Tiling wall panels / cassettes separately before assembling them, does it work?

[leo_098]

Hi, I work in the modular construction industry specialising in bathroom pods. Basically when we have a line of bathrooms being made we always end up with a bottleneck of tiling needing to be done as it takes longer than other trades. I have considered tiling the walls before assembling them but have been told that it will not work as the grout tiles will not match up. I thought if u could line up the walls in a line and mark out the grout positions it might be easier to match up, what do you think?

Has anyone else come across this problem or have a possible solution?

Thanks

[Dave]

I have heard of this type of sectional construction being tiled before hand and then silicone expansion joints when assembled.. basicly it is down to how accurate the panels are size wise, so that setting out of the tiles can be millimetre perfect , so internal joint alignment is correct..