Brick Bond Setting Out, Daft Question

[mmmadman]

Hi All

Im tiling my small bathroom with 415x300 tiles, brick bond style and have heard that if you are not very carefull in corners when using the remainder of the tile you have just cut, you can loose the brick bond line, if that makes sense...!!! Something to do with thicness of tile plus the addy...!!!

Is it best to treat each wall seperate when tiling but in view of an overall pleasing look regarding corner tile sizes...?

I'm starting tomorrow...!!!

Many thanks...

[diamondtiling]

You have to set it out as best as you can to avoid tiny cuts in the corners but you may still end up with them as you are really setting it out twice and seeing as you cant change what is fixed in the bathroom (windows etc) then a compromise is sometimes inevitable.
You should aim for a wrap around effect, take your time and use a guage if possible, then you will see where the tiles are going to end and start.
Once your first line is on then thats it you are committed so the setting out is crucial.

Good luck and keep asking away.

[enduro]

Nutley 2 017.jpgNutley 2 014.jpgHere is one i have been doing..may give u an idea..Nutley 2 013.jpg

[NETT Darren]

Set out with your gauge on the wall with the most problems on it, and start there, mark your gauge rod with both width joints ie row A and B on the same side to see how the tiles will fall, then when you wrap onto the wall with the least problems means less trouble to run into.
The setting out of the hights is the same, only the width differes from a normal job
This might give you a better idea
Regards
Darren

[devonmark]

a question is not daft if you don't know the answer.

[mmmadman]

Many thanks so far chaps, the trouble is I'm such a perfectionist & worry too much about getting it right...!!!

I'm an engineer & its just inbuilt to be so accurate, as my joiner mate says "its not a piano lid" I'm afraid to me everything is...lol...

Cheers...

[TF Ed]

here's some more tips mmmaddman

i wrote this on a similar thread a while back....

Re: best way to tile brick bond

i have a few tips for brickbond tiling..

1.wrap around as dom says where it allows and lose any breaks in pattern at doorways or where spashbacks meet the fridge etc.....in other words, set out for the priority walls/feature and then work into an area that will be less noticable .

2. i always open a box of tiles and measure the middle of a stack of tiles and run a pencil line right through the tiles so the pencil mark hits ths center edge of the tiles...makes it easier to line up when fixing...(keep the tiles square when doing this tho!!)

3. sometimes you need to center a wall with brickbond because wrapping around doesnt always work out, but aim for a balance regarding the cuts and it wont be as noticable

4. remember brickbond works perfect with bricks and blocks because walls work to a full and half brick when being constructed BUT tiles comes in different sizes to the bricks so its not always possible to achieve the same result regarding lay outs!

5. some people lay in a pyramid format starting from the center line working out wards and then fix their cuts or some like to work one row at a time and fix cuts at each end as they go..

6. tradetiler sells t-shaped spacers if you prefer to use them, its your choice.

ed

[NETT Darren]

Be carefull with lipping as the row above can lie awkward if your walls are not flat, especially with 600 x 300s

[diamondtiling]

Be careful with lipping as the row above can lie awkwardly if your walls are not flat, especially with 600 x 300s

Its usually a compromise with those tiles anyway, they are nearly always bowed especially porcelain.

[enduro]

The ones in my photo were a nightmare to fix due to uneven walls...also customer wanted grey grout so line had to be spot on...wall tils 001.jpg

[Bri]

Its usually a compromise with those tiles anyway, they are nearly always bowed especially porcelain.

Having this issue at the moment! But the customer is adament he wants brick bond. I find a bigger spacer helps as the grout allows a bit of extra play and compensates for any bowing