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Leveling Spacers have been sold in Europe for
quite a few years and finally we're able to
introduce them to you!
If you're
a tile installer, you're well aware of how difficult
it is to properly set flexible, large format,
heavy, or low-thickness tiles because, often
times, the floor foundation is uneven and/or
contains imperfections. To make matters worse,
tiles that seemed uniformly levelled while first
installing them result in tiles that show differences
as the tile adhesive sets, compromising the
overall aesthetics of your initial hard work.
With
the Raimondi Leveling Spacers, this potential
is no longer a threat to your perfect tile project.
In addition to ensuring the proper leveling
of tiles, this system helps speed the tile setting
process.
TILE COVERAGE:
The Raimondi Tile Leveling System's Standard
Kit comes with: 1 RLS floor pliers, 100 spacers
and 100 wedges. The wedges can be used over
and over again so you'll only need as many wedges
as you can set in 1 day. The spacer clips that
are needed will depend largely on how big and
thick the individual tiles are for your project
as well as your tile layout pattern.
Generally speaking...
In smaller areas such as 6' x 9' bathrooms,
100 spacer clips will cover up to:
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| 12" square
tiles = 58 sq.ft. |
| 16" square
tiles = 103 sq.ft. |
| 18" square
tiles = 133.5 sq.ft. |
| 24" square
tiles = 100 sq.ft. (doubling the use of
clips for each side) |
When estimating for
how many spacer clips needed for larger areas...
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Using:
(1) leveling clip and (1) tile spacer
per side |
| 12" square
tiles = 2 clips per sq.
ft. |
| 16" square
tiles = 1.13 clips per
sq. ft. |
| 18" square
tiles = 0.89 clips per
sq. ft. |
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Using:
(2) leveling clips per side |
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12" square
tiles = 4 clips per sq.
ft. |
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16" square
tiles = 2.26 clips per
sq. ft. |
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18" square
tiles = 1.78 clips per
sq. ft. |
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24" square
tiles = 1 clip per sq.ft. |
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Using:
(3) leveling clips per side |
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24" square
tiles = 1.5 clips per
sq.ft. [marble / flexible tiles] |
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30" square
tiles = 0.96 clips per
sq.ft. |
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36" square
tiles = 0.67 clips per
sq. ft. |
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Using:
(4) leveling clips per side |
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36" square
tiles = 1 clip per sq.ft. |
HOW TO USE:
STEP 1
After spreading your tile adhesive, insert leveling
spacer underneath the tiles along the 4 sides,
use traditional spacers as you normally would
to square up the corners. For larger tiles,
it may be necessary to "double up",
using 2 leveling spacers for each side.
STEP 2
Set the tile and beat
it with a rubber mallet
STEP 3
Use the special traction-adjustable
pliers to insert the wedge into the leveling
spacers, paying attention not to pass the breakpoint.
STEP 4
Once the tile adhesive
has been allowed to set. Remove the leveling
spacers with the traction-adjustable pliers,
rubber mallet, or kicking them out with your
feet.
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