Question about tile cuts

[B0Z]

I finally started cutting the tile I'm laying down. I wanted to stay about 1/8" from the wall, but find that the mortar layer on the stem wall is so irregular that making bigger gaps will leave me with the working room I need without butchering the edge of the tile with a grinder.

so, questions...

Is this too much gap between the wall and my tile edge? If it is too much, do I have to replace the already cut tile with a tighter fitting cut or is there a substance I have to use? The gap ranges from 1/8" to 3/8".

Obviously my cuts are at the wall, but I'm curious if this is something that gets noticed quickly when seen by the untrained eye. IOW, am I making an aesthetics mistake with this large of a grout line?

Another thing that bugs me is every tile I've cut seems to have a different width that isn't lining up like the rest of the floor. It's... "jaged", as where all the internal tiles are aligned. I may be the only one to ever notice, but it bugs me.

I don't know what I'm doing for the baseboards yet. I bought about 60' of vinyl white cove base when I was planning peel and stick tile, but this vinyl is way too white to be used against the off-white tile.

Tiles are 24x24

 

[MEngineer]

Try baseboard and move on

 

[PelicanPines]

The gap between the tile floor and the wall is NOT a grout line. It's a caulk line. You should not grout between dissimilar materials... you need to caulk them. Grout will crack in a month or two... there...

 

[B0Z]

Try baseboard and move on

Sounds like I'm worrying about **** that doesn't matter.

 

[B0Z]

The gap between the tile floor and the wall is NOT a grout line. It's a caulk line. You should not grout between dissimilar materials... you need to caulk them. Grout will crack in a month or two... there...

Did not know this. Thanks!!!

 

[PelicanPines]

So many people don't care and just grout around bath tubs etc... all of those "connections" between surfaces need to be CAULK. Learned that in my many years managing an apartment building with my dad... he drilled it in my head and he was so right...

I'm pretty sure i will be flamed for posting it but hey... if your old and can't pass along something you have seen over the years... what's the point.

OH and cloth shower curtains are better than plastic...

That's all i have to offer at this time.

 

[ddurrett896]

Caulk any change of plane, even if material is the same.

I had a similar setup in my kitchen against a brick fireplace and continued the baseboard, using PL to glue it in place.