Tiling Up To A Wall

Making the edge of a tile more obvious.

Tiling up to a wall.

Hang a batten board to prevent tile slippage. Secure the trim pieces to your wall or counter with tile glue or grout. You may need to move the trowel over the adhesive a few times to ensure that it s thin and level. Remove the ledger later and trim tiles to fill the gap below.

Pre mixed adhesive tends to be less expensive and work well for wall tiling. Install the wall tile in a pyramid shape. Check your floor for level and walls. Fill the spaces between the tiles with more grout then wipe the excess grout off with a damp sponge.

Fixing whole tiles to a wall. However tiling over tile can add quite a bit of thickness so make sure your wall can handle the weight. Subjecting the tilework to more wear and tear. And that works fine if the base of the wall usually the floor or bathtub is perfectly flat and level.

So you ve got that bottom row of tile. It s really important to. Instead of extending the horizontal window ledge tile all the way and having it cover up the edge of the vertical wall tile the tiler has done the exact opposite. A batten board helps you start your bottom most course or row of tiles.

Creating horizontal rows. You should not tile over wallpaper glossy surfaces lead paint or plywood. Do you stack the tile. Another highly visible seam.

You may tile over existing tile painted or unpainted drywall plaster and textured walls. Fasten a straight ledger to the wall to support the tiles. Once you ve established your vertical rows it s time for the horizontal ones. The obvious way to tile a wall is to start at the bottom and work your way up.

Use the same method to install your trim tiles as you did your other tiles. If you purchased a powder adhesive mix it.