ceiling

Recent contents Top users
  1. S

    Filling and Sealing Joint between Tile Backer and Ceiling

    I’m just about to install 12.5mm Hardiebacker boards in my 3-wall en suite shower and I’m just wonder how I should fill and seal the joints with the existing ceiling (believe it is just plasterboard and painted). What should I use for filler? Tile adhesive and then tape the joints as normal...
    • schismatic
    • Thread
    • ceiling coverage joint liquid paint seal sealing tile tile backerboard
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  2. F

    Tiling a shower room ceiling

    I am a reasonably competent DIY tiler having fitted out kitchens, showers, toilets etc for my three daughters (and myself when they give me time!) but in all my projects gravity has been my friend. For a change I am gutting a shower / toilet in my own 200 year old house where the walls are up to...
    • Frazer Gould
    • Thread
    • ceiling room shower tiling
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Best Bathroom Tiles
  3. J

    What do you prefer at wall / ceiling abutment joint ?

    evening chaps, what do you prefer at wall / ceiling abutment joint ? grout Silicon seal caulk seal 'nothing' just a shadow gap i.e. no grout / sealant personally I like #4 - as long as the cuts are within 1mm tolerance of each other.
  4. J

    Tiling. Ceiling and doors.

    Hi. Do you tile right up to the ceiling and door frames, or do you leave a gap for grout?
    • Jrterror
    • Thread
    • ceiling doors tiling
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  5. T

    last Row of Tiles meeting ceiling.

    Hi, quick question, how many mm gap do YOU leave, between the last row of tiles and ceiling? Thanks in advance.
  6. W

    Gap where wall tiles meet ceiling

    Can you give me advice please? My tilers have almost finished tiling my bathroom but looks like the last row of tiles have been cut short by about 1/2” and then patched in. What is the best solution, remove and do properly I guess! They tell me once they’re finished I won’t notice..ha of...
    • weescottie
    • Thread
    • canada ceiling gap tile tiles wall wall tiles where
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  7. A

    Marble tiles on sloped ceiling

    Hi guys! I am doing my first ever bathroom project and am after some advice from you true professionals. I intend to tile half of a sloped ceiling with 610x305 marble tiles. There will also be some tiling onto brick walls. I'm not sweating about the walls so much, just the ceiling! I have...
    • Adam Heron
    • Thread
    • canada ceiling marble tile tiles
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  8. Lakey

    Skeiling tiling....?!

    Morning chaps & chapesses Quick(ish) question... Have a bathroom to tile in a barn conversion we are currently doing. The bath has a ceiling mounted shower head and the skeiling slopes away along the length of the bath. the skeiling has been prepped with OSB with 12mm taped Jackoboard on top...
  9. F

    Finishing To The Ceiling?

    What's your method? I have always cut tight to the ceiling and grouted. I've seen a few pics where it looks like some have siliconed to ceiling, who does that?
  10. B

    Silicon To Bath, Ceiling And Internals

    Hi all My large format beige tiles are on the wall. My suite and cladded ceiling are white and I'm ready to grout with Mapei jasmine grout. I intend to use matching jasmine Silicon on internals with clear (dow) Silicon around silverware. However I would like to get some opinions / preferences...
    • bogstandard
    • Thread
    • bath ceiling silicone
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: DIY Tiling Forum
  11. G

    Tiling A Shower's Ceiling

    Hello everyone, I have to tile a walk-in shower cubicle and the adjoining wash room. The clients would like to tile the ceiling in the shower cubicle but have been advised against it as it is "not deemed safe". I have been tiling just over one year and haven't the experience to give them my...
  12. B

    Wall to ceiling join. Decision to make.

    Small fully tiled bathroom (2mx1.6m). 60x30 tiles. Got the top row of tiles to put on and facing a dilemma! What is going to be the best way of tackling please? The ceiling is wavy! (it varies by up to a centimetre). I will probably get it skimmed at some point to level. The dilemma: Option...
  13. U

    Leak from Shower in to Kitchen Ceiling

    Hi all We have been having this problem since we moved in to our house 2 years ago. We noticed water coming through our kitchen light in our kitchen one day. We got a plumber round and he identified some loose tiles in our shower cubicle. We replaced the loose tiles and the problem resolved...
    • Umeet2000
    • Thread
    • aus bathroom ceiling kitchen shower usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  14. A

    bathroom floor to ceiling tiles - What to do when tiles meet ceiling

    hi im tiling up my bathroom floor to ceiling . ive just got to do the top row of tile which meet the ceiling . the ceiling skim is uneven at times . im wondering do i grout the gap where the tile meets the ceiling or put a trim there or anything else. any suggestions will be welcome as im a...
    • aabbcc112233
    • Thread
    • aus bathroom ceiling floor floor tiling tile tiles usa what
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  15. W

    Tiling an overhanging ceiling

    Got a shop wall and overhang to tile Tuesday which is shaped like an upside down L. Tiles are hexagon 8mm ceramics 150x150. What's the best adhesive to fix tiles with? I suppose it's just like tiling the top of a window reveal but on a larger scale. It's all been clad in plasterboard ready to go...
  16. S

    En-Suite ceiling cladding

    Hi im new to the forum and i asked the members for some advice how to fix ceiling cladding to my en-suite ceiling. I have attached a couple of pictures of before and after the task of cladding. I have fully tiled the en-suite walls and floor and now cladded ceiling.This is my first major tiling...
  17. C

    Tiling up to vauled ceiling - advise please

    Hi, On with ensuite renovation and im going to tile up to a vaulted ceiling, probably about a 45degree angle. Is there a bead/trim you would advise? I can imagine it getting hard work getting it all perfect with a back cut on the porceleain tile and it will be hard to get a good edge...
    • Carl Morrison
    • Thread
    • aus ceiling please tiling usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  18. S

    Tiling a ceiling?!?!

    Hi everyone, I've been tiling for several years now but today I have experienced a first..."could you tile my ceiling?"! Has anyone else done this? Or even been asked to do this? I thought they were taking the mick at first but they were serious, I said I would research it and what better place...
    • Sanctuary
    • Thread
    • aus ceiling tiling usa
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  19. C

    plasterboard ceiling

    Hi, The old house i just bought had polystyrene tiles which I removed unfortunately the old adhesive will not come off from just scraping that was used to dot and dab the poly on. Ive been told to plasterboard over it should I dot and dab new plasterboard above the old ceiling or pull the old...
    • cfrazerg
    • Thread
    • aus ceiling plasterboard usa
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  20. T

    Gap between tiles and ceiling in the bathroom

    Afternoon Apologies if this thread has already been posted. Wonder if someone can give me some advise please. We are currently in the process of doing our bathroom up and have stumbled across an issue. Basically, we had to knock down the old plaster board the old owners put up because the...
TilersForums.com; Made BY Tilers FOR Tilers
UK Tiling Forum by Tilers Forums

Advertisement

Which is the Number 1 Best Tile Adhesive?
Top