yachting yarn as spacers. U can remove all the spacers in a minute or so and it cleans the joints as u pull it free! And of course u can insert your spacer along a whole course in one go, takes seconds.

never used it my self but sceen it used yrs ago
some thing I use is karndean design strips there 2mm or 2.5mm in width there excellent for holding mosaic in place then when set pullout

 

[Old Mod]

never used it my self but sceen it used yrs ago
some thing I use is karndean design strips there 2mm or 2.5mm in width there excellent for holding mosaic in place then when set pullout

Good idea!
Yeah the reason I used to get it from a marine store is because as its a marine cord, it doesn't absorb moisture like a regular string.

Can we edit previous posts, like with the old format?
My last post is not English at its best! Haha

 

[J Sid]

Click tools, edit

 

[Old Mod]

Click tools, edit

Thanks, done that a few times and always just said 'report' till now!

 

[J Sid]

 

[Old Mod]

Yeah sussed it thanks Julian.

 

[philrab66]

Changed the thread title to something more helpful. "Need advice" is just too generic. All threads needs advice.

Thanks Dan