Ceiling Tile

abonear

Hi Everyone.

I was'nt to sure where to post this..so If It's wrong I apologize.
I was wondering if anyone has installed ceramic tile on the ceiling.

We have a customer that he wants to tile up. He already has the tile around the bathtub..now he wants to keep going up to the ceiling. We have never done that. We have seen bathrooms that
do have it in magazines but we have never done it. Is it the same as tiling around the tub?

You input is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Alex

Teetorbilt

How old is the original? Will you be able to match it? Match grout? Will he go for a tearout? I'm guessing not. The easiest way is to place a feature band above the existing tile and go up from there. With that you can change everything, tile size, color, grout..........

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abonear

No he has the tile and the grout. It maches because he had bought
all of it together. He never got around to it...or who knows..but now
he wants us to continue going up all the way to the ceiling.

What I'm wondering how does the tile hold up, during the drying time
of the cement.

jproffer

Not trying to be a jacka$$, but which is it? ON the ceiling, or TO the ceiling.

If he wants it ON the ceiling, it can be done but there are alot of extra steps involved. At least there would be if I was doing it (for the record I've done alot of tile on floors and walls but never ON a ceiling, so take or leave my advice with that in mind). I would want to "prop" each tile in place until it was dried, which obviously would involve building several props. They may even have special thinset for inverted installation. I'm interested to see more responses on this.

Some of the tile guys will be along shortly, well maybe...by your title it sounds like normal accoustic ceiling tile, so if you're still able to edit that you may try "ceramic tile on ceiling" or something of that sort. You may also wish to ask a mod to move this to the ceramic forum where it will likely get more replies from the real pros, but I leave that to your discretion.

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dshcontracting

If you use a normal thinset, it will stick right on. We usually use a speed set so we don't have to wait as long. Thinset works a little better on sloped cielings. The suction the mortar or thinset creates holds them really well until they set. Just make sure you use the right notched trowel and get good even coverage. Know how when you stick a floor tile down, it takes a crowbar to let it release from the wet mortar? same thing on the cieling. You're probably thinking it'll be hard because wall tile slide down when wet, but think about it like a suction cup. They are easier to pull off while sliding then straight off. Just like working on a floor, except its above your head, so if you do make a mistake and get poor adhesion, you'll have a booboo on your head.

Dan

Pearce Services

Also cover the tub with plywood, and or canvas drop cloths, one or two may fall out overnight, and you do not want to chip anything.

Also if you try to line up the grout lines, the walls will need to be perfectly 90 degrees to each other or it is impossible without "staircasing", that is why most ceiling installations are on a 45 degree angle to the back wall.

abonear

Yes...sorry...I was not specific...It is Ceramic tile.
Yes we have installed on floors many times. I was
wondering because of gravity..I would think it would
dificult to keep the tiles up.

Do you recommend any paticular thinset over another.
Is there one that drys faster than another ...just in
this paticular case because it is the ceiling.

Thanks in advance for the advise