Levelling systems & when to use them - Tile Advice

[Blunt Tool]

http://www.sigmauk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016Brochure.pdf

 

[James De]

I had a quick look online but couldn’t find anything. Also had a quick look on YouTube. Not much on the height adjustment.

I think I’ll start a thread.

Please do! I need it for the morning

 

[acaciaguy]

Good man. Thanks callatiler

 

[acaciaguy]

Do tile levelling systems ever pull the tile from the addy bed? Leaving a void?

 

[Bill]

Why is it, the stuff you actually need like RIGHT NOW you can never get!! Tile cutter to cut 1200’s.. NOPE! Had to trek to northampton and I can’t bloody use the thing. Flat spacers for levelling. NOPE! Mail order only..

Tile Giant sell flat clips - very similar to the Chinese type - Oh wait ....they are the Chinese type.

 

[Qwerty]

Do tile levelling systems ever pull the tile from the addy bed? Leaving a void?

With incorrect prep of the substrate or poor attention to adhesive bed depth yes, it can easily cause a void. Not a massive void, but it can be done.

 

[Flintstone]

So yesterday I called into my local tile shop and noticed they has stock of the genesis easy wedge system which he said was selling well. Not cheap obviously. I got one of the schmox bases out of the van to compare and it is absolutely identical, I've no doubt they come from the same factory

 

[James De]

Do tile levelling systems ever pull the tile from the addy bed? Leaving a void?

So.. on e the first wall in this wet room I used the crap vitrex levellers, all other walls I used tile rite. Guess which wall 3 tiles fell off????

 

[Boggs]

Why are the bases curved?!!

 

[LM]

How could they fall off with a solid bed?
Have you got a pic of the levelling system you used?

 

[Waluigi]

How could a tile fall off no matter what clip is used?

 

[Spare Tool]

Should take a bit more force than a little chunk of plastic to pull a tile off a wall, are you using a suitable size trowel and back skimming the tiles?

 

[James De]

How could they fall off with a solid bed?
Have you got a pic of the levelling system you used?

And the bases are thicker plastic so you have to hit them harder with the mallet..

 

[James De]

How could a tile fall off no matter what clip is used?

I’ve no idea, but when I looked at the back of the tile there was hardly any contact with the adhesive. Ain’t like I used a different trowel depth so why would only 3 tiles not contact but all others are fine?

 

[Waluigi]

Did you back butter the tiles? Or back trowel them? What size tiles are we talking? Which adhesive?