Installing Large Format Tile On Walls

When installing large format tile there must be at least 90 mortar contact and a minimum grout joint of 3 16.

Installing large format tile on walls.

Troweling the mortar onto the wall. Making sure you use the right one correctly for your large format installation is essential. Heavy large format tiles used on wall applications are best installed using non sag adhesives. First apply the adhesive onto the back of the slab with a 3mm tile trowel.

Large format tile installation requires particular attention to proper substrate preparation grout joint sizing trowel selection and mortar coverage. These require the use of spacers or temporary holding devices during installation. Holding devices are effective aids but can make the installation a slow going process. Tcna recommends the use of mortars meeting ansi a118 4 a118 15 improved performance cement mortar and a118 11 for plywood surfaces for these installations.

Check the laying substrate has no cracks it is homogeneous and mature totally clean and flat. Maximum deviation from flatness of 1mm per 2 meters length measured. Other thinset mortars such as dry set portland cement and latex portland cement may also be used to install large format wall tile. To achieve a full coverage start by using the appropriate trowel and troweling technique.

Tcna also recommends full coverage on the back of the tile. Tcna recommends medium bed mortars for large format floor installs. Don t take any risks and always use the floating and buttering method when installing large format tiles. Large format tile must be installed on a level substrate.

10mm 10mm v notch trowe. For all of msi s rectangular tiles a minimum of a 1 3 or more off set with 1 8 grout joint size is recommended for rectified tiles and a 3 16 grout joint for non rectified. Special device for the plate s pulling over. When installing large format tile you ll want to use a 1 2 x 1 2 square notched trowel.

Yes porcelain and natural stone tile manufacturers recommend the use of a polymer modified mortar for installation of large format tile to concrete plywood and synthetic membrane surfaces. This will make sure that the ridges of the mortar collapse when setting the tile and give you the required 85 or more of coverage. Full and complete mortar coverage is an essential part of large format tile installations.