We recommend using a wooden batten.
How to set out wall tiles.
Find the midline of the wall from ceiling to floor and mark it with a chalk line.
3 start setting bullnose tile along edge of the wall.
With the tiles and spacers to be used follow the instructions below.
1 apply thin coat of tile mastic or thinset to cement backerboard with smooth edge of a notched trowel.
For the average small wall tiles which are currently popular you will want to use a 1x4 square notch trowel.
Do you stack the tile.
So that equal width tiles are on both sides.
Starting from the 4 central tiles lay out the remaining tiles in a straight line until you reach the wall.
Work your way toward the wall.
You will lay out your first tile directly on this line and your.
Mortar a small spot and then place a tile.
Keep the tiles in a.
Measure the wall where you will place the tiles.
Pva based adhesive to prepare the wall as needed.
Where a recess is more than one tile deep have a complete tile on the front edge.
A batten board helps you start your bottom most course or row of tiles.
Materials three timber battens one to create gauge rods two to attach to the wall as guides.
Be sure to complete 1 row before moving on to the next.
A batten board is nothing.
Test a tile to make sure the mortar is mixed and spread correctly.
Wall tiles wall tile spacers 50mm masonry.
Pull the tile up and look at the pattern that is create on the back.
Set the tiles evenly about a horizontal feature window basin etc.
Try to achieve a full tile height above the side of a bath worktop.
We recommend using waterproof pva in areas that will regularly get.
Then return to the center and work your way toward the opposite wall to form a single row.
2 use the notched edge of trowel to apply thicker bed of mastic to wall.
Lay the length of timber on a flat surface place a tile on top of the length of timber flush with the square end mark the timber at the edge of the tile ensure that the mark is square position a spacer at the edge of the tile.
Tips for tiling a wall.