Tiling A Wall Where To Start

Fixing whole tiles to a wall.

Tiling a wall where to start.

Hang a batten board to prevent tile slippage. Once you ve established your vertical rows it s time for the horizontal ones. Lightly nail a timber batten to the wall this will be your start point and all other tiles will line with this. If you re only part tiling a wall a top horizontal row full of whole tiles makes for a much cleaner.

Check your floor for level and walls. Now it s time to apply some wall tile adhesive and start putting tiles on the wall it s important to wear protective gloves to help protect your hands from the adhesive which can be irritant. If so adjust your layout to have wider tile on the sides. Start applying the adhesive in a bottom corner about 1 tile length away from the bottom and side of the wall leaving space for the edge tiles.

I explain why this method works soooo easy. So the baton s on the wall and you ve marked out your start point. It s really important to. The tile would extend from the door jamb about 5 from the floor over the tub where it goes up to near the celing around the back wall over the window then back down again and across behind the toilet and sink.

They should be arranged so the floor tile pattern will be evenly centered in the room and show you where to start laying the tile. The height of a tile from the bottom make a true horizontal using a laser level or spirit level. Establish a layout line the key to successful tiling is to work from well established guide lines also called layout lines. Scoop out a golf ball sized amount of adhesive onto a notched trowel and spread enough adhesive in a thin layer over the wall to hang 2 3 tiles at a time.

Center a tile horizontally along the length of the wall and do a quick dry fit to make sure you don t have a lot of tiny tile at the end of the rows. Install the wall tile in a pyramid shape. Do you stack the tile. Creating horizontal rows.

For the vertical layout begin your pattern at the top of the wall so there ll be full uncut tile at the top. So i have a couple features that influence i believe where i start tiling the window and the tub. Here is an easy way to set your 1st row and the rest going up your wall then lastly the first row is set. So you ve got that bottom row of tile.

3 applying the tile adhesive. A batten board helps you start your bottom most course or row of tiles.