Question:
Why do I need spacers to install tile on any wall?
Greg B. Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Answer:
Some tiles have lugs on the edges that automatically gauge the joints in relation to each other. Some tiles, like granite, will not have any gauging lugs on the edges to automatically space the tiles, so that is where our spacers come in handy. In addition to setting ease, sometimes spacing the tiles further from each other will make the wall you are setting be full tiles. In the old days we used string or rope, depending on the size of the joint. From the weight pressing down on the rope, it is very difficult to remove the rope, without popping out some tiles. So much for the good old days.
Walter

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