tiling round a window

[John the tile]

hey all.

i was wondering the correct way to tile the long wall of a bath which has a window in it. the window starts 2 tiles above the bath. how do actually go up and round the window,.

thanks for any advice.

[doug boardley]

I used square edged trim on this one, is this the kind of thing you were looking for?

[John the tile]

wow looks a stunning job, nice tiles.

im using 6 inch ceramics. if you was tiling the bath wall, would you tile across ways and go up or start at one side and go across.. the reason i ask is im just thinking about the window being out of sqaure, and how you would tile round it so the tiles meet exactly at the top.

ta

[doug boardley]

find the centre point of your window cill and work out from there. I always make sure that the tiles/cuts are the same on the right hand side as the left hand side. If the window reveal is out of plumb, always use the narrowest span as your plumb datum to get everything looking true and square. Hope this makes sense!

[deanotile]

PM me your email I have a nice power point that my help you

[brian c]

as Doug says ,the setting out is the vital part to an aesthetically pleasing job.

[grumpygrouter]

wow looks a stunning job, nice tiles.

im using 6 inch ceramics. if you was tiling the bath wall, would you tile across ways and go up or start at one side and go across.. the reason i ask is im just thinking about the window being out of sqaure, and how you would tile round it so the tiles meet exactly at the top.

ta

Did you not do this as part of your training?

[timeless john]

Now I know why they call you Grumpy!
I thought it must have been because you only had 6 mates.

Timeless John.

[doug boardley]

Now I know why they call you Grumpy!
I thought it must have been because you only had 6 mates.

Timeless John.

6 more than me then

[John the tile]

Did you not do this as part of your training?

theres always one!!

the answer to your question is
yes

now the answer to my question is......

the correct setting out.

thanks folks just needed my memory refreshing.

p.s ill PM you deanotile. ta

[doug boardley]

Grumps imo is justified in asking, it's pretty basic stuff, set it out, plumb it, and you can't go wrong

[grumpygrouter]

theres always one!!

the answer to your question is
yes

now the answer to my question is......

the correct setting out.

thanks folks just needed my memory refreshing.

p.s ill PM you deanotile. ta

Wasn't meaning to be coming over as awkward, but it was a fundemantal part of my tiling training and was simply asking if you were actually taught what you were asking, as some courses are better than others.

[grumpygrouter]

Now I know why they call you Grumpy!
I thought it must have been because you only had 6 mates.

Timeless John.

I wish i HAD 6 mates John!!!!

[John the tile]

Grumps imo is justified in asking, it's pretty basic stuff, set it out, plumb it, and you can't go wrong

didnt say he wasnt. i answered him first time rather than answering him with a question like he did for me!

it may be basic stuff but had i have known the answer i would nt of asked the question. ??

like i said just needed refreshing. done a course ages back and ive not done much tiling since, and you dont remmember everything - well not me anyway, too much else going on to remember.

next time ill find out if my question is to basic to ask before i ask it.

[doug boardley]

we're here to voluntarily help, Grumpy is a supermoderator and that means his advice and input within tiling forums is impeccable, he was merely asking a question to determine your ability level. I, on the other hand, am a bit more blunt

[Dave]

didnt say he wasnt. i answered him first time rather than answering him with a question like he did for me!

it may be basic stuff but had i have known the answer i would nt of asked the question. ??

like i said just needed refreshing. done a course ages back and ive not done much tiling since, and you dont remmember everything - well not me anyway, too much else going on to remember.

next time ill find out if my question is to basic to ask before i ask it.

Hiya GD...

Sometimes text can be read differently to what the poster intended and if you are unsure of how it was meant then maybe it be wise to ask what was meant by the remark etc..

I don't think grumpy meant to intenionally upset you or degrade your question and our policy is the only stupid question is one that is not asked....

[John the tile]

All im saying is it MAY have been better for GG to have give some impeccable voluntary advice with regards to the question and then ended his post with HES question to determine my tiling ability.

like you say its voluntary advice so if you dont want to give any then dont. but i dont think its fair to responed to a basic question with "did you not learn this on your training"

its also fair comment as Dave said - what someone writes can be misunderstood when reading it. so as an experienced forum poster responding to a basic question from a newishby then mayby GG should have taken this into account.

Any way i dont want to annoy anyone with me keep responding to this,. lol.

excellent forum good advice all the time.

[grumpygrouter]

All im saying is it MAY have been better for GG to have give some impeccable voluntary advice with regards to the question and then ended his post with HES question to determine my tiling ability.

like you say its voluntary advice so if you dont want to give any then dont. but i dont think its fair to responed to a basic question with "did you not learn this on your training"

its also fair comment as Dave said - what someone writes can be misunderstood when reading it. so as an experienced forum poster responding to a basic question from a newishby then mayby GG should have taken this into account.

Any way i dont want to annoy anyone with me keep responding to this,. lol.

excellent forum good advice all the time.

Golddigger, I was only asking the question to try and find out what your level of knowledge was, maybe I worded my response wrongly I don't know, but all I asked was if you had gone through this on your training. If you had not, then I could have gone into a long winded explanation of how I was taught to do it. If you had been taught how to do it, then the way I was taught may well have conflicted with your training and cause confusion. If you had come back and said yes I went through it sometime a go but I need to refresh my memory then you would have got a more detailed response....to say "there is always one" doesn't exactly fill me with the desire to pass on what I learned through my expensive training. As it is, you seemed to have sorted out your problem, I hope the job has gone well for you with pleasing result. Don't be frightened to ask questions, as Dave says none of them are stupid, but if you get a response like mine, answer it and wait for further info to come your way. I wasn't having a pop, was just trying to feel out your ground.

[deanotile]

hope the pp were of some use to you m8

[John the tile]

hope the pp were of some use to you m8

yes perfect. ta

[timeless john]

Golddigger - I've followed this thread for 2 days now and I know I'am going to make a statement that will not please you.

Why don't you grow up and get in the real world!

I originally read Grumpys post the way I saw it - a blunt but accurate reply which I wish I'd said.
From the 'thanks' I assume that others saw it the same way.
However re-reading it I can see an alternate reply with respect to what is taught in your training and the way Grumpy had intended it to be read.

However your replies only confirm to me that you have no sense of humour and possibly have never or will ever be able to work on a building site.
Petulence is a word which springs to mind in your replies and instead of whingeing I would thank Grumpy for taking the time to explain his position and accept that his input - as ever -is impeccable

Timeless John.

[deanotile]

I am sorry but I am with golddigger on this one. An experienced tiler that comes on and talks rubbish deserves a bashing but a new tiler that is genuinely asking for help come on give a man a chance . So grumpy every thing you was told went straight in and you never had to ask any one for any advice from that day on ?
My mother always said if you have nothing good to say then say nothing.

[grumpygrouter]

I am sorry but I am with golddigger on this one. An experienced tiler that comes on and talks rubbish deserves a bashing but a new tiler that is genuinely asking for help come on give a man a chance . So grumpy every thing you was told went straight in and you never had to ask any one for any advice from that day on ?
My mother always said if you have nothing good to say then say nothing.

Don't know if you have actaully read my responses Deano but all I did was ask an initial question, to which I got a sarcastic reply. I have asked advice on these forums before and yes some of it was to clarify points of my training but in reality my questions have been very few over the last 2 years. All I was trying to establish was whether Golddigger had actually been taught at any stage what to do in the circumstance. You have been on these forums long enough to know that I give lots of advice and I do it within the bounds of my own knowledge and experience, and I give it freely, to even the most fundemantal of questions! I'm not sure why you have now jumped in at the end of the thread to question my responses as it was explained in earlier posts!

[diamondtiling]

I am sorry but I am with golddigger on this one. An experienced tiler that comes on and talks rubbish deserves a bashing but a new tiler that is genuinely asking for help come on give a man a chance . So grumpy every thing you was told went straight in and you never had to ask any one for any advice from that day on ?
My mother always said if you have nothing good to say then say nothing.

Someone got out of the wrong side of the bed.............

I am with John and Doug and GG on this thread,

[timeless john]

Grumpy -I can only apologise if my flippant remark to your post has been taken out of context.
I have often sat here over the last few months reading some good 'laughable' posts and instead of giving a diplomatic response often wished I had said something else. I had obviously mis read your reply to such a thread, to a way I wanted it to read and my little ditty to you has turned a totally appropriate Question into a response that was not your intention - SORRY!.
Although I could have replied to this via a PM, due to earlier posts I feel it is appropriate within the forum to clarify your position as i see it.

Timeless John.

[grumpygrouter]

Grumpy -I can only apologise if my flippant remark to your post has been taken out of context.
I have often sat here over the last few months reading some good 'laughable' posts and instead of giving a diplomatic response often wished I had said something else. I had obviously mis read your reply to such a thread, to a way I wanted it to read and my little ditty to you has turned a totally appropriate Question into a response that was not your intention - SORRY!.
Although I could have replied to this via a PM, due to earlier posts I feel it is appropriate within the forum to clarify your position as i see it.

Timeless John.

Not sure why you think you need to apologise John but thanks anyway. I hadn't taken any offence to any remarks by anybody but isn't it strange how one post taken out of context can open a whole can of worms!!

Lets all try and get the thread back on track and if Golddigger still wants to know how to tile around a window, lets tell him. I am sure everyone has their own tried and tested methods of doing this, maybe it would be interesting to see how everyone actually does it.

[deanotile]

I think you all need to sit back and re read through this thread. If it had ended at Dave’s comment then all good. But now you are all coming off as a bunch of bully boys.
Frankly I find it embarrassing.
Doug and John do you need a wet wipe to get that brown off your nose’s

[Dave]

I appreciate all input lads but most of all, many thanks for keeping it cival...

Gold digger..please continue with this thread if you wish , it's one of those situations that rarely happens and don't let it put you off using the forums...

If anybody has any tips they would like to add for the thread title then please do...

thanks..

[doug boardley]

forum is open discussion dean....oh, no need for the apostrophe on noses, (that is pedantic)

[Dave]

I think you all need to sit back and re read through this thread. If it had ended at Dave’s comment then all good. But now you are all coming off as a bunch of bully boys.
Frankly I find it embarrassing.
Doug and John do you need a wet wipe to get that brown off your nose’s

Thank you deano...we will leave it at that please...