Tiling and Skirting Boards

daggy

Hi

I'm going to tile the walls in the downstairs toilet.

We had the floors all done with black tiles when we moved in about 15 months ago

I'm now going to do the walls with white 6"x6" tiles and a fancy border in the middle

This is the first time I've tiled, so I've picked the downstairs toilet as it's a small job (8sqm).... anyway, my question:

Is it better to remove the skirting boards and tile down to the floor or is it better to tile up to them?

Are there any other options?... and no, I don't want to pay someone to do it:P

daggy

anybody?...........

tpt

its a personal preference thing really. check the thickness of your tiles to make sure they arent thicker than the top of the skirting, and make sure you dont start tiling from either the floor or the skirting top unless its dead level (which is unlikely!)

jcb208

Would look much better If you tile down to the floor and makes cleaning easier

evokit

would be alot nicer job tiling to the floor

daggy

I agree that it's nicer tiling to the floor

is there much work involved in removing the boards and making the wall good for tiling? also, is there any sort of trim to bo between the black floor tiles and white wall tiles?

I still have some of the floor tiles.... they are bigger than the wall ones.... could I perhaps tile a little up the wall with the floor tiles and then wall tiles from there up?

The wall and flore tiles are different thicknesses, but there must be some sort of trim to hide the transition?

cheers everyone

southcoastrgi

i think you have answered your own question, the skirting is likely to be thicker than your wall tiles so if you remove this you will have a gap between the wall & floor tiles, no don't use the floor tiles on the wall they are diff sizes & will look horrible, if it was me i'd leave the skirting in place, best of luck with your first go at tiling.

jcb208

When you rip the skirting off theres unlikely to be a gap unless its a victorian house as they used to fit the skirting then plaster to it.The walls should of been plastered down to the floor which may be a bit uneven, just level up with bonding which does not need to be perfect then tile over leaving a grout line between wall and floor joint.

Old_Git

daggy wrote: »

Hi

I'm going to tile the walls in the downstairs toilet.

We had the floors all done with black tiles when we moved in about 15 months ago

I'm now going to do the walls with white 6"x6" tiles and a fancy border in the middle

This is the first time I've tiled, so I've picked the downstairs toilet as it's a small job (8sqm).... anyway, my question:

Is it better to remove the skirting boards and tile down to the floor or is it better to tile up to them?

Are there any other options?... and no, I don't want to pay someone to do it:P

Did you remove the skirting when you tiled the floor .
If not dont do it now as you will have gaps

missile

Tilling is not rocket science, however it is not as easy as you may think. There may be a light switch and electrical sockets to remove and refit? You might find it quicker and more convenient to use tile effect wall boarding.

Good luck.

southcoastrgi

jcb208 wrote: »

When you rip the skirting off theres unlikely to be a gap unless its a victorian house as they used to fit the skirting then plaster to it.The walls should of been plastered down to the floor which may be a bit uneven, just level up with bonding which does not need to be perfect then tile over leaving a grout line between wall and floor joint.

how is there not gonna be gap ? it is the op first go at tiling do you really think he is gonna want to start plastering as well ?? one thing at a time.

missile wrote: »

Tilling is not rocket science, however it is not as easy as you may think. There may be a light switch and electrical sockets to remove and refit? You might find it quicker and more convenient to use tile effect wall boarding.

Good luck.

wall boarding is fine over a large area but i wouldn't want to try & struggle in a small downstairs loo & to do it properly the light switch would need to be completely removed to fit behind it, so it would be more difficult to board not easier imo.