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Thanks Richard. What about the corner of the wall - where tiles will meet? Do i leave a gap and then fill with sealent?

Hi all, I am tiling a bathroom. I'm about to start around the bath. How much space do i need to leave in the corner? I intend to fill this with sealent....i assume this is the correct thing to do. Thoughts?

Hi all, I plan to wall paper a room. Most other rooms have been plastered and then painted. The walls aren't perfectly smooth. I plan to use lining paper and then paint - hopefully to get a nice finish...similar to plaster and paint (i know it won't be as good as a plaster paint...

Another question... re. baton placement. Below is a crude view of how i intend to place the batons. I will start tiling at the bottom left hand corner...moving outwards. From the many sources/how to guides, i'm a lil confused. Some guides suggest having the verticle baton in the...

Thanks! I'm going to avoid cutting tiles very small so will find the centre of the wall and balance out as suggested.

Yeah sorry....i meant the skirting is not level. It's out maybe by a couple of cm's across the room (this is maximum). It's not possible to level as the floor as to blame.

Hi all, I am planning on tiling a wall. This is a mini-DIY project using the 'How To' guides. One question: What if the floor/skirting board isn't totally horizontal. I will use a baton to create a horizontal line. My understanding is that this should be the point at which my 2nd row...

All, I am about to get a kitchen tiled, not a large area (more of a splashback). The surface isn't totally smooth, some bonding has been used to make smoothout some large areas. A tiler has told me that tiling adhesive can be used to make the wall smooth for the tiles. The wall isn't...

Hi all! This is my first post....i'm a total DIY novice so take it easy. Ok.....i am getting some work done to a wall. The current state of the wall: it is exposed down to the bare bricks. My plasterer plans to use adhesive to stick plasterboard onto the wall. He will then plaster over the...