Tile question

[dknarnd]

No I am not tileing my tractor!

I am putting up a tile backsplash and have a question about an inside corner. Do you place one tile dead into the corner then leave your grout gap between that tile and your next tile running down the other wall. Or do you leave a grout gap directly in the corner, basically setting the grout gap off of the two outside tile corners as they come together in the corner.

 

[EddieWalker]

I put the first tile all the way into the corner, then but the tile of the side wall into the first tile. On the top of the tile, you can either grout or caulk it. Depends really on wether you want to paint right up to the edge of the tile, or you want to see groud on top of the tile. Clients like it either way, so I do it like they request.

Eddie

 

[Superduper]

I like to first set the tile on the backside all the way to the side wall, then tile the side wall so that it overlaps, then finally grout or caulk the gap.

Corners have a tendency to want to open up through expansion, seasonal movement, whatever, and if you tile this way, there will be less tendency for huge corner cracks as the overlap tends to conceal better.

 

[ToadHill]

I always start in the middle so the tiles on each end are the same size. That usually means the last tile will not be tight into the corner.

 

[blueriver]

I always start in the middle so the tiles on each end are the same size. That usually means the last tile will not be tight into the corner.

Unless you cut the end tiles to be tight.

 

[Superduper]

I'm sorry, I can't help but laugh.

 

[davitk]

I like to first set the tile on the backside all the way to the side wall, then tile the side wall so that it overlaps, then finally grout or caulk the gap.

Corners have a tendency to want to open up through expansion, seasonal movement, whatever, and if you tile this way, there will be less tendency for huge corner cracks as the overlap tends to conceal better.

This is how I would do it, thus the area most viewed shows less of the grout joint.

Or you could just use lots of caulk