Tiling wall after removing skirting board - TilersForums.com

[Galaxy123]

Hi, I am having my en-suite half tiled and the floor is already tiled so we are just adding xtra tiling to the walls. When we removed the skirting board there seems to be a gap (aprox.2.5cm-3cm) between the floor and the wall.

The tiler told us the best option would be to re-tile the floor and then do the walls bcos of the gap. Tiler also mentioned caulk/grout won’t be strong enough to hold the tiles on the wall and better if floor & wall tiles were flushed together.

Would really like to avoid re-doing the flooring or even adding plasterboard! Is there any other options to sort this please?

 

[elbbinoutlander]

hi, what is the wall construction? it would not be much work to either 1. screw a batten to the wall and add a thin strip of tile backer board, or, if masonry wall, dot and dab a thin strip of tile backer board to bring level with existing wall then tile the whole lot?

 

[Galaxy123]

hi, what is the wall construction? it would not be much work to either 1. screw a batten to the wall and add a thin strip of tile backer board, or, if masonry wall, dot and dab a thin strip of tile backer board to bring level with existing wall then tile the whole lot?

Hi, the wall is plasterboard. Would a tile backer work for just the half height? Thanks

 

[elbbinoutlander]

I would say yes, a photograph or two would help confirm thanks