Wall tile 2mm T-spacers
Against my better judgement I've been persuaded to get some 'metro tiles'
for the kitchen. I had no idea how ridiculously expensive the T-spacers
would be!
Tops Tiles sell 1000 for £10.60 but they only have 3mm ones. Anyway, I only
need about 300, probably fewer. One other UK supplier sold a reasonable
quantity for a reasonable price than tries to charge £7.99 postage! Ebay
has none at the moment - unless I go to Australia.
Before anyone suggests just cutting one of the legs from the normal X
types - not that easy. The cut leaves a bump that has to be filed flat.
Just using them as sticky-out pegs is asking for trouble if I want them
looking nicely lined up.
Does anyone know of a supplier that will sell these tiny bits of recycled
plastic for a reasonable price?
And while I'm in 'moaning mode', I had the daft notion that the back of
these fancy metro tiles would have some sort of mark so the half-way point
could be easily identified. No, nothing so sensible - at least not on those
I bought.
So a word to the wise; if your significant other sees a nice display of
these in a shop or catalogue, think again...
Having not heard of "Metro tiles" I just googled them. Yuk! Reminds me of
those old subterranean public toilets.
Mike
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