Spread the thin set mortar with a notched trowel to a small area that will allow you to install only a handful.
Tiling on wall with differnt thickness.
Too much lippage can cause an awkward and uneven look in a shower or bath.
For example use a to represent border tiles that are 1 2 inch thick and b to represent the main floor tiles that are 1 4 inch.
Transition between wall tile of different thicknesses.
Lay out the tiles to set up a dry run to get a better picture of where certain tiles will go.
Lippage describes the difference in heights between tile set side by side.
How to lay tiles that are different thicknesses step 1.
What is the best way to transition between them.
Biondanonima zone 7a hudson valley 11 months ago.
You can cut your main field tile with spaces large enough for your insert don t forget the measurement for the grout line around the mosaics.
Your main shower tile is 3 8 thick or thicker and your glass accent tile or mosaic is 5 16 or less with some as thin as 1 8.
Combine that with the fact that larger tiles need more thinset which will give them even more height and you could have a height difference of almost 1 4.
When you re finished you should have two different tiles with different thicknesses installed flush on the same plane.
This allows you to.
Use a code system to indicate the different thickness of tiles.