Tiler told me to stop using plastic spacers and switch to wedges

I was setting tile in my guest bathroom and this old tiler at the supply yard in Phoenix said plastic spacers are for amateurs. He showed me how wedges let you micro-adjust lippage (you know, the uneven tile edges). Has anyone else made this switch mid-project?

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phoenixk6421d ago

Hell yeah. @murray.robert nailed it. I was fighting with plastic spacers on a backsplash and they'd just pop out or shift. Wedges let me pull a tile down that was sitting a hair high and lock it in place. Made the whole job look way cleaner, especially on that wavy cheap subway tile.

daniel_cooper3421d agoTop Commenter

Never really bought the hype on wedges till I tried 'em myself, gotta admit I was wrong.

murray.robert21d ago

Read a thread on John Bridge's forum where a commercial installer swore by wedges for avoiding callbacks on lippage complaints. Made sense after I borrowed a set from a buddy and saw the difference on a wavy floor. Plastic spacers just sit there, wedges actually pull tiles level.