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I used to think those cheap plastic spacers were fine for tile jobs
I mean, I saved maybe twenty bucks a job using the no name ones from the big box store. Then last week on a big kitchen floor, a whole section shifted overnight because the spacers just bent under the weight. I had to pull up about forty square feet of tile, clean off all the thinset, and start over. Lost a full day of work, which is like six hundred bucks for me, plus the cost of the new tile. The client was not happy, obviously. Now I only use the heavy duty ones, even though they cost more. Has anyone else had a spacer fail like that, or is it just me?
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grant41324d agoMost Upvoted
Tell me about it, I learned that lesson the hard way too. Tried to save a few bucks and ended up with a wavy floor that looked like a funhouse mirror. Now I treat cheap spacers like a bad gamble.
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spencerross24d ago
Seriously, a funhouse mirror floor? I get that cheap spacers can be bad, but that sounds like a major install problem, not just the spacers. I've used the basic plastic ones on a couple DIY jobs and the floors turned out fine. Maybe some people are just expecting too much from a tiny piece of plastic.
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