Tiling Bathroom - what wall first? - TilersForums.co.uk | Tile Forums

Quarkrad · 23-05-2008

Apologies if this has come up before - about to tile bathroom, having just tilied floor. I have worked out where tiles will go including around window - jave primed walls and ready to go. Understand battens (horiz and vert) go up in lower corner and tiles laid in horizontal walls bottom to top. Question is: do I do one wall complete and go around the room or is it advisable to work on all 4 walls at the same time? What I mean is - one could go around all 4 walls on a horizonal base line so it all matches and then work up vertically. Not sure what professional tilers do. I'm guessing you complete one wall and then go around the room having drawn out a horizonal base line. One last question - assume you always tile bottom up. Read somewhere that you start 1m up from the floor but cannot see how you stop tiles slipping down. (I'm using quick setting, 3 hr, powder adhesive). Regards.

**Fekin** · 23-05-2008

I normally start with either the window wall or bath side wall, get one fully done and onto the next, never all 4 at once.

I used to batton every job, but now I hardly ever use them, just tile from my datum line, down to the floor, then the next line, down to the floor and so on.

Doing it this way come with experiance really, being able to tile quickly etc.

kilty55 · 23-05-2008

hi all im doing exactly the same job and its my 1st job

ive just done my floor and am going to start on the bath wall 1st as i need to box in the bath as well,,so is it correct id baton the back wall of bath leavin my cuts to the bottom of baton then completing whole wall tiling up the way to where the trim is going to be and then start the next wall off that one by batoning it and tiling up the way to the trim line again all the way around? cheers for any info

DB-Tiling · 23-05-2008

alot of floors being done first. you will be ticked off if you drop anything on them. i know i would be.

kilty55 · 23-05-2008

would you advise against doing the floor first?

**Fekin** · 23-05-2008

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Originally Posted by kilty55

would you advise against doing the floor first?

Always.

Just stops accidents happening if a tile slips and drops onto the newly laid flooring.

kilty55 · 23-05-2008

ok good point,can you help me with the wall advice at all? cheeers

**Fekin** · 23-05-2008

Yeah, batton where the last cut tiles going to go to the bath and tile upwards from that to the top, well I did the full row along the batton then the next and so on till the whole walls tiled, then batton the next wall and keep going round the room.

kilty55 · 23-05-2008

cheers for the advice its much appreciated mate

**Fekin** · 23-05-2008

No problem

ophlyne · 26-05-2008

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Originally Posted by Fekin

Always.

Just stops accidents happening if a tile slips and drops onto the newly laid flooring.

Really? Do you guys do the whole wall first and then floors? or leave out the bottom row on the wall and cut in to the floor after the floor is tiled? I'm pretty sure that Australian Standards say that floors have to be done first.

**grumpygrouter** · 26-05-2008

Hi quarkrad. Welcome.
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Originally Posted by ophlyne

Really? Do you guys do the whole wall first and then floors? or leave out the bottom row on the wall and cut in to the floor after the floor is tiled? I'm pretty sure that Australian Standards say that floors have to be done first.

Yes that is pretty normal for contributors on here. Some leave out the bottom row and finish later when the floor is done. Personally I don't.