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Hi. Calling all experienced Victorian floor fixers and anyone who has come accross this situation before.

I am trying to work out a layout for the Gosford/Donard tiles from Armatile. these are on a mesh, panels 285x285, borders 285 x 93 and 93x93 corners and plain tiles.

This room goes into a point at one end and I was thinking that mitring the borders to the corner and putting a small closer in to keep it symmetrical would be the best way to go. But this will be an absolute nightmare to get the angles for the mitre cuts. Although I think it looks better this way, I really feel bad for the guy who needs to fit it. So now wondering if just I stay square down the main length of the hall with the panels and do the triangular section just in the red plain tiles but might look a bit naff with a big sea of red in the corner.

Any advice?

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Maybe this will explain it better?

Option A
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or Option B
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Which is right, or is there an option C, D, E....... that I'm missing?
 
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Its a hallway. I haven't put the doors in. But as you look at the picture, there are 3 door. On the bottom wall on the far right.... The right wall is the staircase.... The bottom half of the left wall is the main front door..... And the wall at the stoooopid angle also has a door leading to a side room.

If you don't get it, I'll draw you another piccy :)
 
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Is it only the width of the staircase then?
Traditionally the border disappears under the staircase.
 
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I think often what is being done with the triangular area will determine if A or B are right.

Back in the day I used to do these floors and sometimes you'd come across odd shaped hallways that had been created by a century of modifications and extensions. You could often get lost slavishly following the returns of irregular doorways and end up with something overly complicated and untidy.

Eventually I decided that the pattern should have the appearance of a "rug" or "runner" balanced nicely in the space, with the plain border tiles neatly covering making up discrepancies.

Ask the client what they do with the odd shape triangle, if it's a dumping ground for shoes or stuff and is almost completely hidden all the time then pattern B might be more appropriate.

Quite often with these floors there's no right or wrong just different ways of doing the same thing.
 

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I would agree with Alan that it depends on its usage but if the space was to be seen it in my opinion needs pattern, a large area of infill for me just says "I couldn't be bothered"
 
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A for me. Are you tile this, Paul ?
No chance. Not ready for that undertaking yet. But when planning this kinda stuff, i have it in my mind what the tiler will need to do. But with the angles and mitres i understand that it would be "almost" impossible to get it 100% accurate as a CAD design. I just don't want to plan something that can't physically be achieved.
 

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