Shower Tile Lippage
K M
6 years ago
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Comments (3)Stacey, I am using Porcelanosa rectified procelain tile, 13x26. My tiles are not in a brick pattern, so all 4 adjacent tiles meet in one corner (if that makes sense). In a few areas, it appears that one corner is lower than the other 3. He is fixing 2 of the 3 I pointed out, but told me that he if he removes the 3rd he might end up having to take half the wall down because it is high and under a marble border. He said he will try to see if he can fix it with grout?? He built me a beautiful bathroom, and I'm not an expert on tiling, but I'm wondering if it could have been done a bit better. Perhaps since the tiles are rectified and the grout line is so thin, these imperfections are more easily seen because the tiles are so close together, versus a larger grout line. I don't know....See MoreShower wall tile lippage - done an redone and still problems!! Advice!
Comments (49)I can't believe how many comments there are suggesting that this problem would go away just by various corrective techniques. It's obvious that the tiles are bowed and that no amount of clips, or changes to grout lines, or better plumbing of walls will change that. Many tiles, even some expensive ones, suffer from this firing problem. The first thing I always do when I find a tile I like is put two pieces face to face to look for any gap or bowing. If there is some, it's a problem I don't want to deal with. If I see no problem, I test a few more pairs to be sure. The last shower I had done used 12" X 24" tiles that were dead flat. But I still had them laid in a stacked pattern, with no overlap, just to avoid any lippage possibilities as large format tile always is a challenge: I agree the OP's photos look bad, but the job appears uniform and consistent in its badness. To me this means the tile guy did the best he could with bowed tile laid in an inappropriate pattern for it. His fault was not stopping at an early point to discuss with the contractor and the owner what this was going to look like when it was done. But let's not keep speculating about non-existent solutions for tile that is so severely bowed. This is only going to be fixed by a redo using a different tile that is flat....See MoreTile lippage, layout and grout, oh my...
Comments (8)I agree foreigners would have been better I do agree this is either a do over or you live with it. I hate to say this but alot is on you it is your responsibility to be on site often during a build to catch errors at the beginning. This was a big job done over many days and could have been caught at the beginning .I advise my clients to make quick trip at least every second day . So many things can go wrong and are always best caught at the beginning. Did they say why they changed from ditra to the other underlay?The waterproofing it most important part of shower tiling and you should have been there . IMO your tile choices probaly led to some of this . way too many different tiles in a space the tile layout in some places an issue some pictures I have no idea what you are showing, like the black spots on a wall the slanted measuring tape. I will say if you were that particular you should have been there....See MoreSubway tiles in new bathroom shower have lippage - now what?
Comments (35)Correct, the same, also in matt: https://www.tile-shop.com/products/tuxedo/tuxedo.html So happy with the outcome in our tiny bathroom after the original nightmare, thanks to the help on this site....See MoreK M
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