Confused about sealing off tiles!

[faddy]

Hi guys..

First time posting on here so please be nice

Anyway its my first tiling job for my own bathroom.. Im no pro but ive put a lot of effort into it.. here are some pictures





However I have a problem.. as the tiles are about 1 cm thick (theyre ceramics actually) it has left about a 2 cm gap at the top where the tiles finish.. like this:



Any ideas what i can go about doing to sealing it off.. ive tried a trim but it doesnt seem deep enough.. im confused

[GazTech]

Welcome to the forums faddy,
You have choices here.
1. Back fill with grout and paint, nobody can see the top anyway
2. Tile to the ceiling
3. Finish with a stone dado tile or mosaic as a feature......Gaz
TRAVERTINE DADO

























MOSAICS

[Dave]

Can i ask what method of fixing you used on these tiles....and what adhesive you used...?...

They seemed to be packed off the wall quite a bit so was wondering how you fixed them...? as there doesn't seem to be much adhesive behind them..



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[faddy]

not sure what the procedure is called but i basically put granfix tubbed adhesive on the wall and also on the tile and secured them.. for the top tile i have left the last 1 cm or so with very little adhesive on so i thought i could fix a trim but looks like that has been scrapped as i cant find a trim that big..

[Dave]

Hi again..

We like to try and advise peeps the correct materials to use especially when fixing large format tiles like them.....And we do not advise peeps to use a tubbed dispersion adhesive like you have.....you will have to leave those tiles for quite a while to allow that adhesive to dry.....

Tubbed dispersion adhesive dries by contact with the air..( moisture dispersion) and it will take alot longer to dry towards the centre of those tiles...

We normally recommend to use a cement based adhesive as this chemically sets and would dry in a specified time...hope this has helped for future tiling projects..

Regarding the finish at the top.....then you could go with gaz's recommend of a dado tile or just could finish it off with some dado rail ( timber )...or finally seen as it is above eye level you could just point in with grout etc and decorate..


thanks for sharing those pics with us...

[GazTech]

Hi again..

We like to try and advise peeps the correct materials to use especially when fixing large format tiles like them.....And we do not advise peeps to use a tubbed dispersion adhesive like you have.....you will have to leave those tiles for quite a while to allow that adhesive to dry.....

Tubbed dispersion adhesive dries by contact with the air..( moisture dispersion) and it will take alot longer to dry towards the centre of those tiles...

We normally recommend to use a cement based adhesive as this chemically sets and would dry in a specified time...hope this has helped for future tiling projects..

Regarding the finish at the top.....then you could go with gaz's recommend of a dado tile or just could finish it off with some dado rail ( timber )...or finally seen as it is above eye level you could just point in with grout etc and decorate..


thanks for sharing those pics with us...

Please be very sure that the adhesive has dried b4 grouting up, the colour of the tiles will guide you, if they are dark in the middle and light outside....they still need to dry b4 grouting....Gaz

[faddy]

how long does it normally take for the tubbed stuff to dry!!

[Dave]

how long does it normally take for the tubbed stuff to dry!!

If used on the correct size of tile....no bigger than 300x300 then normally 24 hrs at 20dgs cel......but those tiles you have could take weeks IMO...

[faddy]

bloody hell.. thanks for tile mart giving me professional advice for tiling.. grrrrr..

[GazTech]

bloody hell.. thanks for tile mart giving me professional advice for tiling.. grrrrr..

Don't be mad, just learn from the pro's......

[Oli]

Nice job though mate, large format in brick bond for a beginner, Well done mate

[devonmark]

welcome to the forum, looks good, would put some so called tilers to shame...
Mark.

[faddy]

thanks for the vote of confidence.. i dont know how poeple will do this for leaving especially if theyre still learning.. its stressful!!

anyway went back to tile mart today and he sold me some beading whcih should do the job.. he told me to just silicone the edges and fix it into place..

ok a bit more advice.. i have the following area to tile:



The pipes will be centralized between the window and the left wall and the sink will go there.. sink is 60cms and the tiles are 60 cms.. not sure how to approach this either to tile the whole of the area or just put a single tile as splash area..

any ideas will be appreciated..

[Oli]

To be honest mate its down to your personal preference, depends on the look you want for the room and what the other walls have had done IMO.

The plasters not dry enough to tile yet though mate, dont fall for the plasterers old "it'll be dry in a couple of days mate". three to four weeks of air drying is the recomeneded time i believe.

Edit: Is that window really as low as it looks or is it just the camera angle?

[Dave]

Hey!!! Is that my brush...?... and i believe that Mr Muscle is gaztechs......

I would say single tile splashback.....if no more are going to go at that wall..

[faddy]

oli - yeh that picture was taken about 10 days ago.. its dried a fair bit at the moment so i might just tile on it.. as for the window yes it is a bit low..

dave - im thinking of tiling right to the top of the window to match the rest of the walls..

[whitebeam]

If it was a float and set would hang on a few more days, Theres moisture in the substrate which still need to evaporate