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    I will be grouting 330x300 wavy edge tiles.
    What spacing should I use?.
    I use 5mm spacers for straight edge tiles.

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    I've used rope for wavey tiles, the blue nylon stuff, you can split the braids down to more or less required thickness, gotta watch your vertical joints tho' and a bit of care is needed extracting it.

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    Space them by eye......much easier....work in grids to keep them in line.....

    they can look better with a wider joint....make sure you use a wide joint grout suitable for your grout joint width...

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    Im with Dave here, tile by eye. I might use a 5mm spacer for the first tile or two to use as a bit of a guide, then go by eye.
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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    Im with Dave on this one also.In addition use an adhesive with good grip to eradicate slipping.

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    As above.

    Looks better with a random grout line.

    Nice and easy as well

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    id do it by eye also,,done a few kitchen splashes with wavey tiles and spacers just are no good.

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    Aye, do it by eye
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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    eye eye.

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    I agree that uniform spacers are no good, I find that the old rope trick compresses where spacers don't so you get a random effect, but then again I'm having a bad night!!

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    done them by eye with 3mm spacers used as a wedge to hold them there

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    did our kitchen and one for a customer last month by eye and just used a spirit level to check vertical and horizontal lines all ok. As Dave says, work in grids / small sections

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    eye eye good one wivers

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    Me eye too never use spacers only on big tiles to stop slipping then take em out......... when i was in germany if they saw you with them SACKABLE OFFENCE

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    Default Re: grout lines for wavy tiles

    Eye of the tiler baby!

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