Tile installation for large square tiles

  • Erstellt am 2019-10-27 12:03:36

nordanney

2019-10-29 10:13:03
  • #1
As a supplement to the baseboards. You can also simply use white baseboards. Just like with parquet. It also looks very modern and stylish and is significantly cheaper.
 

guckuck2

2019-10-29 10:23:16
  • #2


The tile dealer where we bought the tiles offered that directly.
I have also already seen it as an option in online shops. It doesn’t seem that uncommon to me.
Directly on the construction site – that might be something different.



That’s how we did it too, with wood-look tiles.
You have to be aware that baseboards are less robust than the tile version.
The latter was not an option for us for aesthetic reasons. I find rooms with them look very sterile. We only have tile bases in the bathrooms (bought from the factory, so not cut, advantage: rounded top edge).
 

Leopold84

2019-10-29 10:27:16
  • #3


According to the statement, an anhydrite screed is used. It is supposed to have no expansion joints. However, we need to ask again because we are getting underfloor heating and according to Wikipedia there will be expansion joints in that case.



Yes, there are. Except for wet rooms, we are sticking with white wooden skirting boards on white walls. It looks very discreet and visually good, also cost-effective and can be replaced later if needed.

Edit: It looks like we have made a good choice. It is already recommended by some here.
 

11ant

2019-10-30 03:13:08
  • #4
The problem is, in my opinion, greatly underestimated: the larger the format or the smaller the joint relative to it, the more the "position" of the joint can "define" the overall image, possibly more than its width or surface proportion would otherwise. Or, in short: the fewer joints interrupt the surface, the more the parameter "location, location, location" counts for the joint. Because a chamfer is not the same as a glaze on this cut edge either.
 

Curly

2019-10-30 07:22:07
  • #5
we have tile baseboards, only the underside was cut. The manufacturer offered a format with a width of 15cm, so the tiler only had to cut once in the middle and we got two baseboards from it. However, later on you hardly see any baseboards in the room because the furniture is placed there. The joints between the baseboards, for example, don’t stand out at all for us because of the concrete-look tiles. We were also very afraid before about the expansion joints ruining the entire look of the room, but you really don’t see them; they look just like the normal tile joints. You just have to make sure beforehand that the silicone and joint material are the same color.

Best regards
Sabine
 

guckuck2

2019-10-30 07:52:34
  • #6
The joints get dirty differently. Over time, this becomes more apparent. But that is at most a deduction in the B rating.
 

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