Top Down Wall Tiles

Mud from the top down.

Top down wall tiles.

Somertile 10 25x11 75 inch victorian hex matte white flower porcelain mosaic floor and wall tile 10 tiles 8 56 sqft. A batten board is nothing more than a 1 x4 or 1 x2 board screwed directly into the wall horizontally. Don t start it at the floor. It s easiest to start removing tile from a corner or from the top of the wall so you can place the chisel directly on the grout which tends to be weaker than the tile.

Theoretically tiles to be laid from top to bottom but practically it becomes impossible due to above reason. Here is an easy way to set your 1st row and the rest going up your wall then lastly the first row is set. Tile the walls from the bottom up. Be careful while you re removing the tile.

There is chances of slipping of tiles from top to lower. This can be done with careful measurement or by positioning the final tiles upside in the proper location and marking cutting lines on the backs of the tiles. Next custom cut in the lower row of tiles. Start from the out side edge in from botom to top.

Mudding the walls is a seperate issue from installing the tiles. Start with level edge and base line. Set tiles from botom as some tiles are heavy. If you are using ppc cement mortar then do not do it because ppc cement mortar takes much more time to set and chances of slipping of tiles becomes more.

In this clip we show you how to dry lay your tiles and. Instead bring it up to about 3 4 of the height of your tiles. A batten board helps you start your bottom most course or row of tiles. Our top down tiling tips series shows you how to carry out essential tasks required during most tiling projects in a nice bite size manner.

Use a leger board to set your first row of tiles. Whether using individual tiles or mosaic sheets the final tiles or sheets will need to be marked and trimmed in order to fit the remaining spaces at the ends top and bottom of the wall. It s above the first row of bottom tiles those have to be cut in get your walls right and then do the pan.