6 X 36 Tile Spacing

We are installing 6 x24 wood look tile in a 15 x12 5 room.

6 x 36 tile spacing.

Kasbah trellis in neutral motif design. Porcelain and ceramic tiles that look like wood have become increasingly popular as digital printing technology has allowed manufacturers to duplicate the look of almost any wood. A tight 1 8 grout space will allow the pattern to flow nicely from one tile to the next. How to choose tile.

How to install tile. Using rectified tile on the floor or the wall with 1 16 spacing and non sanded grout is perfectly fine. If you like smaller grout lines as long as the tile will allow it use them. The room has two doorways.

One miscalculation of your dimensions can ruin a lot of. The uniformity of the material the amount of variation from piece to piece. One leading to an outdoor porch and the other leading to the kitchen. It doesn t seem like much space when it s measured out an 1 8th or 1 16th of an inch at a time but it does add up.

Twelve inch tile twelve inch tiles are a common wall tile featured in shower and tub surrounds and exterior walls. If you re using small format tiles such as those 8 by 8 inches and smaller the tiles may come with built in lugs that make spacers unnecessary if you want a standard look tile installers recommend grout lines of 1 16 inch for walls and 1 8 inch for floors. Patti wagner photo. There is less irregularity with rectified tiles so less spacing is needed between each piece.

Do not be led by tile layers that tell you it can t be done find an installer that knows rectified tile. Find the right grout color for tile with high variation. For regular format tiles between 12 by 12 and 16 by 16 inches you can stay with those measurements or go up to 3 16 depending on the. Nevertheless these two sizes feature relatively small grout joint spacing.

We will be installing the tile on concrete after we remove carpeting. The floor will with stand any load and last a very long time. If you prefer larger use larger. As a general rule do not go larger than 3 16 although under certain circumstances such as some slates and quarry tiles 1 4 is acceptable.

The new style wood imitation plank rectified porcelain tile 6 x36 works great. They have small protrusions called lugs that fit against adjoining tiles and create an automatic space for grout normally 1 32 to 1 16 inch wide. Often getting the tiles to fall out perfectly is as easy as changing the grout spacing. Spacing for 6 and 8 inch tile averages 1 8 inch and rarely exceeds 1 4 inch.

Don t cut too many tiles at once. Small tiles such as the 4 inch by 4 inch style commonly used on bathroom and kitchen walls often are self spacing.