Hiding tile half cuts, please help, tiler coming in 2 days!
Hello lovely Houzzers. I have a real dilemma, how best to lay out my tiles?! They are 60 by 30 but as you can see I am left with a small gap either side. I am not sure whether to lay them out as I have on the wall or lay them out as I have for the bath panel leaving a larger tile on the left hand side. Should I also put a full tile where the shower will be and the off cut in the corner or cut down 2 full tiles? Any advice would be so welcome as I am beginning to regret the size of tile I have chosen but it is too late now!
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Comments (16)I really like the wall tiles, so let's start with the good bit. The floor could have been better as it competes with the wall, and I think you could have chosen a better tile, also, ones the same size as the tiles on the walls so that the grout lines could have married up. It's unlikely the floor could have been laid better as no rooms are square and you would have had cuts getting bigger on one of the walls, it's a shame that it happens to be the wall that you see the most of. ( If that's what you think is wrong with it. I agree the finish isn't great and the biggest problem I feel is the shower tray and terrible mastic around it. I would hide more of the floor by putting in a larger, lower profile tray end to end to make it look a lot more up market. It will take your eye away from the size of the floor tiles too, as there won't be so many of them. I would also paint the door as it just doesn't look right in white. If I were going to all that trouble, with the tray, then I would take up the floor tiles and use the wall tiles for the floor too. You could keep the glass the same size but definitely improve the tray. Here's one i've just finished....See More
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6 years agoCarolina
6 years agominnie101
6 years agoA couple of images which may help you visualise if you don't like the brick pattern. What height is the bath panel?
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tezz4
6 years agoYou could have the metal strips inserted at specific intervals in between rows of tile just to break the sameness.
design novice thanked tezz4Jonathan
6 years agoAlthough decorative I like the strips to sharpen up corners...... you don't tend to see this in bathroom showrooms because their displays are simple where most homes are not but I think it makes the bathroom look a lot more expensive because you don't see the edge of the tile on an outward facing corner
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6 years agoJonathan thanks so much for showing me where you meant, I like the way you can do that to the pictures! Thank you also to tezz4 for your tip as well. The tiler came yesterday and said that he could not put a strip all the way along from the bath panel to the back wall due to the way the bath frame had been constructed and for the tiles to fit flush. He said it would have to end at the end of the bath which I think wouldn't look very good. He said my only option was to build it out so I have a lip of tile going round the outside. I saw a design like this in Porcelonosa and am now wondering whether to get the carpenter back to alter the whole frame and try and replicate this.....
Kazza None
6 years agoWe've got the same tiles as you so I just looked how ours were laid out. They are cut top and bottom, the two middle tiles on the middle row are centred, with cut tiles top and bottom. Hope you can see from the photo.
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