Help!: Floor Tiling Preperation

[kevg]

Not long now till my new build is finished completely so I can finally move in. Until then I have been going around the show homes in a few different area's looking at some of the floor tiles that have been used in the various different sizes of rooms.

Nearly every room I went into didnt seem to be centered to me. I thought the rule of floor tiling was to get the center of the room then tile ? I have left a pic to show what I mean (center of room and one off center like the show homes) Sorry for the crudness of my diagram.

e.g.

bathrooms.jpg

Which one is correct ? The Left (centered) or the Right (off center) ?

[kevg]

Sorry that pic was supposed to be a bathroom lol.

[deanotile]

try centering from the bath to the wall

[kevg]

try centering from the bath to the wall

Ah ok, so the center line should be from the left wall to the bath ? like so ?

bathroom2a.jpg

[deanotile]

if it woks out then that is good. centering is a best case signori but if it doesn't work then you can adjust until you have a happy medium

[timeless john]

I like the off centre plan!

If it gives you a full tile to the left wall, a full tile to the bath side, and a cut over 3 tiles behind the basin - that's aesthetically more pleasing to the eye for me.

If it's not full tiles or your walls are not straight - go for the centre line with big cuts everywhere.

[kevg]

Ok, so center line is not a hard and fast rule. Just what is more pleasing on the eye ? I assume you would lay out most of your tiles then before starting just to see what it looks like ?

[ifindoubtgrout]

me i would use the off center one, avioding the small cuts, its your main focal point between wall and bath

[timeless john]

If it's a seperate room (not leading off to another) treat as one off and for me its 'what looks best' up to a point.
Are you follwing any wall tiling grout lines, will it leave slithers of tiles in viewable places etc.
Using a marking stick lay out your tiles with the 2/3mm joints and set out the floor area to show the position of each tile.
This way you will know where every tile will be/and how many tiles you'll need. When you get your tiles mix the number you require to give an even blend of different boxes. You should also check the calibration before fixing to see if your spacers will give you adequate tolerance in the joints.
What sub floor preparation has been done.

[aph257]

Centreing is just one method, the method i use mostly is a combination of avoiding small cuts and what looks good/best. are you tiling a bare bathroom or is the sanitaryware going to be in place? It's best and easier if everything is out, i mean WC, basin etc, not the bath though. btw what is the substrate?

[Gazzatile]

All sound advice I like to see bigger cuts not the slithers that some seem to like if this means the tiles are of centre so be it solong as it pleases the eye.

[kevg]

Centreing is just one method, the method i use mostly is a combination of avoiding small cuts and what looks good/best. are you tiling a bare bathroom or is the sanitaryware going to be in place? It's best and easier if everything is out, i mean WC, basin etc, not the bath though. btw what is the substrate?

Everything is in place unfortunately (But I'll remove it when tiling). Downstairs is concrete floor, and upstairs is ply, which I'll lay hardie backer or something on to it.