Spacing tiles with string?

[elybathrooms]

Does anyone use this method as apposed to pegs or wedges. I havent seen this done before just wondered how popular it is?

[enduro]

Bet it not used these days...

[whitebeam]

A mate who's dad is/was a tiler for 60 something years has used string of sorts for spacing on a run of tiles..

Not something you see now though

[mikethetile]

ive seen italian tilers use spaghetti

[enduro]

ive seen italian tilers use spaghetti

What hoops in tomato sauce...umm yummy!!!

[tfs]

was made to use spaghetti sticks at college

Have heard of rope/ string being used but, it woudn't be something that I would choose.

[andy tiler]

Does anyone use this method as apposed to pegs or wedges. I havent seen this done before just wondered how popular it is?

ive used this way a few times with the wavey edge tiles(on walls) its a good method and quick i learned this trick in france when i worked there for a couple of years, but its no good if the tiles are to heavy cos it squashes the string to much.

[jay]

not seen it done for a long time now

[Thespanishtiler]

Not here in the uk but have used 'cabo' in the north of spain a few years back.

it actually works well and your joints are cleaned as you withdraw the cord.

[pjc]

have seen it done a few times in years past but it was always by awful tilers it never looked good and the tiles were much smaller the largest 6" x 8"

[whitebeam]

If that don't work with tiles could always double as shoe laces and belts

[doug boardley]

I've used it on wavey edged tiles, and actually advised this way somewhere on the forum

[Thespanishtiler]

Tiling with cord is a skill like any other aspect of tiling, if you know what your doing it works well.

the tilers i worked with where highly skilled tradesmen and could work with the cabo as well as we would with spacers and wedges.

personally i like to try my hand at some of the more traditional methods for the experiance of doing it

skills like 'wet bedding' and 'semi dry bedding' between lathes are dying off but again work well if you know what your doing

we can learn from the past

[aph257]

i can see it being usefull of wavy edge tiles, might give it a go next time.

[whitebeam]

As above, Bricklayers use string

[tommyzooom]

I use to use string but haven't done for years, when tiles became bigger. Don't knock it till you've tried it, it has its advantages, speedy when you get the hang of it and takes seconds to remove all the "spacers" on a wall

[YourTiler]

I was taught using string sometimes, that was when we didn't have 600 x 300 stone tiles

Handy on small tiles 100 x 100 or 150 x150 (saves all the pegging and spacers), but squashes under the weight of the larger heavier ones