I am in the throes of tiling the walls in the bathroom - all of them.
I am using tiles that are almost 2' X 1' (metric equivalent).

Anyhow it works out that the bottom tile is approx 1/2" from the floor
tile. I sort of like the idea of not having a baseboard, but having
tile right to tile. Ideally the gap would have been smaller, but that
is how it all worked out, not having a tile stretcher handy.

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions:

- fill it with grout?
- is there some other material commonly used for that purpose?
- slice a little piece of tile to fit ( probably look stupid)
- forget it and cut each and every tile to make them shorter and
insert a baseboard and all that entails?

Any ideas from people who may do this all the time is appreciated.
Obviously I do it once every 20 years unless I can possibly avoid
it....

BSA

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I am in the throes of tiling the walls in the bathroom - all of them.
I am using tiles that are almost 2' X 1' (metric equivalent).

Anyhow it works out that the bottom tile is approx 1/2" from the floor
tile. I sort of like the idea of not having a baseboard, but having
tile right to tile. Ideally the gap would have been smaller, but that
is how it all worked out, not having a tile stretcher handy.

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions:

- fill it with grout?
- is there some other material commonly used for that purpose?
- slice a little piece of tile to fit ( probably look stupid)
- forget it and cut each and every tile to make them shorter and
insert a baseboard and all that entails?

Any ideas from people who may do this all the time is appreciated.
Obviously I do it once every 20 years unless I can possibly avoid
it....

BSA

grout it with sanded grout.
fill it with a small trim tile in a contrasting color.
i've used 1/4 round tiles at edges and on the floor/wall interface for this.

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:54:38 -0700 (PDT), "
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I am in the throes of tiling the walls in the bathroom - all of them.
I am using tiles that are almost 2' X 1' (metric equivalent).

Anyhow it works out that the bottom tile is approx 1/2" from the floor
tile. I sort of like the idea of not having a baseboard, but having
tile right to tile. Ideally the gap would have been smaller, but that
is how it all worked out, not having a tile stretcher handy.

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions:

Start with half a tile. You'll have a half tile + 1/2" at the top.

- fill it with grout?
- is there some other material commonly used for that purpose?
- slice a little piece of tile to fit ( probably look stupid)
- forget it and cut each and every tile to make them shorter and
insert a baseboard and all that entails?

Any ideas from people who may do this all the time is appreciated.
Obviously I do it once every 20 years unless I can possibly avoid
it....

BSA

On Mar 29, 7:59*pm, "
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:54:38 -0700 (PDT), "

wrote:
I am in the throes of tiling the walls in the bathroom - all of them.
I am using tiles that are almost 2' X 1' (metric equivalent).

Anyhow it works out that the bottom tile is approx 1/2" from the floor
tile. I sort of like the idea of not having a baseboard, but having
tile right to tile. Ideally the gap would have been smaller, but that
is how it all worked out, not having a tile stretcher handy.

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions:

Start with half a tile. *You'll have a half tile + 1/2" at the top.



- fill it with grout?
- is there some other material commonly used for that purpose?
- slice a little piece of tile to fit ( probably look stupid)
- forget it and cut each and every tile to make them shorter and
insert a baseboard and all that entails?

Any ideas from people who may do this all the time is appreciated.
Obviously I do it once every 20 years unless I can possibly avoid
it....

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On Mar 29, 5:54*pm, " wrote:
I am in the throes of tiling the walls in the bathroom - all of them.
I am using tiles that are almost 2' X 1' (metric equivalent).

Anyhow it works out that the bottom tile is approx 1/2" from the floor
tile. I sort of like the idea of not having a baseboard, but having
tile right to tile. Ideally the gap would have been smaller, but that
is how it all worked out, not having a tile stretcher handy.

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions:

- fill it with grout?
- is there some other material commonly used for that purpose?
- slice a little piece of tile to fit ( probably look stupid)
- forget it and cut each and every tile to make them shorter and
insert a baseboard and all that entails?

Any ideas from people who may do this all the time is appreciated.
Obviously I do it once every 20 years unless I can possibly avoid
it....

BSA

Put the gap at the ceiling and hide with some tiny trim. It will be
much less likely to leak water if the gap is up rather than down.