wall tiles

Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or other objects such as tabletops. Alternatively, tile can sometimes refer to similar units made from lightweight materials such as perlite, wood, and mineral wool, typically used for wall and ceiling applications. In another sense, a tile is a construction tile or similar object, such as rectangular counters used in playing games (see tile-based game). The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile composed of fired clay.
Tiles are often used to form wall and floor coverings, and can range from simple square tiles to complex or mosaics. Tiles are most often made of ceramic, typically glazed for internal uses and unglazed for roofing, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, cork, concrete and other composite materials, and stone. Tiling stone is typically marble, onyx, granite or slate. Thinner tiles can be used on walls than on floors, which require more durable surfaces that will resist impacts.

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    hexagon wall tiles - bad idea for beginner?

    I want to tile the bathroom myself, two walls and inside the windows - seen some really nice white hexagon tiles i think would look good with a light grey grout... but please tell me now if this is bad idea for a beginner? I've done a couple of small DIY tiling jobs in my own home. My main...
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    What size trowel to create 5mm adhesive bed for wall tiles

    Hi Due to start a DIY tiling job in my kitchen this weekend. Have had worktops fitted and in some places there are 10mm gaps between wall and worktop (where walls are out of square and all over the place). Using 100x200mm metro tiles which are 5mm thick and would like to put down a bed of...
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    Bathroom mosaic wall tiles

    Need to find some tiles to match old bathroom (faux) mosaic 24.5 cm square. Photo attached but shaed of light blue with mosaic sizes 1.5 cm squareNeed to retile shower enclosure walls. Can anyone help source ? Thanks
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    How to best manage the joint between different wall tiles?

    Hello all, I'm tiling my bathroom and using 360 x 240mm white tiles on the main walls, and 100 x 300 green subway (not metro) in the shower area. Can someone please tell me, what's the best way to manage the join where these two meet? Should I just butt them together with a 2mm grout joint, (the...
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    Setting out kitchen wall tiles

    Hi everyone, Im after advice tilling my kitchen walls behind hob, sink and under wall cabinets. I have two questions if you would be so kind to help. do I centre behind the hob or centre the wall? Im using 300x100 tiles in brick bond pattern if I centre the hob then it leaves 40mm slithers...
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    Bs standard for maximum adhesive bed for ceramic wall tiles in domestic bathroom

    Does anyone know if there is a code of practice defining the maximum thickness of a standard set tile adhesive for a ceramic wall tile?
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    Caution! Rapid Set adhesive vs BIII ceramic wall tiles

    I currently have several ongoing customer issues that I am investigating where ceramic tiles are crazing within 1-2 weeks of installation. The constants in all cases are that a rapid-setting adhesive has been used and the tiles are BIII (Eb > 10%). I have sent the details and images to the...
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    Wall tiles cracking in a line

    Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post but I'm hoping for some advice. About 2 months ago we had our bathroom redone and all was fine until last night when a line of 4 tiles spontaneously cracked over a period of 20 minutes while my son was having a bath. The line runs from the...
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    Removing skirting for wall tiles, floor already tiled.

    Basically I have a tiled floor in a toilet with skirting in place, as we were not sure if we were going to tile the walls or just wallpaper. Now decided to tile the walls so I will remove the skirting, I just wanted to know how to get the tile to the correct thickness so it sits where the...
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    Split face wall tiles

    Yosemite Grey Split Face Wall Tile - https://www.tilemountain.co.uk/p/yosemite-grey-split-face-wall-tile.html Ive already bought these tiles and the en suite is nearly ready to be tiled. I’ve got a sill and recessed shelf to tile but will it work with this shape of tile?
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    Ceramiche Guocera Wall Tiles

    Hello. I am trying to find Ceramiche Guocera white wall tiles 25cm x 20cm x 6mm. Can anyone suggest a supplier, ideally Glasgow area
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    Wanted: Porcelanosa Buckingham Wall Tiles

    Require 2 boxes of Porcelanosa Buckingham Wall tiles (grey colour) 20cm x 31.6cm plus Twin Buckinghams if available. Please contact as urgent
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    The Process Of Making High-Quality Ceramic Wall Tiles

    Ceramic tile is the perfect solution for those instances. But before you consider ceramic tiles, it is necessary to understand what is it? How is it manufactured? The Ceramic Industry is widely based on various combinations of clay minerals, quartz, feldspar, and kaolin. Each raw material used...
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    BCT Ceramic Wall Tiles in Shower Cracking After 12 Weeks

    Crack that we think is along a seam by chris4275 posted Mar 25, 2018 at 9:02 AMHi everyone: I'm new here and was hoping you'd be able to help. We recently redid our bathroom and (unfortunately) chose BCT. The tile in question is 10x16 Herson Cararrara, as seen here: Herston Ceramic Collection...
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    Need advice caulking a bathtub when the gap is BIG between wall tiles & tub. Thanks.

    Hi folks. I am a new member. I have done some tiling but am still a slightly advanced beginner. I have 2 questions, one small & one big, about caulking a bathtub. Some folks mentioned filling up the tub with water prior to caulking. How long do you leave the water in the tub? One youtube video...
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    Gap where wall tiles meet ceiling

    Can you give me advice please? My tilers have almost finished tiling my bathroom but looks like the last row of tiles have been cut short by about 1/2” and then patched in. What is the best solution, remove and do properly I guess! They tell me once they’re finished I won’t notice..ha of...
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    Black Bal Grout seems to have penetrated through the wall tiles

    Can any tilers recommend a way of getting these black dots off our wall tiles? The tiles are matt white and are porcelain. Black Bal grouting was used. We have tried all different grout removers but none have worked.
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    Searching for blue wall tiles

    Hi all - just joined up! I am looking for some blue wall tiles like those on the picture attached. They are a lovely bright blue with light mottling and look just like the sky on a sunny day. I have sent for numerous sample tiles, but just can't get anything close to the colour or this mottled...
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    Depth of adhesive bed (wall tiles)

    Hi guys, First post here but already learnt a lot from the forum. Today was my first attempt at tiling and although I've not laid too many tiles because there was a fair bit of prep and tile cutting to do, it seems to have gone ok (I think!). Anyway I'm tiling a walk-in shower with 500 x...
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    Large wall tiles in the bathroom

    Hi , can anyone give me any pointers please ? I am tiling a wall with 298x498 tiles and they are going horizontal . Question is I get seven full tiles on the wall but I have a gap of 700mm to divide in 2 so obviously that's only 350mm on top and bottom to even it out would this be the way on a...
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