Including 12 24 s 16 16 s 18 18 s 12 12 marble and granite and the popular 6 24 porcelain plank tiles.
What size trowel for 12x24 floor tile.
Hello we are planning to tile with large 12 x 24 porcelain tile and i ve asked a couple of questions here before.
What size trowel for 12 24 floor tile.
A finished installation requires a minimum of 3 32 beneath the finished installation aiming for a 1 8 minimum makes it easier to calculate the proper tile trowel size.
Tile trowels come in many shapes and sizes generally starting out from a 3 16 v notch up to the 1 2 square notch.
The most common recommended trowel for this seems to be 1 2 x 1 2 square notch trowel but my test pieces show i am easily getting 100 coverage with a 1 4 x 3 8.
Including 12 24 s 16 16 s 18 18 s 12 12 marble and granite and the popular 6 24 porcelain plank tiles.
I use this trowel size for any large format tiles.
1 2 x 1 2 square notch.
1 2 x 1 2 square notch.
15 inches and larger.
Calculating the warpage cupping of the tile and substrate or visual inspection.
15 inches and larger.
15 inches and larger.
6 x 6 x 6 mm for thin set application of tiles with all sides smaller than 15 38 cm 75 to 90 sq ft.
Including 12 24 s 16 16 s 18 18 s 12 12 marble and granite and the popular 6 24 porcelain plank tiles.
One of the most frequent questions i get asked is what size and type of trowel should i use for what size trowel for 12 24 wall tile nov 07 2009 12 24 porcelain tile tile forum advice board.
There are two basic ways to determine which size of trowel to use.
With your 12 24 tiles you should use a 1 2 notched trowel on the wall and back butter each tile but just with a skim coat.
4 5 x 6 mm for applying mosaics or small tiles up to 4 10 cm 150 o t 175 sq t f 13 9 to 16 3 m 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 x 1 4 x 1 4 in.
I am setting 12 24 porcelain tile on a shower s walls and ceiling.
1 2 x 1 2 square notch.