How To Install Tile Accent Wall

As a reminder here is what our bathroom looked like before.

How to install tile accent wall.

Adding an accent wall to your home can be easy and fun simply by covering it with beautiful flooring. First install the field tile with spacers. Mark the wall at the top of the tile. The top of the tile follows the level line all the way across for a uniform look image 2.

Spread it on the wall with the 3 16th v notch trowel image 1. It s a great upgrade to your home and can add a touch o. Hold a tile at this spot accounting for a 1 8 inch expansion gap. Once the wall tile is dry the spacers are pulled out.

The mastic doesn t set immediately so its easier to work with. The tiles to each side were cut out of scrap and are the exact size as the accent tile and are used as spacers 1. This post was originally published on september 5 2018 but has since been updated. The tile shop has many professionals that love to help answer your diy questions to help you install a tile accent wall.

The opinions are all 100 my own. This line serves as your cutting guide to fit tile along the counter. Then use a level to extend the line along the work area. Installing a custom tile accent wall is easier than ever with today s selection of marble slate ceramic porcelain and even prepared glass mosaics and wall tiles.

In addition to their beauty and textural impact tile walls are durable and easy to clean. I cut spacers out of scrap tile that is the exact same size as the glass accents so i can install the wall tile first. Use this detailed step by step tutorial to help make your diy cement tile accent wall installation both easy and fun. Since the tile is going on regular drywall not cement board use pre mixed ceramic tile adhesive or mastic instead of thinset.