If you tile and install a cove tile you ve defeated the purpose of leaving the gap which is manufacturer s best practices posted by mightshould at 1 50 pm on january 6 2018.
How to install baseboard on tile wall.
This is to ensure that the grout lines appear even and line up to the flooring tiles.
Tile down to the base.
Press the baseboard against the wall making sure the edges are aligned.
1 lay the tiles on the floor at the wall where you.
Limit the mastic to the amount you ll be able to cover with your tile within a 5 minute time period.
Allow the grout and the caulk to cure for 72 hours.
Using a v notch trowel apply mastic to the wall surface onto which you ll attach your tile baseboard.
Leave no gaps between the baseboard and the wall or between the baseboard and the floor.
Use the same techniques described above to install the mdf baseboard.
Force grout into the corner between the bullnose tiles and the floor tiles.
Avoid spreading the mastic in a area on the wall surface higher than the baseboard tile height.
Put the same tile spacers you used to install the flooring tiles between the tile baseboards.
Start installing the tiles into the acrylic mastic by pressing them into it.
Regardless of whether or not there are other tiles on the wall the tile baseboard installs the same as other ceramic tiles with thinset mortar.
If the bullnose tiles are being installed in a bathroom place a bead of silicone caulk in the corner between the bullnose tiles and the floor tiles.
Continue installing the baseboards along the adjacent wall.
Temporarily secure the piece to the wall with strips of masking tape at 16 inch intervals.
Firmly press the piece into place against the base of the wall with the lower edge contacting the floor.