Tile combs are a type of construction industry tool and tiling tool that is used to create low and high and leveling in different levels of the building, including flooring, wall covering and facade. The shoulder trowel plays an essential role in facilitating the work of the tilers by adjusting the height and elevation and creating lines on the surface of different types of mortars and connecting materials to each other.

The use of a trowel and the troweling process requires a high degree of skill that is directly related to the level of experience of the performer.

Trowels are used in performing functions such as leveling, mixing, shaping and removing construction materials such as plaster, cement, sand and various types of mortar consisting of these materials, as well as breaking materials such as bricks and stones.

In this article, we are going to give a brief introduction to a type of this tool called tiling trowel. So stay with us until the end of the article.

Tile trowel

Tile trowel is a construction tool for spreading and leveling mortar and glue in order to install ceramic tiles in the desired part of the building, including flooring, interior and exterior walls of the building.

When using mortar or tile adhesives on the wall surface or behind the tile, using a trowel to eliminate empty spaces is common and of course necessary. Tile trowels are available in two types, simple and comb:

Simple tiling trowel
As the name implies, the entire surface of this trowel is flat and is usually made in a rectangular geometric shape.

The material of the trowel is simple metal steel and is mainly produced in the standard size of 14 x 30 cm. A simple trowel has the strength and power to create acceptable polish on a variety of construction mortars.

Tile comb trowel

This type of trowel, also known as a toothed trowel, has a more common application than its simple type in performing ceramic tile processes. Tile comb trowel has two parts; One part is flat and the other part has teeth.

The flat part of this trowel is used to smooth the mortar or glue on the wall and its serrated side is used to create a pattern of high and low before the process of placing ceramic tiles on the wall.

This will make the connection between the tile or ceramic with the mortar and the tiling surface as strong as possible.

Tile comb trowel sizes

rpco's shoulder trowel is made in small and large teeth from 2 mm to 20 mm in square or curved geometric shapes.

The material of this type of trowel is also steel and like the simple type, it will have high strength and efficiency in order to flatten or shape all kinds of mortars and adhesives.

Small-toothed tile comb trowels are used to prepare mortar or gluing small-cut ceramic tiles and coarse-toothed shoulder trowels to mortar or level all types of rough surfaces.

For example, the use of a fine-toothed trowel to install wall-mounted ceramic tiles and a large-toothed trowel are common in ceramic flooring.

The difference between a building trowel and a tiled trowel
Despite the same use of construction trowel and trowel trowel, these two types of tools have differences in the type of operation with each other.

The masonry trowel, which has a mechanism similar to a simple tiled trowel, has flat edges and no grooves or teeth. This type of trowel is used to perform construction processes such as plastering and cementing.

But as we mentioned, in the construction of the trowel, in addition to the flat part, a grooved or serrated part is also installed on its surface. The form design of this type of trowel provides a pleasant and tiring experience for the tiler.