I will be retiling the walls of the bathroom. The bathroom has had skirting boards up until now, however I would like to have the tiles go all the way down to the chipboard floor (which will be covered with 6mm ply and vinyl tiles at a later stage). However, there is a gap at the bottom of the wall as follows:
In the case of the exterior walls, the plasterboard is dot-and-dabbed onto breeze blocks. Depending on which section, the plasterboard stops between 1
5mm and 32mm above the floor.In the case of the interior walls, the partitions are Paramount modules. At floor level, there is a 50mm high batten. Above that, there is a 20 mm hig h batten and above that the plasterboard. The face of the 50mm high batten is in the same plane as the surface of the plasterboard, but the 20 mm batt en is recessed by about 10mm.
Do I need to fill the resulting gaps with something before tiling, or simpl y rely on the tiles to bridge the gaps? The tiles are 20cm high x 31 cm wid e x 8mm thick.