A batten board is nothing more than a 1 x4 or 1 x2 board screwed directly into the wall horizontally.
How to fit large wall tiles.
Tcna also recommends full coverage on the back of the tile.
A batten board helps you start your bottom most course or row of tiles.
When installing large format tile there must be at least 90 mortar contact and a minimum grout joint of 3 16.
Large format tile installation requires particular attention to proper substrate preparation grout joint sizing trowel selection and mortar coverage.
Don t take any risks and always use the floating and buttering method when installing large format tiles.
Don t start it at the floor.
To help you work out where to place your tiles make a tiling gauge from a piece of.
To prepare the walls repair any large holes with plaster filler and brush on a coat of plaster.
Large heavy wall tiles are a challenge to hang because the weight of tiles makes them prone to slip off the wall.
Assuring the tiles are level.
Tcna recommends medium bed mortars for large format floor installs.
But in reality floors often aren t level which means that approach would make your whole tile grid off level.
Place the lower edge on the spacer and rotate the tile into position.
Press the tile against the wall and slide it up in down a little to ensure all the ridges are fully collapsed.
Check the laying substrate has no cracks it is homogeneous and mature totally clean and flat.
Estimate the number of tiles.
The recommended adhesive is c2te s1 and it must be spread.
The cap now slides over the spacer and then the evolver tool is used to tighten down the cap.
Large format tile must be installed on a level substrate.
Instead bring it up to about 3 4 of the height of your tiles.
Maximum deviation from flatness of 1mm per 2.
First apply the adhesive onto the back of the slab with a 3mm tile trowel.