How To Herringbone Tile Wall

Herringbone tile design on a wall.

How to herringbone tile wall.

Quick video on how to cut and install herringbone sheet ceramic tile for a kitchen backsplash. Place another board or a level or some other straight edge against the first piece of wood and use it to draw a line along the first board. We are working with a white herringbone mosaic ceramic wall ti. Line up the corner of the first tile with the halfway mark and stick the tile to the wall.

Stick it onto the wall and give it a little wiggle to make sure it s sticking. Measure the length of the wall and mark the halfway point. This gives you your angle. Start by holding a piece in position with the bottom point edge against the edge wall in this case.

Use your spacers to make sure the tile is level adjust if necessary. After each vertical row you can continue the process again working outward until the entire room is complete. The first step in laying a herringbone pattern is to find the center point of the wall. The key to tiling it is to make sure the start is absolutely perfectly flat and then the first rows of tiles have to be fitted with exactly the same spaces every gap between every tile has to be 3 mm because if its not then as the tile design progresses the gaps will get either bigger or smaller depending on the error and if that s not picked up quickly the tiles will have to be taken off and start again fortunately that didn t happen here which i guess.

Then put the second tile in place putting spacers in between them. Watch our step by step video showing how to tile a herringbone effect wall with expert advice and top tips to help you complete the job with confidence. To make sure the tiles are bedded in give them a push and slight wiggle to help the mastic stick. As expected ours were 45 degree cuts.

How to lay herringbone pattern tile. Layer each herringbone plank one by one from the top of the wall to the bottom. Continue laying full tiles until you need to cut some more tiles.