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LED Glass Tiles - DIY

May 5th, 2008

A lot of people have been posting projects about ambient orbs or LED night lights.  I wanted to try something a bit different with LED lights.  I’ve been doing some renovations in our ensuite bathroom and decided to test out an LED strip behind the glass tiles.

Some people may ask why… I’ve asked myself that a number of times.  Bottom line is because I wanted to see what it would look like.  Like a proof of concept, in case I wanted to do something like this when I start renovations on the main bathroom.

To sum it up, if you have to ask why then I don’t have a reason that would make sense to you! 

Step 1 - Prepare the area

• Finish tiling up to where you want the glass tiles to go

• Punch a small hole in the wall for the LED strip to come through
• Use a metal coat hanger to pull LED strip from under the sink.  I used the hole where the water drains as the access hole below.

• Put your tile adhesive on the wall

Step 2 - Place the LED Strip

• Place the LED strip (remember to center it!!)
• I actually put more adhesive over the LED strip, just wiping the area where the individual LED lights are located.  This would likely help in keeping the tiles glued in place.

 

Step 3 - Place Glass Tiles over LED strip

• Place glass tiles as you normally would, ensuring it’s pressed firmly into the adhesive to ensure a solid grip.

Step 4 - Check out the bathroom bling!

The glass tiles should now look completely normal, you shouldn’t be able to see the LED strip unless your glass tiles are quite transparent.  In my case there’s really no way of telling once the grout goes in.

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