Newly tiled hallway but gaps all around the edges

[Brian the Tile]

lol CJ

 

[Brian the Tile]

anyone for a take-away?

 

[charlie1]

and may i ask what you do if the walpaper is ripped or the plaster comes away with the skirting ? do you build that in with your price in case of misshaps?

Stanley knife wall paper to isolate any issues their, remember brian your floor is going to be moving up 15 - 25 mm in places. Always remove skirting the correct way (find studs) on frame wall and lever skirting off from there. If there is a little bit of plastering .... Well, filling, then that's no problem.

 

[widler]

I've just done one, kitchen,didn't want skirtings off,so I left them,cut tiles and grouted.
Only time I Silicon is floor tile to wall tile .
I actually can't see skirting which has been on for years,painted umpteen times swelling moving a lot at all.
It's also impossible to remove all skirting and replace in a lot of houses

 

[Ian]

I'm going to jump on the band wagon and say, I've never siliconed up to skirtings and I've also never caulked up to a ceiling, always grouted both. My own hallway is done this way and there is no signs of cracking 3 years on, I do think using flexible grout helps stop/minimise cracking. I hate seeing siliconed edges unless it's tile on tile.

 

[charlie1]

I'm only a course tiler so what do I know lol, here is how I do it...
50 m2 kitchen / hall floor with UFH, I'm not taking any chances with expansion so there coming off and refitted and I don't care what customer tells me, it's my job and it will be me who gets the call if it fails. Each to there own though, if it works for you then fine.

 

[Brian the Tile]

Stanley knife wall paper to isolate any issues their, remember brian your floor is going to be moving up 15 - 25 mm in places. Always remove skirting the correct way (find studs) on frame wall and lever skirting off from there. If there is a little bit of plastering .... Well, filling, then that's no problem.

im afraid if my floor moved that much in my hallway i woud be moving out sharpish in case it was falling down,

 

[charlie1]

im afraid if my floor moved that much in my hallway i woud be moving out sharpish in case it was falling down,

No, your tiled finish will increase the height of your floor 15 - 25mm ( maybe more)... No?

 

[Brian the Tile]

and what happens then if there is movement or am i missing something here,does your skirting move with the floor because it has Silicon there, there maybe movement after you have tiled no?

 

[Brian the Tile]

also what kind of floor in a house moves that much if it did i wouldnt be tiling it in the first instance