Tile Skirting

[Hootsmon]

Hi Folks,

I'm tiling the laundry floor at the moment. I plan to use 100mm wide slices of the 300 x 300 floor tiles as skirting. I was wondering if I need to space between the floor tile and the wall skirting slice and grout the space or whether just to butt one against the other? Any thoughts?

[Hootsmon]

No thoughts?

[echnidna]

I'd space it up & grout under it. Should seal better

[Hootsmon]

Cheers, I'll give that a go

[Eli]

I think you want to have a flexible joint between horizontal and vertical planes. Grout is stiff and will crack, meaning the joint you built up and coved to keep water contained will not do that.

I'm about to do the same job, but I'm just going to pull the shoe and run the tile right up to the base board, silicone, and reinstall shoe higher. Unless you're using a cove tile, you should consider siliconing that corner joint where floor meets wall.

If I'm understanding your job right. The spacing should be the same as you're using for the floor. Lay the floor, grout it. Install the skirt, grout between those. Finish the Floor/wall joint with silicone.

[Gooner]

Personally, I would tile the floor to the edge of the wall and then put a gap (vertical) and add the skirting tiles.

Has the wall/floor join been waterproofed?

[Gooner]

Actually, Eli is right.

Tile the floor to the wall. Then leave a 6mm gap from theskirting and fill this with a wet area sealant. This is the way it is recommended.

Have a look at the link below. It is a guide for wet area construction.

http://www.jameshardie.com.au/SmarterConstruction/DesignManuals/WetAreaConstruction/

[Eli]

I also forgot to mention, you need to spread waterproof membrane under that installation and up the wall. Comes in a tub.

[Hootsmon]

Cool, thanks for the advice, I should be right now