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    when installing ceramic tile do I install the wall tiles or floor tiles first.

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    Wall tiles.

    bent_ino

    False. By installing the wall tiles first water running down the wall can penetrate to the underlying costructions
    Dardaigh

    It is not iron clad.

    Did they say it was in the shower? No.

    As long as you have your cuts done evenly, to me it's better to do the walls first, because you're not walking on freshly tiled/grouted floors.

    I just rechecked a couple of sites and they say the same thing.


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