Drywall – How to make the surfaces of tile and drywall flush

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I am doing my bathrooms up.

I have tiled up halfway up the wall. I then wanted the tiles to be flush with the wall.

The tilers have suggested;

  • putting a 10mm mdf board (the thickness of the tile) above the tile and painting that. I'm really not a fan of this because i don't believe it will give me the proper finish i am looking for (see the 2nd screenshot)

  • the tiler who finished the finished bathroom said he glued a board 10-15 mm above the tiles. I imagined he then skimmed it and filled in the 10-15mm gap with something, not sure what….

The reason my guys want to use a board and paint that is that the skimming/bonding will make an incredible mess in the bathroom

I need a professionals opinion on how to finish this without a headache in the short term future.

finished look

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Best Answer

Tile and drywall is not supposed to be flush. Yours looks a little off because you have not put a row of bullnose tile to round into the drywall.