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<p>[QUOTE="DD0716, post: 224471, member: 4339"]Thank you! Very easy to put up using cove base glue. The tiles that have a lot of depth to them, like the red and gold ones, don't flex like the ones I have in the other rooms, so they only need to have the glue applied the central 12 inch area or so, the edges stay flush overlapping each other because that style is more rigid. This is a huge time saver, not having to glue around the edges, which no matter how carefully you glue and apply, once applied and pushed down into place, the glue can ride up and over past your seem, requiring having to stop and thoroughly clean the glue off of the channel between the tiles.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only application snag with these tiles is that the greater the depth, the deeper the relief of the pattern, the more you'll be able to see "behind" and into the edges of cut pieces, not so critical at wall and ceiling corners, but a problem around doorways and windows. So my solution was to add molding to the original Victorian molding already around the doors and windows, but mounted in reverse so the tile edges "disappear" into that molding and you can't see into the edge and the wall behind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DD0716, post: 224471, member: 4339"]Thank you! Very easy to put up using cove base glue. The tiles that have a lot of depth to them, like the red and gold ones, don't flex like the ones I have in the other rooms, so they only need to have the glue applied the central 12 inch area or so, the edges stay flush overlapping each other because that style is more rigid. This is a huge time saver, not having to glue around the edges, which no matter how carefully you glue and apply, once applied and pushed down into place, the glue can ride up and over past your seem, requiring having to stop and thoroughly clean the glue off of the channel between the tiles. The only application snag with these tiles is that the greater the depth, the deeper the relief of the pattern, the more you'll be able to see "behind" and into the edges of cut pieces, not so critical at wall and ceiling corners, but a problem around doorways and windows. So my solution was to add molding to the original Victorian molding already around the doors and windows, but mounted in reverse so the tile edges "disappear" into that molding and you can't see into the edge and the wall behind.[/QUOTE]
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