How To Install Tile Accent Wall

The mastic doesn t set immediately so its easier to work with.

How to install tile accent wall.

Use this detailed step by step tutorial to help make your diy cement tile accent wall installation both easy and fun. Adding an accent wall to your home can be easy and fun simply by covering it with beautiful flooring. This line serves as your cutting guide to fit tile along the counter. Installing a custom tile accent wall is easier than ever with today s selection of marble slate ceramic porcelain and even prepared glass mosaics and wall tiles.

Since the tile is going on regular drywall not cement board use pre mixed ceramic tile adhesive or mastic instead of thinset. First install the field tile with spacers. The tiles to each side were cut out of scrap and are the exact size as the accent tile and are used as spacers 1. Hold a tile at this spot accounting for a 1 8 inch expansion gap.

Then use a level to extend the line along the work area. The top of the tile follows the level line all the way across for a uniform look image 2. In addition to their beauty and textural impact tile walls are durable and easy to clean. The tile shop has many professionals that love to help answer your diy questions to help you install a tile accent wall.

Mark the wall at the top of the tile. The opinions are all 100 my own. To see where the tile will end at the top of the installation make a jury stick. It s a great upgrade to your home and can add a touch o.

As a reminder here is what our bathroom looked like before. Check out the pink circled area that is the empty wall we turned into a beautiful accent wall. I cut spacers out of scrap tile that is the exact same size as the glass accents so i can install the wall tile first. This post was originally published on september 5 2018 but has since been updated.