grouting in corners confusion

[hemingway]

Ive just been reading another post about grouting in corners.On my course i was taught to run your tile up to the internal corner wall then to cut as close as you can from the next wall leaving no gap as you can and to grout.But know iv read that you leave a couple mm in any corners.Im confused.:mad2:

 

[Gazzer]

What course was this ?

 

[brinkley]

i always sillicone internals bound to get movement at some point and i cut the tiles in fairly tight

 

[david campbell]

2mm gap then Silicon internal corners

please never grout,so many times i've had calls from people and found out the previous tiler has grouted the corners turned up to look at the job and the grout has all cracked letting water seep behind the tiles causing tiles to come loose or grout to dis-colour,either way it's expensive for the customer to fix

 

[faithhealer]

always leave 2mm so you can get your silicon into the gap. Same goes for on the top of the bath

 

[brinkley]

and kitchen worktops

 

[hemingway]

When we did the shower area we ran the tiles as tight as we could to the internal wall the when following your next course round on your baton get the next corner tile as close as you can and so on,then when all the tilings done grout and the corner same with the bath.I did question this and said wouldnt it be better to silicon the corner,He said you could but grout line would be fine and silicon the shower tray where the tiles meet and silicon the bath etc.So you silicon every corner in the bathroom no grout lines.So is it best to get a close match of the silicon to the grout you use.

 

[mikethetile]

I was taught 2mm gaps and have always followed that advice

 

[hemingway]

So would this 2mm gap apply to when you are laying a tiled floor too.Because we got taught to tile as tight as you can up to the side walls....

 

[Gazzer]

So would this 2mm gap apply to when you are laying a tiled floor too.Because we got taught to tile as tight as you can up to the side walls....

Then you have been taught wrong IMO.

 

[united]

I was taught 2mm gaps and have always followed that advice

me too

 

[diamondtiling]

So would this 2mm gap apply to when you are laying a tiled floor too.Because we got taught to tile as tight as you can up to the side walls....

Where did you do your course Hemingway??

 

[hemingway]

Im annoyed now because i questionsed him about this,Because i said when i was going to tile my floor at home i would be leaving a 3mm gap down the side of the walls as to look like a grout line and would look better.But he replied and said no run it up to the wall because if the wall is running away to the side it would be hard to keep the same distance from the wall with each tile.

 

[the chippy]

I was tought 2mm gaps and use silicon aswell (NETT ) you cant beat the training. Try it

 

[Aston]

listen to your uncle sir ramic