View Full Version : When tiling floors and walls should you grout your floor before you tile your walls?
JackOfFewTrades
Mar 4, 2012, 06:44 PM
If the grouts are different colors?
ballengerb1
Mar 4, 2012, 07:21 PM
Do the walls first and let it cure before doing the floor. If your wall grout is cured you will have no trouble wiping off any excess floor grout that might get on the wall.
JackOfFewTrades
Mar 5, 2012, 06:01 AM
That's great, but the question is should I gout the floor before I even start to stick tiles to the wall? Also is it necessary to back butter a 13 x 13 tile if it is going on the wall?
ma0641
Mar 6, 2012, 09:44 PM
Always test a tile before placing another. Put on the thinset.as indicated and then press on a tile. Remove the tile and if the thinset looks good on the back, proceed. No need to backbutter if pattern looks good