Having measured the height of the wall to be tiled it looks like I will have a gap of 34mm at either the top or bottom of the wall. How would you best deal with this?
A narrow cut of tile or some other method? If a narrow cut of tile then at the bottom or top?
I could use 5mm spacers to lessen it but would prefer using 3mm spacers.
34mm is not a narrow cut :) I had If a narrow cut of tile then at the bottom or top?
Top I think - people don't get up close there.
Don't go heavy on the spacers - I did on the floor tiles and it's a mistake - you end up with a massive grout line = a massive stripe when it gets grubby.
As lots of people have already said, don't start with a full tile at the bottom, and equalise the top and bottom part tiles.
As an alternative, if you can find some compatible border tiles which are 34mm (or a bit more) wide, you could create an "effect" by putting a row of those half way up the wall.
What is the size of the tile. With very large tiles a cut of 34mm may look out of place.
I'm in the process of tiling my bathroom with 500mm (x 250mm) tiles and to avoid narrow cuts I've elected for a higher wastage and have used a
300mm cut tile at the bottom and similar at the top. Unfortunately the off cuts don't fit anywhere else so I'll end up with 25% wastage.
In my 1905 property none of the walls are square and the floor ceiling height one end of the room is 15mm different to the other end. If your property is similar make sure you calculate the spacing based on the worst case measurement or your 34mm may end up as, say 15mm in the bit that anyone will notice first.
it depends on the look you want. I've fished tiles before the ceiling, applied a coving over the last bit and painted it, or used grout to fill quite wide gaps. All look ok.
That depends on the size of the tile, the length of the wall, floor(skirting) to ceiling height. You could end up with small slithers of tile top and bottom AND left and right
Slivers are fine if they're accurately cut and the wall is sound. Slither describes what can happen to an unsupported tile when gravity wins over suction :-)
Combination of methods in my bathroom: a strip of narrow border tiles, the top of the tiles not quite reaching the ceiling, and a suspended ceiling which hangs below the top of the tiles.
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