Help... need 3x6 subway tile installation recommendations please.
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bluekitobsessed
15 years ago1/8" looks fine; I understand that less than 1/8" is not practical unless you have high quality (rectified?) tile, and 1/4" looks very 1980s to me; light gray if you want to play up the cool colors, tan if you like warm tones better; can't help on the technical questions. Here's mine with 1/8" and light gray grout:
flatcoat2004
15 years agoFor regular 3"x6" subways, 1/8" grout lines seem kind of big. I guess it depends on the "look" you are aiming for. If you search on "subway" and "grout" on this forum, you will no doubt find lots of pictures, this comes up often. You might also search on the bathrooms forum, since subways are used there a lot also.
Personally I prefer very small grout lines, and if you use regular Daltile or AmericanOlean subways, they have built-in spacers on the edges of the tile that are less than 1/16". With tight spacing like that, I think it would be tough to use a sanded grout.
I suspect that you will need cement board backer rather than drywall, but I defer to the tile experts here on that one (and everything, actually !).
I used Laticrete Silver Shadow with my AmericanOlean designer white subways in the bathroom. It looks fine.
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15 years agoI used Daltile's subway and have 1/16th in grout lines. For anything 1/8 inch or less you use unsanded grout, or thats what I have been told by all the tile people I have talked with.
Circus Peanut
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