Setting Large Wall Tiles
Where a recess is more than one tile deep have a complete tile on the front edge.
Setting large wall tiles. Mark a horizontal line along the bottom of the wall coming up from the floor by the height of your tile plus one quarter inch. With traditional tile that is less than 15 x 15 there can be up to a 1 4 variance in the substrate over a 10 span. So if you re dealing with four inch tiles your batten board would start three inches off the floor. Set the tiles evenly about a horizontal feature window basin etc.
Don t start it at the floor. For tile with at least one edge greater than 15 the american national standards institutes ansi recommends a maximum variance of 1 8 over a 10 span and 1 16 over a 24 span. If playback doesn t begin shortly try restarting your device. So if the tiles are 10 inches high the line should be 10 25 inches off the floor.
To avoid this cancel and sign in to. Videos you watch may be added to the tv s watch history and influence tv recommendations. Try to achieve a full tile height above the side of a bath worktop. A batten board is nothing more than a 1 x4 or 1 x2 board screwed directly into the wall horizontally.