No Grout Wall Tile Installation

No homeowner likes grout lines.

No grout wall tile installation.

These tiles known as vitrified tiles can be installed with no gap or grout joint between them. To keep the crystal clear look i would like to install them with no grout. I have a question for the experts. I try to use the smallest grout lines the tile will allow.

The appearance is much less critical than the fact that you have no grout joints at all with glass tiles a product that expands and contracts with temperature change. I want to use these glass tiles 3x6 or 4x12 installed in a vertical design on my bathroom walls not in the shower. The best thing to do is use the smallest grout line your particular tile will allow and get a grout that closely matches the tile. Turn your deck into a patio they ll cover any level surface.

Setting real stone tiles in mortar or sand is mind crunching work. Perfectly cut edges will not perform better than regular tile when friction occurs so they can still cause a variety of problems if you opt for a no grout tile installation. It is never advised to set glass tile the way it has been done in your photo especially behind a direct flame. Tiles can move but it s a fireplace hearth only 70x10x10 and we won t even turn on the fire.

For wall tile make sure the walls are plumb. In most other tile i will use 1 16 or 1 8 inch lines. No grungy grout to repair or refill. With out of plumb walls the tiles will necessarily have to taper in width as they progress up the corners which can be very noticeable and unsightly on a wall.

They help keep your tiles in straight lines and prevent damage from the tiles rubbing against one another. Even if rectified tiles allow you to avoid using grout without having the result look unaligned the materials are still in danger of being chipped or damaged. For most granite and marble tile i install i use either 1 32 or 1 16 inch grout lines. If your tile project is in a.

Grout lines however are important for a few reasons. Grout can become dingy looking quickly making a tile installation look old. If this is a dry wall application such as a kitchen backsplash you may not wish to grout this tiles at all. If this area will be subject to water or moisture you will still need to grout the tiles despite their lack of joint.

Rosemary they aren t meant to be negative comments. If you truly dislike the look of grout however and you plan on installing your tiles in a dry area you may be able to get away without using a grout joint provided you install tiles that have. Diy friendly groutless stone tiles are about 12 per square foot. Something like this picture shown tiles fitting closed to each other not fireplace specific.

Obviously i have never done tile without grout before. I feel that white grout will create an opaqu. I did some research and people said two things about grout. Just advice from professionals who do this for a living.