How To Installi Different Thickness Wall Tiles

First install the field tile with spacers.

How to installi different thickness wall tiles.

On the ceiling and floor of the shower we used 2 x 2 tiles and on shower walls 2 x 4 tiles. We have mexican tile in the entire house but the owners put some smaller tiles in the baths and we are remodeling and installing porcelain tiles on shower walls and bath floor. Your main shower tile is 3 8 thick or thicker and your glass accent tile or mosaic is 5 16 or less with some as thin as 1 8. Once the wall tile is dry the spacers are pulled out.

See photos to right 2. Save time by setting several tiles at once. Installing different shapes and tile material to your walls can often result in the smaller tiles likely made of glass to be a different thickness than ceramic tile. Installing ceramic tile that has different thicknesses.

It happens all the time. The tiles come in different sizes pre spaced on mats. Installing mismatched tiles is a great way to save money or use up leftover floor coverings and still get a designer look to your room. Tiles of different heights what do you do with tiles of different thicknesses.

When installing two tiles from two different suppliers often the thickness of each tile is not the same. The average do it yourselfer can correct this problem with the proper tools and by following a few simple instructions. Installing tiles of various thickness posted on september 12 2016 ten or fifteen years ago when nearly all commercial glass tiles were 1 8 thick installers had a recurring problem of having to fit thin glass tiles into a thicker ceramic tile installation. Lippage describes the difference in heights between tile set side by side.

I cut spacers out of scrap tile that is the exact same size as the glass accents so i can install the wall tile first. I put the plastic blue tile spacers in where the grout joints will go on the top and bottom. The height of the new porcelain tile installed with 1 4 mortar bed will be 1 2.