brick effect

[Alan Davies]

just measured up for a bathroom job 21m2 (walls), customer wants tiles brick effect, i have never done this before so would appreciate any tips or advice. tiles are 330 x 250

cheers

[DB-Tiling]

just as any other job. mark your centers of wall and work from there. when going around a corner try to make them look as though its rapping around. look at some pics in the gallery for pointers.

[Fred]

I like to keep a half cut from the first cuts to use as a measure for the next row of tiles. You can also mark a second line as a half tile to keep things all lined up.

[Dan]

I'd still make a guage staff and mark the heights and widths, maybe marking a smaller mark on the staff where a half tile falls.

Assuming you're ok setting out on walls there shouldn't be much more time consumed setting out in brick fashion.

[brummie tiler]

agree with dan, once your used to setting out brick bond its no more time consuming than normal really, I only charge a tiny bit more for this

[Varley]

Can be a little daunting your first time but once you start you'll soon realise there is little more work involved.

[Dave]

[Alan Davies]

thanks for the the advice guys.

[grumpygrouter]

Only thing Iwould add is that walls need to be pretty flat otherwise tiles can kick out and it is not so easy to hide in brick bond.

Grumpy

[tysfoot]

and how much would you chrage labour only for 21sm of brick effect walls

[scottish tiler]

420/450 if its pretty plain nice days work then go bk and grout

[grumpygrouter]

Originally Posted by scottish tiler

420/450 if its pretty plain nice days work then go bk and grout

I must be doing something wrong. There is no way I could fix 21m2 of tiles in a day, unless it was something like a straight 5mx4m rectangle with no cuts! Do you have a helper or something?

Grumpy