Gap Between Wall Tile And Ceiling

All it takes is a quick patching job with fiberglass mesh tape.

Gap between wall tile and ceiling.

When the ceiling changes height across the length of a wall a gap between wall and ceiling can result. When i put the inside the shower last tile on there was only 1 16 to 1 8th inch gap. Caulking is the best choice for this application. Alan the floor of your shower looks great but it agree that there seems to be too much of a gap between the wall tiles.

There is a slight gap between the tiles on the wall and the ceiling. So now there is a varying gap 0 to 1 4 between the top of the tiled wall and the ceiling. Acoustic tiles and composite panel boards are two others. Covering this gap isn t a difficult process.

Never fill this gap with grout because tile grout is not flexible. Photos attached hopefully i think they re upside down but what you re looking at is the corner where the tiling is on one wall and that wall meets a plastered wall and a plastered ceiling. In all cases covering the seams between. You can then proceed with normal joint taping techniques using drywall joint compound which drywall professionals refer to as mud.

The only place that the gap gets any larger is on the one outside wall. The tile council of north america recommends at least a quarter inch gap between the tile floor and the walls. Instead fill it with an elastic material capable of sustaining the movement of the floor and the movement of the wall. Maybe it will look better once it s grouted but right now my eye focuses on the gaps and not the beautiful stone.

The tile is level the ceiling is not.