When installing the tiles around windows make sure you first secure the tile corner trim in thinset.
Tiling a wall with a window.
So if you re dealing with four inch tiles your batten board would start three inches off the floor.
In order to tile around a window you have to spread thin set on the wall by using a notched trowel.
What you need pry bar drill handsaw margin trowel notched trowel grout float wide putty knife caulking gun bucket sponge.
Then measure around the window as to cut the tiles with a score and snap cutter or a wet saw to fit into location.
Lay out a line of tiles with space between them then line up the batten edge with that of your first tile.
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Don t start it at the floor.
Mark each tile and gaps on the rod with a pencil and number them.
We recommend using a 50mm x 25mm piece of wood although any will do with a length of around 1 8m depending on the size of your wall.
A batten board is nothing more than a 1 x4 or 1 x2 board screwed directly into the wall horizontally.
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