Water UFH how much space between floor tile and wall for expansion? - Tile Advice

[Paul Giovanni Raimondi]

How much space should you leave between floor tiles and the wall when tiling over 60mm screed over wet UFH? Is 5mm enough?

 

[J Sid]

bigger the better.
what's the longest run in mts?
is it wooden skirting, 20mm think?
or tiled skirting on top?

 

[Paul Giovanni Raimondi]

Longest run is about 7m. 10mm tile skirting although walls are terrible and I was looking for an alternative, something bendy, that would probably be thinner. I really don't like tile skirting. No matter how tidy the gap between floor and bottom of skirting tile it never looks right to me.

 

[J Sid]

I'd do a 6mm gap round edge, tiled skirting straight and fill top gap at top and let decorates sort wall. Leave a 2mm gap between bottom of skirting and floor tile and silicon

 

[Time's Ran Out]

You don’t like tiled skirting!!
Think of the ease of maintenance, no wood to rot and all that extra money,

 

[Paul Giovanni Raimondi]

You don’t like tiled skirting!!
Think of the ease of maintenance, no wood to rot and all that extra money,

Since when did porc. skirting tiles cost less than timber?

 

[Paul Giovanni Raimondi]

I'd do a 6mm gap round edge, tiled skirting straight and fill top gap at top and let decorates sort wall. Leave a 2mm gap between bottom of skirting and floor tile and silicon

I'm in Italy, most porc. tiles have a skirting option with rounded over top. My problem is that it is a modest stone house and the walls are not just 'not straight' but literally curved. So to me at least a tiled skirting looks messy.

 

[J Sid]

I'm in Italy, most porc. tiles have a skirting option with rounded over top. My problem is that it is a modest stone house and the walls are not just 'not straight' but literally curved. So to me at least a tiled skirting looks messy.

no skirting can look good

 

[widler]

Since when did porc. skirting tiles cost less than timber?

Since you don’t have to paint and keep maintaining it over the years, tiled skirts will prob work out cheaper, especially if you make your own

 

[widler]

no skirting can look good

I actually don’t mind tiled skirts on old stone walls , pointed up at the top and neatly cut out around the stone, looks mint imo

 

[Paul Giovanni Raimondi]

I'd do a 6mm gap round edge, tiled skirting straight and fill top gap at top and let decorates sort wall. Leave a 2mm gap between bottom of skirting and floor tile and silicon

For smaller rooms would it be OK to leave a smaller gap? 3 or 4mm?

 

[J Sid]

yes, but make sure it's a clean gap, no adhesive

 

[Paul Giovanni Raimondi]

Many thanks