How To Install Baseboard On Tile Wall

Using a v notch trowel apply mastic to the wall surface onto which you ll attach your tile baseboard.

How to install baseboard on tile wall.

Regardless of whether or not there are other tiles on the wall the tile baseboard installs the same as other ceramic tiles with thinset mortar. Start installing the tiles into the acrylic mastic by pressing them into it. Put the same tile spacers you used to install the flooring tiles between the tile baseboards. Avoid spreading the mastic in a area on the wall surface higher than the baseboard tile height.

Press the baseboard against the wall making sure the edges are aligned. Continue installing the baseboards along the adjacent wall. If the bullnose tiles are being installed in a bathroom place a bead of silicone caulk in the corner between the bullnose tiles and the floor tiles. 1 lay the tiles on the floor at the wall where you.

Temporarily secure the piece to the wall with strips of masking tape at 16 inch intervals. Allow the grout and the caulk to cure for 72 hours. Use the same techniques described above to install the mdf baseboard. You need to have the base installed over top of the flooring level and allow the flooring to expand contract.

This is to ensure that the grout lines appear even and line up to the flooring tiles. Tile down to the base. Leave no gaps between the baseboard and the wall or between the baseboard and the floor. If you tile and install a cove tile you ve defeated the purpose of leaving the gap which is manufacturer s best practices posted by mightshould at 1 50 pm on january 6 2018.

Force grout into the corner between the bullnose tiles and the floor tiles. Limit the mastic to the amount you ll be able to cover with your tile within a 5 minute time period.