Floor Tiling

[rjp2009]

Hello There,

I am after some professional advice if possible.

I am tiling the floor in my hallway, I wanted to follow the grout line of the bathroom (that leads from the hall). I managed to track down the same tiles. My question is what is the best way to ensure I get a straight grout line down the hallway to run the tiles down ? I hope this makes sense.

I have tiled many times before but I wanted to ask the professionals...

Thanks in advance.

Phil

[garythetiler]

find the centre of the hallway width wise at the far end of the hallway then find the centre of the hall waywidth wise at the near end then use a chalk line and snap a line between these points you may then use rafter square from this line to line through into the joints in your bathroom this will give you a good starting point remember to use a decent adhesive and back spread your tiles
hope this helps

[Alan.P]

Hi Phil, welcome to the forum. If I've understood you correctly it shouldn't be to hard, what you need to check is that the bathroom is square to the hall so that the tiling continuing out of the bathroom down the hall doesn't run off. What I would do is make sure you have a clean edge to the tile coming out of the bathroom, lay 2 or 3 new tiles ( depending on size ) tight against the existing tile then lay a straight edge down the last tile pointing down the hall, does that make sense ? You can now measure a couple of points to see if the tiles are going to run 'straight' or if you will have to adjust the angle so that they do, also, try and work out your cuts to see if your going to end up with a nice finish or whether continuing on from the bathroom is going to cause problems.

Hope that helps a little, sorry for being long winded.

[garretridge]

i would agree to snap a chalk line down the middle of the grout line then i would dry lay them to your front door making sure you have good cuts at every side if you spray the chalk line with hairspray it wont rub off easily hope we have helped!