Installing Glass Tile Sheets

Mesh backing lets you install the tiny glass tiles as a single sheet 1.

Installing glass tile sheets.

Sheets should be placed onto the newly trowelled thinset on your surface immediately. Dry fit the tile sheets in the space to determine the best layout. How to install a glass tile backsplash step 1. Slightly rock the sheet up and down perpendicular to the trowel lines to collapse the ridges and help the tile settle into place.

Don t be tempted to substitute a rubber mallet for the hammer when setting glass tile. How to install mosaic tile sheets. If your mosaics are face mounted you may not be able to see what the mosaics look like because the only visible. Do the same at all corners where tile sheets meet.

Lay out the mosaic tiles sheets either right on the area you want to install them or in an area of equal size. Follow the lines you made when the tiles were dry fit to the wall. After the mortar sets and the tiles have been cleaned of any excess mortar mix up the unsanded grout to the consistency recommended by the manufacturer s directions. Place the mosaic sheets along the wall.

A good layout minimizes the number of cuts. To install glass tiles start by spreading the mortar on the wall in a 3 inch by 3 inch space. Its bounciness will cause the tile to shift out of place on the wall. Then make straight parallel lines in the mortar by pressing into it with a notched trowel to help the tiles stick to the wall.

Set your sheets into the thinset layer spread on your substrate taking care to square the sheets as you go. Apply painter s tape along the back edge of the countertop to protect the granite. As you add sheets of tile that abut others hold a block of wood over the joints between sheets and tap lightly with a hammer. Use a 3 16 v notched trowel.

Do not delay this step or your thinset will begin to dry and the tiles will not fully adhere to the surface. Comb the thinset in one direction using a notched trowel with the recommended size teeth. Examine your mosaic sheets. Start by spreading a thin even layer of thinset on the wall.