Spacers with Mohawk 3x6 subway tiles?
paintedluna
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Need help quickly!: Subway tile spacing- 1/16" or 1/8"?
Comments (3)Hi: my contractor just told me today that 1/8 is a standard distance. I like that distance, aesthetically. I've seen even wider, which is a whole other look. You might want to set up both options in the space, maybe post a photo to this site? Good luck!...See Moredid you tile your subway tile backspash? would you do it again?
Comments (22)Ok - another tip - clean up the grout lines the next day if you use thinset to set the tiles. It takes several days for the mortor to fully cure, and it will be quite soft and crumbly the day after - makes cleaning any high spots out of the grout lines rather simple. If you wait several days, it will harden (like cement should) and it will be very difficult to remove. I spent about 30 mn this morning carefully going over the grout lines in my one wall (I have learned to be anal about this so I don't have "spots" when I grout) - I normally end up ruining a fingernail or two in the process but that is normal for me. BTW - here is what I got done yesterday. I mixed up too much thinset the first time, I forgot I was dealing with a small wall area and not a big floor! it looks a lot better after I took down the spacers and cleaned it all up. I had one "sliver" I had to cut for up by the range hood, it was 1/4" wide by 2" long, and the tile saw handled it fine. Ceramic is so much easier to deal with than porceline as it's softer and does not crack as easy when cutting. I used the rotozip for any "U" shaped cuts around the outlets and the tile saw for everything else. Here is an "in process" picture I had boards cut for the area needed for the border. By using them I could get my tile edges very straight - just make sure you don't accidentally cement the boards to the wall. This is what I got done the first "batch" and then I fitted and cut the rest of the perimeter tiles (they are laying on the coutner in this picture - ready to install). I put the border in after all the rest of the tiles were set. Here is my mixing setup. I use our smaller hammer drill (but not hammer mode) and a five gallon bucket so things don't splash. I have a scale (it's a fish scale, I'm not using a good kitchen one on this) to measure the powder and measuring cup for the water. Add the water to the bucket and carefull add the powder - if you simply dump it in, you'll get a plume of cement dust! And I have a timer - you mix for five minutes, wait for ten and mix for two and then use. one wall down - one to go! Now, we'll see if the resident experts come on here and rip me a new one for all the things I've done wrong. I think I'm learning why people rarely show "in progress" pictures on this forum. I'm showing the way I did things, I am not saying that I think this way is the only way to do it....See MoreHelp! Do I need spacers for American Olean 3x6 subway tiles?
Comments (9)We used the same tile for our kitchen backsplash. Please use the spacers (check to see what is recommended grout line and get spacers that size). if you want a uniform look, then choose a grout color that best blends with the tiles. Our contractor does alot of tile work and as good as he is, he said that even the slightest variance in a linear placement can affect the straight line. He always uses them, even with 30 years experience of doing tile work....See MoreSubway tile install ?'s
Comments (5)We did the lowes subway and also had a 4" corian backsplash. We used 1/8" spacers between the bottom of the tile and the top of the backsplash to ensure a consistent line. We also definitely caulked instead of grout because you never now if there's any flex between the counter and the wall. Essentially, if there was a surface where tile touched something OTHER than tile we caulked it with matching caulk. We used the 2x6" bullnose pieces on ours plus a couple of creative corner cuts on the 6x6 and 2x2 corners. Below are the pics. It wasn't exactly what I wanted (which was to just end on a bullnose that was 3x6) but those aren't available in regular on the shelf stuff. Here's how we did it From Kitchen From Kitchen...See Morepaintedluna
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