Tiling Tools Survey

[Aston]

I was talking to deano last week and we were talking about the tools we'd bought over the years. some of which dont get used and some have been brilliant, so what could you get by with as the bare essentials

example:
god forbid, you get your van cleaned out tonight, all your luxury stuff gone like your fein, dewalt, laser levels etc etc, what could you actually get by on.

i'd have the following....
box of tools, ie hand scribe, sliding bevel, hammer, hack saw, nippers, mastic gun, tapes, knife etc etc
75cm cutter
angle grinder with a decent blade
buckets & sponges
6ft feather edge
couple of stabila levels,
serrated trowels,
£100 mixer
18v drill
budget diamond hole saw from ebay
budget wet saw with decent blade for splash backs and bathrooms

would really love everybody to get in on this whether you are new, old school or whatever. ;0) your essential list is what i am looking for..

 

[DHTiling]

Wellllll..

I could get by with a hand scribe and a pair of nibblers... bucket and sponge and a hand full of spacers..






























then i would think WTF and kill those that pinched my van and then get new gear :lol:

 

[Aston]

thats what i am looking for dave but i know you love your angle grinder so i reckon you'd have that for the sake of £40

 

[DHTiling]

Life without my sigmas is not worth thinking about... then there is my knee pads and my dewalt d2400 and nooooooo i am starting to cry at my losses. :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

thats what i am looking for dave but i know you love your angle grinder so i reckon you'd have that for the sake of £40

mmmm ask my thumb about grinders :lol:

 

[Aston]

mmmm ask my thumb about grinders :lol:

yes but thats because you like using it bare back without the guard lol

 

[michaeldaly83]

Think you should all add a measuring tape to that :smilewinkgrin:

 

[DHTiling]

yes but thats because you like using it bare back without the guard lol

Bare back is good till ya put ya thumb into unknown territory :lol:

 

[Dave H]

knee pads for me, and TS 40 though getting a bit small for tiles these days!

 

[charlie1]

Ed, ive often thought about this very thing... here is my list

Hand held tile breaker
Sigma 3c
1 x bag of hand tools, 600 level, Angle grinder, hammers, screw drivers, chisels, core drills, trowels...etc
Sponge + bucket
Straight edges
Mixer
Drill
Dust sheets

 

[Spud]

just spent 10 minutes typing a reply and then got logged out there must be a fix in the software to stop this issue reoccuring

 

[The D]

Ok I will add to your list with chalk line and a pare of portable snappers but I will deduct the mixer as I can still knock up by hand and the cheap wet saw as you have an angle grinder with a decent blade on the list.

 

[Aston]

its happening to me and with my hand broken its a challenge and a half lol

@ deano
chalk line!!!! i knew id missed something m8

 

[Gazzer]

just spent 10 minutes typing a reply and then got logged out there must be a fix in the software to stop this issue reoccuring

http://www.tilersforums.com/links-s...ck/62322-forum-logging-you-out-when-half.html

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

well i have just bought the makita angle grinder & ion batteries £296 ,then i was looking in macro this weekend and see a 18 v ryoby grinder £40 ,and i had to question my sanity a bit ,but hay i have got the top of the range & the one i wanted!! lol.......

 

[Ian]

Before I got a bit of cash behind me and invested in the mega money tools, I did everything with a Rubi TR60 and a grinder. With the right blade, a grinder is the best tool in my budget list. My list would be;

6/10mm trowels
600mm level
5m tape measure
mixing bucket
couple of buckets and sponges
chalk line
2/3/4mm spacers
cheap mixer (Aldi £40)
nippers
couple of grout floats
10 pencils for a quid from pound stretcher
grinder & blade
big clinker

I reckon with those few bits I could produce the same quality work, just not as quickly. I'd say that lot would be about £350ish.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Ed as you know I started tiling when Queen Victoria was on the throne. I used to load up my hand cart with my canvas tool bag, and trudge fifty miles to my place of work. But seriously I think I could manage with a pin hammer, tungsten tipped chisel, a pair of nippers and a hand scribe. But I am glad I have a van full of tools, even though I can never find what I need, anyone who has seen my van will understand.

 

[DHTiling]

phil.. you are a dinosaur and your skills will be cast in stone for all to see.

 

[judge]

you would get stressed with the 18 v ryobi DPF,as i had one but after a couple of cuts the battery would fade and it would take well over an hour to charge.Ive invested in a makita drill and impact driver (2 x 3.0 lithium batteries ) and the next toy......i meant tool im buying is the cordless grinder....Quality!!!:smilewinkgrin:

 

[judge]

ooooppppsss! that last post was for dpf on page 1 ..

 

[afright]

Old tiler I work with in my younger day's always preferred wooden levels found out why,if the level didn't fit he would cut it down he ended up with a bag full of level's all different sizes

 

[nybor62]

trowels 6 and 10 mm
hand scribe
tape
length of 1x2 for mixing
bucket and sponges
plenty of cardboard for spacers
nips
chalkline
pin hammer
push bike who needs a van

 

[afright]

trowels 6 and 10 mm
hand scribe
tape
length of 1x2 for mixing
bucket and sponges
plenty of cardboard for spacers
nips
chalkline
pin hammer
push bike who needs a van

If its a bike then it's got to be a Tradesman's bike

 

[nybor62]

If its a bike then it's got to a Tradesman's bike

old post office type bike with a basket on the front

 

[glasgow_tiler]

wall and floor serators
square egde trowl
plastic 1m rule
sponge
sigma machine, 300mm-600mm
bosch grinder 110v=240v
stabila level
snips
pencil- pen
2x sponge
radio
spacers
measuring tape
jnr hacksaw

 

[Ste-G]

Ed as you know I started tiling when Queen Victoria was on the throne. I used to load up my hand cart with my canvas tool bag, and trudge fifty miles to my place of work. But seriously I think I could manage with a pin hammer, tungsten tipped chisel, a pair of nippers and a hand scribe. But I am glad I have a van full of tools, even though I can never find what I need, anyone who has seen my van will understand.

I was wondering if anyone would mention the trusted tungsten tipped chisel. Before I saved up for my first sigma "cutting length 320mm" that was big enough for everything then. Tungsten chisel and pin hammer was normal, look how far we've come.

 

[Italy]

Early morning, get off the van with:
SOLA levels, from 60 100 cm and see what I have to die today