Should wall tiles sit on Lino?

ed110220

I have all the wall tiles up in our new bathroom except for the bottom row of half tiles that will be just above the floor. I have tiled two walls - one from the bath up to the ceiling and the other floor to ceiling (except for the bottom half tiles).

Now should I put the Lino down first on the floor, then the last tiles for a neater finish?

Similarly should the bath panel sit on the Lino or should the Lino go up to the panel? The bath panel is one I made from a piece of shower wall type board that I used as a feature wall so it's not one of the ready made ones.

Le_Kirk

I would put the floor covering under the bath panel and let the panel sit on top. It makes for a neater looking job and you don't have the hassle of cutting the floor covering in a straight line. Regarding tiles on top, again it would look like a neater job and save having to make a long straight cut but I don't know if there is (and cannot think of)any physical reason why tiles should not sit on top of lino. Someone will be along to put us right.
A pal of mine who is in the house maintenance business says you should put a run of clear silicon round the walls at joint of lino and tiles (and maybe bath panel).

rich13348

The only problem with putting tiles on top of lino is if you grout the tiles are the bottom and then you want to replace the lino before redoing the tiles you could either rip the tiles off the wall or have a small amount of lino left under the tile which might be visible. If you have no plans on replacing the lino then its not a big deal.

ed110220

rich13348 wrote: »

The only problem with putting tiles on top of lino is if you grout the tiles are the bottom and then you want to replace the lino before redoing the tiles you could either rip the tiles off the wall or have a small amount of lino left under the tile which might be visible. If you have no plans on replacing the lino then its not a big deal.

Thanks, was wondering about that but thought as the tiles will only overlap the Lino less than 10mm if I ever needed to lift it I could just run a blade along the silicone and then pull the Lino out?

Didn't have any plans to change the Lino later, but always good to be able to lift it in case of unforeseen events - say a pipe under the floor starts leaking or the Lino gets damaged et .

ed110220

Another question - is the gap between tiles and a wooden door frame an expansion joint to be silicones, or an ordinary one to be grouted?