How do i tile in corners ?

[essex_lee]

Hi, i have my shower to tile, how do i do the corners, does 1 tile butt against the wall and the other one over lap it and then use silicone ?

or leave a small gap in the corner where i can grout into ?

They are tavertine 12mm tiles

Thanks

 

[diamondtiling]

Lee thats the only way you can tile corners matey, one tile goes to the wall leaving a small gap, when you are doing the next wall you leave a small 2/3mm gap and you silicone this gap when everything is dry. Dont grout it and then silicone.
Have you prepped the walls properly? What are you tiling onto? Skimmed walls, plasterboard etc? What adhesive are you using?

 

[paulyoung666]

i hope i have got this right , small gap and silicone into it

 

[kilty55]

hi lee, dont start a full tile in a corner mate as the walls may be off try and centre your tiles on your shower walls so you get full tiles and cuts go to the sides off this.

also leave a small gap but dont fill with grout fill with silicone mate as grout will crack you need silicione for movement

also i wd use a white adhesive mapei keraquik wd be nice one to use for your trav mate and if your not up to speed on the siliconing then there is a product out there called cornertape this stuff is amazing to help you avheive the perfect silicone joint

good luck

 

[brian c]

covered pretty much everything there Jamie.only one small thing,check if the tiles need sealing.

 

[Aston]

hi essex lee

as kilty explained, it can be a problem if you full tile from the corner if you dont take precautions so if you do want to full tile from the corner, then put a plumb line down the wall, say approx 6 inches from the inside corner and measure to see if its the same distance from the line to the wall at the top, middle and bottom..if you have the same distance give or take 1-2mm then you can full tile depending if this allows you the right cuts elsewhere..

 

[essex_lee]

Hi, thanks for the replies.

i went to tile giant today and bought some stuff and had a chat with the bloke in there, so its all good.


Thanks

 

[The D]

Lee thats the only way you can tile corners matey, one tile goes to the wall leaving a small gap, when you are doing the next wall you leave a small 2/3mm gap and you silicone this gap when everything is dry. Dont grout it and then silicone.
Have you prepped the walls properly? What are you tiling onto? Skimmed walls, plasterboard etc? What adhesive are you using?

its not the only way m8

 

[Big-Smudge]

hi lee, dont start a full tile in a corner mate as the walls may be off try and centre your tiles on your shower walls so you get full tiles and cuts go to the sides off this.

also leave a small gap but dont fill with grout fill with silicone mate as grout will crack you need silicione for movement

also i wd use a white adhesive mapei keraquik wd be nice one to use for your trav mate and if your not up to speed on the siliconing then there is a product out there called cornertape this stuff is amazing to help you avheive the perfect silicone joint

good luck

Have a look at this you can't go wrong, [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taD3yCZxNV0]YouTube - Seal tiles with silicone and cornertape.[/ame]

 

[mikethetile]

as above

 

[doug boardley]

I'd also back skim your trav too, this will fill in any holes in the back side of your trav and eliminate any addy stain bleeding through. Just seen how old this thread is, it's probably all done now