How To Install Wood Tile On The Wall

Rebecca and shannon of petite party studio are accomplished diyers and decorators and they love the look of distressed wood.

How to install wood tile on the wall. Scrape the wall to remove any texture and to create a flat surface. Create a starting line for the tile measure from the center of the room to the starting wall then subtract the 1 4 inch expansion gap and the width of two tiles and two spacers. A wood plank wall can add a rustic focal point to a room. The hard part in adding distressed planks to a wall is preparing the wood cutting and painting all the planks to get a uniform look.

Remove any remaining dust oils and grease from the wall with tsp tri sodium phosphate or an ammonia based cleanser. Mortar a small spot and then place a tile. Plank tiles often look best when the length of the tile runs parallel to the longest wall in the room. For the average small wall tiles which are currently popular you will want to use a 1x4 square notch trowel.

Draw a grid on the wall behind the stove using a pencil and 4 foot level. While tile can be laid on plywood do not install tile directly onto the plywood subfloor itself. Patch any holes or cracks with spackling compound and sand the entire surface with medium grit sandpaper. If possible you should always use concrete board underlayments rather than plywood.

Pull the tile up and look at the pattern that is create on the back. Since each square in the grid represents a single tile it should be large enough to accommodate both the tile and. Test a tile to make sure the mortar is mixed and spread correctly. Use thinset with a higher latex content thinset is the wet base that you first trowel on the plywood to make the tile stick.

The preferred method for tile installations is to use a sheet of underlayment. Vacuum to remove dust. For wall installations plywood is overkill beneath the concrete or fiber board which is designed in five eighths inch material for wall settings.