Layout help please (picture included)

[petey]

Hi.

I'm soon to start work tiling my tiny bathroom and would like some advice on setting out. I'm only tiling where the shower-bath is to go, so very little tiling and I am also lucky because the room dimensions are almost exact multiple of a tile so wont have to cut any etc.

Tiles are 200 x 400, one wall in light creamy grey, the other in darker grey, with a border line of long mosaics in a similar dark grey. (They're all from the same range so they do work together well). I've attached a drawing of the proposed lay-out but have a couple of Qs.


1) How many rows of normal tiles should I have above the bath before I run the mosaics around? Two normal rows first, as in drawing, or just one?

2) Should the light grey wall have the tiles stacked up in vertical rows (as in drawing) or should I arrange them in stretcher-bond fashion?

3) As the darker wall is smaller, would it look weird just having two tiles in vertical rows? Should I arrange that in a stretcher-bond format ? Would this help tie it in to the border mosaics - which are all random stretcher-bond mini-tiles ( see drawing)


Many thanks for any tips.

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

mate you can do what you want theres no rules!!!

[mikethetile]

that looks ok to me

[doug boardley]

if I had to alter it, I'd make the cut to the bath top a little narrower so it matches the ceiling cut, otherwise looks good mate

[Rich]

As above Petey, there is no right or wrong with this one, it is totally down to how you want the room to look. As long as you avoid small cuts where you can and take the time to make a good job of it, it will look great

[michaelb4348]

Noticed you said they wont have to be cut as they measure ok for full tiles. Just be careful the walls dont run out or you may be left with gaps if it does.

[garretridge]

looks good but walls are never true so you probably will have cut tiles at either end of the wall space them with half a tile or more if possible!

[Dave]

Have you allowed for grout joints..?

I would leave the cut at the top..not that small and better to have a nice tile at the bath .

[jamie B]

Have you allowed for grout joints..?

I would leave the cut at the top..not that small and better to have a nice tile at the bath .

agree..always go for whole tile out of the bath where possible.

[Phil Hobson]

agree..always go for whole tile out of the bath where possible.

I agree Jamie, but a lot of plumbers I follow, keep their levels in the freezer over night to keep the bubble in the middle

[jamie B]

yeah..that's so true..last big site I did I ended up contra charging for leveling pretty much every bath!

[Rich]

I agree Jamie, but a lot of plumbers I follow, keep their levels in the freezer over night to keep the bubble in the middle

I like that

[Scott]

I tend to put the border at hip height, too high and it can make the room feel as of the ceiling is too low.

Full tile of the bath for me always, i put my own baths is as my level wont fit in the freezer

[whitebeam]

What about some baths that have there own run off even if the bath is level

[Scott]

What about some baths that have there own run off even if the bath is level

Dunno i dont fit them

But if i did that could be your problem