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purpose of arrows under floor tile
Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor
tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue? |
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purpose of arrows under floor tile
Direction arrows are common on ceiling tiles, some flooring,
carpet squares, etc. As these materials go through their finishing stages, paints and dyes may not be consistent across the face of the product. It can make a lot of difference on a large area - one turned the wrong way with all others correct can really show up. It is a cosmetic thing, not a glue thing. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DanG Keep the whole world singing . . . "Mikepier" wrote in message ... Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue? |
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purpose of arrows under floor tile
On Feb 28, 5:28*am, Mikepier wrote:
Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue? Maybe it's just the same process of applying the glue as they use for carpet tiles (where you would want to know the direction of the nap). |
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On Feb 28, 3:40*am, "DanG" wrote:
Direction arrows are common on ceiling tiles, some flooring, carpet squares, etc. *As these materials go through their finishing stages, paints and dyes may not be consistent across the face of the product. *It can make a lot of difference on a large area - one turned the wrong way with all others correct can really show up. *It is a cosmetic thing, not a glue thing. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DanG Keep the whole world singing . . . "Mikepier" wrote in message ... Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Back in around 1968 we did the 'carpet tile' thing in the operations briefing room. No attention paid to the arrows. Damndest looking thin you ever saw. They were torn up and redone. Can also ensure pattern matching. Harry K |
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purpose of arrows under floor tile
"Bob Villa" wrote in message ... On Feb 28, 5:28 am, Mikepier wrote: Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue? My guess: since there are lots of tile patterns that require the tiles to be placed in a specific direction in relation to the adjacent tiles, arrows are printed on the bottom of the tiles to make installation easier. It is probably simpler for the manufacturer to place these arrows on all their tiles during their fabrication instead of separatin out the ones that need it from the ones that don't. -- Peace, BobJ |
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On Feb 28, 9:54*am, "Marilyn & Bob" wrote:
"Bob Villa" wrote in message ... On Feb 28, 5:28 am, Mikepier wrote: Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue? My guess: since there are lots of tile patterns that require the tiles to be placed in a specific direction in relation to the adjacent tiles, arrows are printed on the bottom of the tiles to make installation easier. *It is probably simpler for the manufacturer to place these arrows on all their tiles during their fabrication instead of separatin out the ones that need it from the ones that don't. -- Peace, BobJ Use the arrows. Even on a floor tile that looks uniform, as it/they wear, something may show up.. Be safe! |
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purpose of arrows under floor tile
On Feb 28, 11:28*am, Mikepier wrote:
Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue? It indicates the direction of roll when they were manufacured. Manufacturers often recommend that adjacent tiles have the arrows at 90 deg to one another. It looks better. Some say. Some disagree. But you need to do one or the other consistantly. The difference sometimes only shows when they have been walked on for a while or scrubbed. |
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On Feb 28, 1:16*pm, harry wrote:
On Feb 28, 11:28*am, Mikepier wrote: Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue? It indicates the direction of roll when they were manufacured. Manufacturers often recommend that adjacent tiles have the arrows at 90 deg to one another. It looks better. *Some say. Some disagree. *But you need to do one or the other consistantly. The difference sometimes only shows when they have been walked on for a while or scrubbed. Twit |
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purpose of arrows under floor tile
"Mikepier" wrote in message ... Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue? It's to confuse termites. |
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On Feb 28, 11:35*am, cavedweller wrote:
On Feb 28, 1:16*pm, harry wrote: On Feb 28, 11:28*am, Mikepier wrote: Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue? It indicates the direction of roll when they were manufacured. Manufacturers often recommend that adjacent tiles have the arrows at 90 deg to one another. It looks better. *Some say. Some disagree. *But you need to do one or the other consistantly. The difference sometimes only shows when they have been walked on for a while or scrubbed. Twit- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hey! It's Harry again. If he can't post at least two wrong things every day he goes off his feed. Harry K |
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purpose of arrows under floor tile
On Feb 28, 3:40*am, "DanG" wrote:
Direction arrows are common on ceiling tiles, some flooring, carpet squares, etc. *As these materials go through their finishing stages, paints and dyes may not be consistent across the face of the product. *It can make a lot of difference on a large area - one turned the wrong way with all others correct can really show up. *It is a cosmetic thing, not a glue thing. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DanG Keep the whole world singing . . . "Mikepier" wrote in message ... Anyone know what the purpose of the arrows under peel and stick floor tile is for? I'm ready to do my basement floor, and just for a test I laid out some tiles and noticed thes arrows. The directions don't say, but I read online they should point in the same direction. But I could not notice any difference as far as the way it looks. If I randomly scatter the tile, it looks the same. Does it have something to do with the glue?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - For carpet squares it is a must that the arrows are followed. That ensure the 'lay' of the carpet is all in one direction. The 'lay' is the way the carpet is tied and is why a throw rug on carpet will "walk" one direction but no other. Harry K |
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