Should Wall Tiles Go On Before Floor Tiles

However professional tilers will disagree with this.

Should wall tiles go on before floor tiles.

The wall tiles should overlap the floor. Before or after floor tile. This may result in cracked tile. Wall tiles are thinner than floor tiles and therefore should not be used on floors lest they crack due to foot traffic.

At least not without some careful planning first. Makes for a clean transition from the tile to cabinets there will be no need for a grout line at the base of the cabinets which runs the risk of moisture wicking up into the wood of the cabinets. One camp says that the wall and floor tiles should complement each other but should not match. And what angus said.

Always install the ceramic tile floor before installing the wall baseboard trim. If you tile the floor first you may accidentally damage the new floor by dropping things on it. But either way works. Leave a gap between tile and wall covered by the base or you could wind up with tenting of the tile.

The other camp says that running floor tile up the wall is a dramatic way to add interest to the kitchen or bathroom particularly when you re using large format tiles. This is because matching floor and wall tiles make a room feel smaller and more closed up. Normally this area is underneath the baseboard trim. However they are perfectly durable and easy to maintain for wall installations.

Expansion joints in the floor. Latex primer similar to paint seals plywood and helps peel and stick tiles adhere better. I agree with teetor and others on this except for the grout to the wall part. If the floor is let s say 2x2 tiles it s easier to bring the wall tile over the small tiles than it is to cut the small tiles to match the wall.

And that can t happen if the wall tiles are already installed. You must be able to caulk the space between the wall and the ceramic tile floor.