Tile skirting boards are simply skirting boards that are made entirely of tiles. They can add character to your room with an existing tiled floor and, unlike wooden skirting boards, which need to be nailed down and painted or varnished for the final finish; tile skirting boards are simply glued to the bottom of the wall.
To get a good mix of size and pattern for your tile baseboards, the easiest way is to use tiles exactly the same as the ones you laid earlier, so if you decide to do so, buy enough to cover the perimeter of your wall in the first stage. Stages of pavement preparation. If you take a 12-inch floor tile, for example, to get a baseboard with an average height of 4 inches, you simply need to cut the tile into three equal sections.
Because these are straight cuts, using a ceramic tile breaker would be ideal for the job, provided of course you are working with ceramic tile. The other best option would be the electric wet tile saw, but this would certainly take more time to prepare the cuts, as well as give you irregular-width cuts. If you use this method, offset the width of the wet tile saw blade. It will remove anything between an extra 1/16″ and 1/8″ of an extra inch from the completely cut tile, and can make your pieces irregular sizes.
To calculate the number of tiles you need for your baseboards if you’re using the same style of floor tile, simply count the number of tiles you have along each wall, add the total, then divide by three to get your number. When attaching them to the wall, be sure to keep the floor’s grout lines continuous by projecting them up into the tile baseboards. If you do it the other way by placing a tile skirting directly over where a grout line ends, then you’ll have something that looks very strange. Match each skirting tile in line with each floor tile.
To stick them to the wall, the best I can find to use is an all-purpose construction adhesive product known as PL Premium. It’s about $5 bucks for an applicator tube suitable for use with cocking guns, and it’s a fantastic glue to work with that will pretty much instantly glue anything to anything. That includes your fingers, so apply and use with care. This brand may not be available in your region or country, but there are bound to be alternatives and your local hardware store will soon be pointing you in the right direction with advice.
A couple of other options for adhering tile skirting to a wall are regular silicone or ceramic tile adhesive. Normal hammering does not actually have very good adhesive properties and the tiles may have a tendency to slip. However, pre-mixed ceramic tile adhesive works well for wallcovering applications, which tile baseboards are really good for, but as long as it never comes in contact with water.
To apply this, simply take a V-notched trowel and “butter” the adhesive onto the tile, spreading it evenly and then setting it in place. However, it can be a lot more complicated than just spraying a line of construction adhesive with a hammer gun, but it’s still very effective for successfully bonding wall tiles nonetheless.