Redoing bathroom floor tile and tile baseboard.
I've been told that when laying the floor tile, I must leave a small expansion gap between the tile and wall. Can anyone confirm?:
Also, should the tile baseboard along the wall rest on the floor tile or should there be a small gap between the two? If there is a gap, won't the grout get forced into it and then eliminate the small expansion gap that I created when laying the floor?
Thanks for the help, folks.
install cove base (baseboard) 1st. then tile the floor.
install cove base (baseboard) 1st. then tile the floor.
Leave the gap (don't put grout on the wall side of the tile) and then use baseboard or cove molding to cover it up.
Taunton's has excellent books on laying tile---check there for "expansion gaps"---I've never used one. Three tile floors and five years later no problems with any of this in my house (an old house with radiators and wild swings in temp. and humiditiy).
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