around the skirts and celing

[pritsuk2002]

hi all when fixing the cut tiles where the celing is and skirts is do i need to leave a spacer gap or do i tile right up to the celing and skirts thanks in advance

 

[jefoss]

leave the same gap you are between tiles

 

[pritsuk2002]

thanks i should be finished soon. another thing i wernt to sure on is in the window area where should i tile ?first the sides, the bottom window sill or the top window sill (the one where the tiles are above my head)?

also where should i lay the first tiles touching the window side or the tile touching the trim side??

i dont know if youve read one of my post about tiling on a fake wall i think its called a stud wall. let me explain basically it was made from a wooden frame which was attached to a real wall to create a shower area, so yes it can get wet. it then originally had plasterborad nailed on the frame then it was tiled on. i say it was as i took it down to redo my tiling. im recreating it because it supported some double doors at the entrance of the shower the question i have is what would be the best thing to use to cover the wooden frame so that i can tile over it and not worry about moisure or water damege. i do need to say this the main wall near walls in shower area are not tanked. so should i get plasterboard then tile over it and it willbe ok or should i get plasterboard and tank it then tile over. i dont know much about tanking so id rather just buy a board and not have to worry about tanking. what about any other type of boards ?the moisture resistance plaster boards any good. concrete board, maybe a wooden plyboard? which would be my best option?thanks again

 

[jefoss]

most like to have the sill and top part first then add the sides. but its really what ever takes your fancy, as most of the time youll be siliconing the edges you wont be able to tell.

one thing i think you should definatly look at is spacings on your posts, you could have just told me the funniest joke in the world but i got bored on line 2 and gave up!

but seriously you seme to have been given an abundance of advice on this subject, the godlike advisor Richard C is a very good guy to learn from, the one thing you need to know though is that tanking is easier than painting. you just need to leave it to dry properly.