Shoul You But Tile Right Up Against The Wall

If the granite has been installed with no 4 inch backsplash the granite has probably been pushed up against the wall itself.

Shoul you but tile right up against the wall.

Butt it up against the wall. Place a full size tile on the field tile nearest the wall. Align the side edge with the side edge of the neighboring tile. Don t do it it s awkward.

Yes there should be room for grout and what you do is remove the existing baseboard then tile then put the baseboard back down to hide where the tiles but up to the wall. I ve mentioned this before. If you need to allow for an expansion gap put a spacer between the tile and the wall before making your marks to fit around outside corners. Awkward that s what they are.

When that floor expands your grout lines will crack against the wall in a best case scenario or crack throughout the floor and even through the tile itself in a worst case scenario. After all the penalty for poorly installed wall tile is a lifetime of having to look at the stuff. The backsplash tile must have a perfectly level and flat area to land against to avoid slipping. There s no better word for them.

The tile store. Expansion is the exact reason you would not want to go with the grout. U will wind up cutting the tiles to keep the line straight. The wall isn t straight so you have to start with a straight line in the middle and go from there.

Mark the tile where it touches the. So let s look at the basics of wall tile installation that will make everything go a lot smoother less frustrating and less costly. However wall tile installation has its own set of rules that you dare break at your own risk.