Levelling clips are a load of tosh? Really? - Tile Advice

[LM]

I’ve had arguments with ‘tilers’ who tell me that levelling clips are a gimmick and they’re not needed. Well look what happened to some plonker who said this to me. The floor without the clips is obvious and by pure coincidence I finished one yesterday were clips were used. I got a call by a plumber friend asking me to quote to finish the job that the ‘tiler’ who wouldn’t use clips got threw off, so I visited site yesterday to find this

 

[Italy]

It is from 2011, which I discuss with tiler
for this reason.
now I have surrendered .....
lee, do you still want to bring me into these discussions?

 

[LM]

Always Value your knowledge Antonio.

 

[Italy]

Always Value your knowledge Antonio.

I have to take a pill before.

 

[BILL HOLDER]

We used these on 600 x 300 porcelain tiles and they were very good. Tile Levelling Spacers and clips for Raimondi Levelling System 1.5mm Qty 2000 | eBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tile-Levelling-Spacers-and-clips-for-Raimondi-Levelling-System-1-5mm-Qty-2000/272566879678?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=571674331339&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

[BILL HOLDER]

This is the results

 

[Brian the Tile]

No leveling clips and spacers will ever make a bad bowed tile look good on any floor

 

[Flintstone]

If it’s a good floor and bowed planks, they will make them look good and straighten them out Brian

 

[Qwerty]

No leveling clips and spacers will ever make a bad bowed tile look good on any floor

I have to say that I have yet to find a bowed tile that hasn't benefited from levelling clips

 

[Brian the Tile]

I have to say that I have yet to find a bowed tile that hasn't benefited from levelling clips

How can you make a bowed tile make a flat floof ,impossible,we all know there are alot of rubbish tiles out there and a lot of customers buy them ,no clips whatsoever will make them flat

 

[Flintstone]

You can Brian.

 

[Brian the Tile]

You can Brian.

Well im sorry can you explain how i must be missing something

 

[Bill]

I tiled a floor in similar planks without clips - no lips.

 

[Brian the Tile]

I tiled a floor in similar planks without clips - no lips.

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Decent tiles Tom?

 

[Bill]

by the way, with planks, I always use clips now....it is quicker to get the perfection I need.