Level floors plumb walls.
Setting large tile on wall.
Large format tile installation requires particular attention to proper substrate preparation grout joint sizing trowel selection and mortar coverage.
Traditionally tiles came in a relatively standard size such as 8 x 8 floor tile and 4 x 4 wall tile.
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If existing tiles are beyond repair remove the tile and install a piece of wallboard in its place.
Thus they need to be installed in a square space.
Large format tile must be installed on a level substrate.
To do so make sure all of the tiles are intact and secure.
Spread no sag mastic.
Obviously large format tiles are heavier than smaller tiles.
Repair any loose or cracked tiles.
For proper installation floors and other horizontal surfaces need to be level and vertical.
Mark a horizontal line along the bottom of the wall coming up from the floor by the height of your tile plus.
Some one step mortars will isolate cracks up to 1 8 inch wide.
Draw a vertical line up the middle of the wall from floor to ceiling intersecting the horizontal line.
For large tiles exhibiting the maximum allowable warpage 50 offsets are guaranteed to exhibit lippage.
Installing large format tile large format tiles must be supported properly.
Today tiles are available from tiny glass mosaics that are 3 8 x 3 8 to large format thin porcelain tile panels that can be as large as 5 x 10.
Wash the wall with tsp tri.
One step mortars which are formulated to isolate cracks and set tile in a single step may also be used to install large format tile.
Remove the tile and prepare the wall according to the corresponding instructions above or tile over the existing tile.
How to install heavy tile on a wall step 1.
Holding a bubble level to a straight six or eight foot board make sure that both walls and the floor are plumb vertical and level.