How To Installi Different Thickness Wall Tiles

Too much lippage can cause an awkward and uneven look in a shower or bath.

How to installi different thickness wall tiles.

Tiles of different heights what do you do with tiles of different thicknesses. First install the field tile with spacers. In our project we used crema marfil an italian tumbled marble tile. See photos to right 2.

Lippage describes the difference in heights between tile set side by side. 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. Installing ceramic tile that has different thicknesses. 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.

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. Once the wall tile is dry the spacers are pulled out. Save time by setting several tiles at once. The height of the existing tile is 1 from slab to top of mexican tile.

The average do it yourselfer can correct this problem with the proper tools and by following a few simple instructions. 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. On the ceiling and floor of the shower we used 2 x 2 tiles and on shower walls 2 x 4 tiles. 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.

It happens all the time. When installing two tiles from two different suppliers often the thickness of each tile is not the same. I put the plastic blue tile spacers in where the grout joints will go on the top and bottom.