URGENT! need advice TODAY, horizontal staring point (see drawing) - Tile Advice

[Andy Allen]

Are you an engineer?...

 

[Old Mod]

If you're prepared to go to the effort, insert closers in the centre of the wall and you'll have it the way you want

 

[Old Mod]

Reduce each tile with blue line by sufficient amount to loose the amount needed over the window.
So if it just 10mm for example, reduce single tiles by 10mm and double tiles by 5.
Use a rubbing block to tidy the edges.
If you take your time and don't rush, once finished you'll never tell.

 

[Old Mod]

This is what I did here to overcome the very same problem.

 

[jimbob]

Please check your ceiling is level, or at least find the highest point.
One other option is to turn the floor tile up the wall, as a skirting tile, around 100-120mm..Full tiles up from this.

I had thought about doing this with the floor tiles, I'll draw it up now to see how it looks.

 

[jimbob]

Are you an engineer?...

no, not an engineer

 

[jimbob]

This is what I did here to overcome the very same problem.

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This looks very good here, I was really hoping to avoid these little 5&10mm cuts.

 

[jimbob]

If you're prepared to go to the effort, insert closers in the centre of the wall and you'll have it the way you want

What are closers?

 

[Old Mod]

Go back to the post where I posted your plan on the previous page. You'll see dark blue lines drawn on your plan, these tiles can be reduced by 5-10mm or what ever you need to produce a full tile around the window and no small slithers will be required. Besides, you can't put 5-10mm cuts around a window, it'll be wrong on so many levels.

 

[jimbob]

Go back to the post where I posted your plan on the previous page. You'll see dark blue lines drawn on your plan, these tiles can be reduced by 5-10mm or what ever you need to produce a full tile around the window and no small slithers will be required. Besides, you can't put 5-10mm cuts around a window, it'll be wrong on so many levels.

Yes, I've saw this. I think this is the best option so far. I'm also going to draw up an option to see how it looks if I bring the floor tiles up the wall slightly like a 100mm skirting.

Thank you so much for all your help with this. I really appreciate it.

 

[Old Mod]

I still prefer the original set out with a 10mm gap at ceiling.
You can either add a small cove at ceiling line or even just add another layer of plasterboard to the ceiling, both can be done at a later date,
With only 300mm or so over the window head, a double cut can look bitty.
Just my opinion tho.

 

[jimbob]

I still prefer the original set out with a 10mm gap at ceiling.
You can either add a small cove at ceiling line or even just add another layer of plasterboard to the ceiling, both can be done at a later date,
With only 300mm or so over the window head, a double cut can look bitty.
Just my opinion tho.

So, eight full height rows from floor up and small gap at ceiling ? I was thinking of this as well and just put a tile trim around the top. The tiles are matt white and the grout is white the ceiling will be painted white so everything is white so I think a small gap at the ceiling would be fine.

 

[Old Mod]

So, eight full height rows from floor up and small gap at ceiling ? I was thinking of this as well and just put a tile trim around the top. The tiles are matt white and the grout is white the ceiling will be painted white so everything is white so I think a small gap at the ceiling would be fine.

Dunno about fine however if you find you can live with it, then it's perfectly acceptable, it's your home after all.
Good luck with it.

 

[jimbob]

Have drawn up all walls and floor
Would love opinions, comments, ideas etc
What do you think?

 

[jimbob]

Have drawn up all walls and floor
Would love opinions, comments, ideas etc
What do you think?

On the door wall around the edge of the bath there is a 30mm sliver of tile and above the door a 35mm sliver of tile - is there a way I can adjust so these won't be quite so small?

What do you think, are these slivers alright?

Is it a compromise?

In an ideal world I would like nothing smaller than 150mm, a quarter tile

I'm unsure.