Wickes spacer accuracy - Tile Advice

[Beyond the blue]

Being a retired engineer I always recon to have a good eye for measurements. so when I bought these spacers from wickes I had my doubts about their accuracy so stuck a couple in a pair of digital calipers. The 1mm spacer measured 1.72mm and 2mm spacer measured 2.42mm, so if you want a 2mm grout line you would be nearer by using a 1mm spacer. Think it might be worth buying some better quality ones.

 

[Bill]

That is so they compensate their sizey tiles.

 

[Andy Allen]

From now on I'm checking every spacer before putting it in a tile...

 

[Italy]

From now on I'm checking every spacer before putting it in a tile...

me too,
the digital caliber I bought last month.

 

[Italy]

Being a retired engineer I always recon to have a good eye for measurements. so when I bought these spacers from wickes I had my doubts about their accuracy so stuck a couple in a pair of digital calipers. The 1mm spacer measured 1.72mm and 2mm spacer measured 2.42mm, so if you want a 2mm grout line you would be nearer by using a 1mm spacer. Think it might be worth buying some better quality ones. View attachment 105973 View attachment 105975

apart from the measure,
are at least all the same?
otherwise you may have problems with tiling.
because the tiles are all well calibrated.

 

[Beyond the blue]

apart from the measure,
are at least all the same?
otherwise you may have problems with tiling.
because the tiles are all well calibrated.

Ok I might be being a bit of a geek here but lets face it, if you take the time and effort to mark a wall out using 100mm tiles only to find that you are 13mm out when you get to the ceiling surely it makes you think twice. Yes they are all the same.

 

[Waluigi]

I tend to use either Raimondi or Rubi Spacers. I’ve never accurately measured them though. Bloomin’ engineers

I totally agree with you. It’s like anything, you have to have your wits about you and work it out on site with your levels and tape as you go.

It’s the same as tiling a perfectly Plumb wall and then tiling an adjacent wall which is out of Plumb. The grout joints on the adjacent wall will naturally fall lower.

The little plastic wedges will help you in these instances

 

[Andy Allen]

In the bui

Ok I might be being a bit of a geek here but lets face it, if you take the time and effort to mark a wall out using 100mm tiles only to find that you are 13mm out when you get to the ceiling surely it makes you think twice. Yes they are all the same.

And this is where the skill of a pro tiler comes in, being able to open or close joint's to fit, without it being noticeable...

 

[Italy]

I usually lay the tiles on the floor
with its spacers and I get
the exact height.
it is useless to make calculations

 

[Albert]

You could just make a staff