Gap between Tiles and the edge of the room

[MrT]

Hi

I have had some tiling done in my kitchen and I would like some advice.

A tile laser level wasn't used, meaning where the tiles meet the edge of the room, there is a gap. I think this will look stupid.

The guy doing the work has suggested chiselling into the plaster and using a finely cut tile to mask the problem.

I have thought about making the tiles slightly bigger by wet cutting some spare tiles and then attaching them to the existing tile to cover the gap. By blending the two together, you won't see the mistake I am hoping.

Any advice appreciated. I have attached a video.

Cheers

Mr T

 

[MrT]

 

[Wolfie9878]

Hi

It’s a sloppy mistake but these things can happen, they shouldn’t but they do unfortunately!

I see a couple of options but others may have more.!

-You could slightly kick your skirting at the bottom and cover the remaining gap with a neat mastic bead.

- you could ask your tiler to slightly reduce the size of the last full tile and re-polish the edge , this would allow a bigger cut to the skirting.

-you could rip it up and start again.!

It’s your shout as it’s your floor but I’m sure with some clever carpentry and a mastic joint from someone capable it’ll look fine.

 

[Andy Allen]

Has nothing to do with using a laser, it's just bad setting out, when I was learning to tile many moons ago, I was taught to never fit your first tile till you know where your last one is going !!
Anyway it looks like a full tile...?
So you can either put a slither in which would look pants or pack the Skirting out, make it look like a box type thing..

 

[MrT]

 

[MrT]

Thanks for the advice lads. Much appreciated.

 

[MrT]

Is it an option butting up the tile with no grout line?

 

[Wolfie9878]

Is the gap consistent along that wall or is it getting bigger the further along you go??

 

[MrT]

Hi Wolfie

It gets bigger as you go out. But at the end of the room, you have the kitchen units, so it will be hidden thankfully.

But it will be exposed by the door as you walk in annoyingly.

 

[Andy Allen]

If you butt a tile next to it you will always see it........ It's bad enough trying to disguise a tiny chip...

 

[Wolfie9878]

Ah there is a doorway on that wall.!
You are left with a slither in that case as no matter how far you pull the skirting off you need to finish the tile under the door.
Unless you create a wooden threshold that looks like it’s deliberate.?
Could you post a pic of the doorway please?

 

[MrT]

20171208 164918 - https://ibb.co/kTbgsw thx

 

[Andy Allen]

Reboard the whole wall..
(desperate, I know)..

 

[Wolfie9878]

Ok so it’s just bad setting out.

You could pack skirting and architrave slightly and hang door on far side of the frame if possible.
That would do away with a slither.
Annoying for you but you have options.

Are you happy with the rest of the floor?

 

[Wolfie9878]

Why does the matting stop halfway along the floor?

 

[MrT]

The rest of the flooring isn't bad.

A couple of the tiles do have a slight lip.

It is a big kitchen 7 m long x 4m long.

As the tiles have set in the adhesive, would it now be difficult taking them up and start again?

Another option is putting two skirting boards on that wall.

 

[Wolfie9878]

If they are set correctly it’ll be impossible to get them up without breaking them!!!

 

[Wolfie9878]

Any idea why only half of the floor has the yellow movement matting??

 

[WetSaw]

The doorway isn't too much of a problem, some sort of threshold will get over that so you're then left with packed out fat skirting boards or, as Andy has suggested, over boarding the walls which apart from the radiator isn't as bad as it sounds.

 

[MrT]

Thanks for the advice lads.

My skirting is 20mm, by doubling it up to 40mm I get around the grout trench created.

I think that is my best option. Luckily I ordered too much skirting board.

 

[MrT]

Any idea why only half of the floor has the yellow movement matting??

Half the room was in chipboard rather than plywood, so matted out that area.

The other area was concrete, so didn't put down the matting on that area.

 

[Wolfie9878]

Erm.
Don’t want to pee on your chips but the floor should have a movement joint between the 2 substrates!
It looks from the pic that the full tile is close to the edge of the matting.
Your tiler may have this in hand but I would recommend a cold joint (silicone instead of grout) down that whole join!!

 

[Wolfie9878]

That’s provided it’s within a few mm of the join!!

 

[MrT]

Thanks for telling me about that.

My tiler wanted to tile onto chipboard and I had to insist on the matting.

I am able to put in the silicone joint, but that is more by luck than design.

Thanks for letting me know about that.

 

[Perry]

He dosent sound like a tiler then IMO.