rubi batten holder or tiletracker

[Handyeire]

I know some tilers don't use or need these but for those who do, do you find them handy and speeds up your work. I'm old skool and have always used battens but last few jobs have been a nightmare setting the battens because its been in old Irish stone cottages. I'm now going to buy the tile tracker or rubi batten holder. I've priced 4 rubi batten holders for 40quid and 2.5m of tile tracker with 5 stands and a free bag for 75quid. If I go with the rubi, I was thinking of buying some cheap levels on amazon so I can get a true line instead of using the battens thou the price will rise to near price of tiletracker if I choose go with rubi/levels.

So out of the 2, what would you say is best for setting and sturdyness.

While I'm here, a wee question about starting from the floor so to eliminate using these items or battens. Seeing as I've never did this, did you find much difficulty when starting out like this. In any jobs ive worked on, the floors are all over the place so can't use that as a guide. I know I can pack in under each tile but would there not be an awful lot of messing about trying to get the tiles all level and plumb. Maybe I'm wrong but I can't help thinking this would be the case but in saying that, in all my years working, I've never tiled from the floor.

 

[Handyeire]

Ok, here's a bathroom I finished last week, did I do the floor first or the walls first? [emoji2]

I cant tell but did you silicone where floor meets wall and around base of toilet?

 

[gamma38]

I cant tell but did you silicone where floor meets wall and around base of toilet?

You have to be taking the p$*ss surely.

 

[Handyeire]

You have to be taking the p$*ss surely.

Ill have to get me glasses just to double check lol

 

[area tiling]

Wall first !

 

[kimboslash]

Tile walls first, unless you need to line up all joints for both walls and floor tiles then i usually do the floor first.

 

[swanman]

i would of finished tiling the bathroom before you even started

 

[swanman]

nice work mate

 

[Dougs Third Go]

going back to start of thread and Timeless John's post, how I read it was the bottom row are cut, packed up from the floor to slide the floor tile under​, this is something I do regularly, you've got your datum line in place flip the tile on its back lower it down onto the packers, mark, cut and stick, simple really.

 

[Spare Tool]

As long as your first wall tile starts at the highest point of the floor, that's fine but if it happens to be under a bath your buggered...unless you've leveled the floor first.
To me a datum line is a level line roughly around half height of the room, not the bottom groutline...spoze thinking about it it doesn't really matter where it is on the wall but I've always thought it better off being over the bath and under a window to use it correctly...

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Nice picture Doug! Ruby in the snow. Still think the next one should be called Murray - then when your out on the hills calling them to heel it'll be Ruby Murray.

Back to the thread - we usually batten the first full tile up from the floor using a straight edge and something to wedge/support it, then either put the floor down and cuts down to floor tiles.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Nice picture Doug! Ruby in the snow. Still think the next one should be called Murray - then when your out on the hills calling them to heel it'll be Ruby Murray.

Back to the thread - we usually batten the first full tile up from the floor using a straight edge and something to wedge/support it, then either put the floor down and cuts down to floor tiles.

wife fancies Monty for a name....I'll have to get a few more I guess, name them sigma, big clinker etc, go for the full range ha ha

 

[Handyeire]

After purchasing 6 rubi stands along with some other tools from tile trader i noticed a few hours later on suretile that they are selling 5meters of tiletracker along with 6 legs and a free carrier bag! Im sitting here scratching my head wether to buy both now. I know some dont rate these products but IMO at these prices, sure why not have them in the tool kit. As for the thread, ill keep you all posted on how i rate these products if i break and buy both and use them.in theory they sound great but we all know what stuff in theory goes