A batten board is nothing more than a 1 x4 or 1 x2 board screwed directly into the wall horizontally.
Tiling a wall from top to bottom.
Theoretically tiles to be laid from top to bottom but practically it becomes impossible due to above reason.
Next apply the grout to the tile working from the bottom of the section upwards and holding the float at an angle of about 45 degrees.
Begin by scooping up a load of grout onto the grout float using one end of the float.
When you install ceramic tile on the floor you must take care to create an expansion joint between the walls and the tiled floor.
The tile council of north america recommends at least a quarter inch gap between the tile floor and the walls.
In this case draw a vertical line dead centre of the wall and work in both directions from there.
On standard three by five shower the back wall we always start center and bottom to top so we have equal cuts in the corner then side walls we start front to back bottom to top so you also have equal cut in corner the combined corner cuts are usally just over a full tile looks great.
Do not cover the entire float with grout.
Sweep diagonally across the tile forcing the grout into the joints.
I have used this method it worked for me.
If you are using ppc cement mortar then do not do it because ppc cement mortar takes much more time to set and chances of slipping of tiles becomes more.
Scoop out a golf ball sized amount of adhesive onto a notched trowel and spread enough adhesive in a thin layer over the wall to hang 2 3 tiles at a time.
If you re only part tiling a wall a top horizontal row full of whole tiles makes for a much cleaner finish so we think it s really worth investing some time to get it right.
There is chances of slipping of tiles from top to lower.
Im not a tiler.
If your wall isn t an exact multiple of the width of a tile plus grout line start between one quarter to one half of a tile to the left or right of this line.
Start applying the adhesive in a bottom corner about 1 tile length away from the bottom and side of the wall leaving space for the edge tiles.
Step 1 use a gauge rod to work out the position of the lowest horizontal row then mark the top row s position on the wall.
Don t start it at the floor.
Instead bring it up to about 3 4 of the height of your tiles.