How To Install Tile To Wall

Hold a tile at this spot accounting for a 1 8 inch expansion gap.

How to install tile to wall.

To see where the tile will end at the top of the installation make a jury stick. Slightly rock the sheet up and down perpendicular to the trowel lines to collapse the ridges and help the tile settle into place. Add tile spacers for help keeping the tile pieces lined up. Follow the lines you made when the tiles were dry fit to the wall.

Then use a level to extend the line along the work area. Use tile nippers for curved cuts. The best way is to arrange your wall tile in a pyramid shape. Test a tile to make sure the mortar is mixed and spread correctly.

Place the mosaic sheets along the wall. Then every subsequent row is a process of draping over the pyramid back and forth. Take care not to cover your lines. Starting in the center on one side of your reference line apply a coat of tile setting adhesive to an area about 3x3 feet square.

Install tiles one through four as directed. Installing tile on a wall is one of the most common diy projects as you can use ceramic tiles in your kitchen bathroom hallway or even on a terrace or a deck. If it seems complicated try this. Mark the wall at the top of the tile.

For the average small wall tiles which are currently popular you will want to use a 1x4 square notch trowel. During the wall tile installation process you will likely need to cut some tiles to fit. Mortar a small spot and then place a tile. You can make straight cuts on tiles with a manual tile cutter or a tile wet saw.

Nippers create rough edges that you can smooth somewhat with 80 grit sandpaper. Pull the tile up and look at the pattern that is create on the back.