So you ve chosen your floor tiles and you ve fixed them in place.
Tiles instead of skirting board.
If the floor under is boards rather than concrete pay the extra to have a layer of ditra added.
I was going to tile u.
It would have looked weird having wood skirting boards instead.
We have large grey porcelain tiles on the floor.
Leaving the appropriate gap around the outside between your tiles and the wall.
Result looks well no painting easy to replace some if ever damaged hygienic rodent dog spider etc proof.
Our plumber is currently ripping out our old bathroom and has suggested he puts the wall tiles down to the floor instead of refitting the skirting boards.
When it comes to styling tile skirting the options are endless.
Is it modern these days to match the skirting boards and do tile skirting boards or to do wooden skirting boards and paint them same colour as the walls.
Walls are all white with 1 feature wall in grey.
Remove skirting boards tile then replace boards.
The main living area kitchen dining will be all tiled in light grey tiles.
Cracked tiles are a total pain.
Now it s time to add skirting tiles or coves to help cover up that gap and to add the perfect finishing touch to your tiling project.
They also allow the edges of floor finishes such as carpets vinyl and laminates to be neatly finished and accommodate some movement without exposing bare floor.
We re having luxury vinyl tiles on the floor dark and pale porcelain tiles on the wall.
How to use tile skirting.
Although used cement based adhesive on 75mm high tiles top edge and joint between skirting and floor done with appropriately coloured silicon to give a water seal in ours.
It is a modern look.
Skirting boards are usually there to provide a decorative interface between walls and floors as well as providing a protective boundary to prevent marks on painted and papered walls or damage to soft plaster.
Your fitter doesn t sound very confident in tiling porcelain tiles are better for a floor than ceramic.