ᐅ Tiling over expansion joints

Created on: 27 Jun 2019 07:40
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lasa64
Hello everyone,
wood-look tiles will be installed in the open kitchen, living, and dining area on the ground floor. There are two expansion joints throughout the entire ground floor. How would you handle this? Is an uncoupling membrane necessary, or should the tiles at the joints be connected with silicone? I would appreciate your feedback.
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hemali2003
28 Jun 2019 09:43
Mottenhausen schrieb:

Thanks for the photo. It really looks completely undramatic, I expected it to be worse. So, it will probably look like this in our place as well: the transition from hallway to living room will have this appearance. Should be OK!

I think it’s important that the pattern is continued exactly. In the light, it looks even less noticeable, I just thought...
lasa64 schrieb:

Thanks for the many responses.

In which direction would you lay the wood-look tiles on the ground floor? What looks better?

I would also go with horizontal. I almost always find it more attractive... We have a very wide living room and still went with horizontal; it somehow just felt more right to me.
I find it odd when you look along a long joint right when you enter...
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lasa64
28 Jun 2019 09:46
Thank you all! By the way, the expansion joints are also horizontal.