Finishing off a ceiling - Do we have too much gap?

[paul damian]

Kylie i would recomend caulk next to ceiling, safest bet.

 

[Colour Republic]

What size are those tile Kylie? I mean the full ones before they were cut?

 

[KylieZona]

Hello again,

I took the good advice of my Tile Forum mentors and went for it. I used a palette knife and a wrecking bar to jimmie the offending tiles off (and a few others managed to come off in sympathy as well - which was a bit of a pain). I was surprised at how easily they came off. I was half expecting huge chunks of the wall to come off. There was barely any damage to the plastered wall or the cement board. There was the tiniest flake that came off the plaster but I didn't bother to repair it. I originally left the two central tiles (above the window) because I thought they were good enough but in the end my cutting was pretty good so I took them off too and replaced them with some better cuts.



So the before and after snaps:





So almost done...



The biggest gap before was 9mm and now the biggest gap is 3mm.

I was not happy at all with the job before but I feel pretty chuffed now. There still a long way to go (and plenty of mistakes to make) but at least I'm not cringing at the ceiling every time I walk in the room now!

Thanks so much for all your advice and encouragement - it massively appreciated!

Colour Republic - the tiles are 40cm (H) x 25cm (W).

 

[Perry]

i like coving would be easy imo and look better but would need to be neater

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Hello again,

I took the good advice of my Tile Forum mentors and went for it. I used a palette knife and a wrecking bar to jimmie the offending tiles off (and a few others managed to come off in sympathy as well - which was a bit of a pain). I was surprised at how easily they came off. I was half expecting huge chunks of the wall to come off. There was barely any damage to the plastered wall or the cement board. There was the tiniest flake that came off the plaster but I didn't bother to repair it. I originally left the two central tiles (above the window) because I thought they were good enough but in the end my cutting was pretty good so I took them off too and replaced them with some better cuts.

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So the before and after snaps:

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So almost done...

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The biggest gap before was 9mm and now the biggest gap is 3mm.

I was not happy at all with the job before but I feel pretty chuffed now. There still a long way to go (and plenty of mistakes to make) but at least I'm not cringing at the ceiling every time I walk in the room now!

Thanks so much for all your advice and encouragement - it massively appreciated!

Colour Republic - the tiles are 40cm (H) x 25cm (W).

Much better Kylie,

 

[White Room]

Have you dot and dabbed the tiles with tubbed adhesive...

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Omg just looked at the first pic, never spotted that Mark

 

[KylieZona]

Cheers Phil - Your advice was tops

 

[KylieZona]

Yes dot and dabbed... rather than all over the wall. Is that not good?

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Sorry Kylie, not good, if you search the forum for dot and dab, you will find it is very bad practice.

 

[KylieZona]

Ugh I've just read a bunch of the forum posts - I didn't realise. It probably explains why some of the tiles fell off with the slightest touch.

Looks like I will be removing tiles again tomorrow:mad2:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

The person who never made a mistake, never made anything!

 

[White Room]

Should'nt be to difficult to remove...

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Yes, I fitted a new bath yesterday for a landlord I work for, tennent had tiled a week before down onto the old bath with dot & dabbed tubbed addy.
I tried my best not to disturb them but 4 popped off after the slightest touch.

 

[KylieZona]

We've just removed 3/4 of the tiles and like you say, Bob, many popped off with barely any effort. They were coming off really easy on the plaster but there is some damage to the cement board. I'm hoping we can just tile over it.

I'm going to watch some videos on all over adhesive techniques now and see what the forums say about the cement board.

I'm thinking of painting the bathroom red to reflect how much I've bled for the blighter!

Third time lucky!