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Wall tile 2mm T-spacers
On 29/05/2015 19:33, wrote:
On Friday, 29 May 2015 15:23:59 UTC+1, Phil L wrote:
"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article
, Janet
Winslow writes:
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.
You need to watch Topps Tiles prices. They can be very good
prices on some stock tiles, but any savings can be wiped out if
you buy the all the other things there (adhesive, spacers, trim
strips, etc).
When I did my bathroom 10-15 years ago, I think I got the spacers
from B&Q in a sale (and I certainly used 2mm ones).
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.
Like others have said, use them poking out. Then they are
reusable, although you need more.
You tile one wall, then take the spacers out and use them on the
next wall, if anything, you need less.
Quite, you only need more if you do a lot at once.
The idea of putting them in as designed is fundamentally flawed by
the fact that tiles are simply not entirely regular in size. IRL you
need to cope with slight misalignment.
NT
IME spacers can be removed after an hour, so you'd have to be a bloody
fast tiler to need a jumbo pack.
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