How To Tile A Wall With An Uneven Ceiling

We re doing a kitchen remodel and we re prepping to have a tile backsplash installed on one wall from the countertop to the ceiling.

How to tile a wall with an uneven ceiling.

Ditto on the staggering the 50 50 brick is not recommended for those sized tiles. The area of the wall to be tiled minus the area of the window is 37 square feet. Presently at the top of first row of tiles the gap between the top of the tile to the ceiling is 15cm and this lowers to 13 5cm and the end of the final row. The usual way to lay tile diagonally is to mark 45 degree diagonal lines on the wall or floor.

I have floor to ceiling tiles in my master and there is a bit of that when you re inspecting new work it will bother you more. Back buttering is a trick used for tiles of uneven thickness like ungauged slate or handmade tiles extremely large tiles or for tiles being installed on an uneven surface. I am told this is because the ceiling is not level. I think you won t notice it eventually.

The questions i have are. The uneven ceiling issue is the story of my life in a 120 year old house. There s a window on this wall which the sink is centered on. But when that angle isn t 45 degrees as with the diamond shaped tile you see here getting exact lines is even harder.

The problem is that the wall is uneven. With the uneven ceiling level you would normally level or laser a horizontal line that runs around the shower enclosure at the top of the tile if leaving a top border tile free see below then measure your row lines down from there to the bottom and start with any bottom trip and cuts and actually place the tile from bottom up to the top. The wedge will pull the tiles together and create a smooth straight installation evening out any bumps or jogs caused by the uneven wall. Add a coat of flat ceiling paint to absorb light and minimize shadows even more.

Our tiler is suggesting we put coving to finish it off to conceal these gaps but i don t think this is going to look too good as the tiles are very modern. Before i start cutting the final row of tiles where the wall meets the ceiling the ceiling is slightly uneven. Repeat the process for the rest of the installation and.