Setting Out Brick bond - continuation round corners

[davemul]

Guys, question... when tiling brick bond on large format tiles.... When you cut tiles in to the corner.. should you use the other peice of cut tile to continue on the next wall?

I always assumed so.. but then I was checking out Kilty55's wetroom he did recently (GREAT JOB BY THE WAY) and in this pic, it seems that this method hasnt been done?

can someone put me at rest?

thanks

Dave

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[Stewart]

I set each wall out individually and try to give the impression (eye sweet) that it continues around the room, as trying to use the cuts can lead to silly cuts else ware...


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[davemul]

aaah so its not tiling law to set one wall out in brick then carry on throughout the room/ Ie you're kinda governed by the first wall!?

[Sir Ramic]

aaah so its not tiling law to set one wall out in brick then carry on throughout the room/ Ie you're kinda governed by the first wall!?

Not always possible but you have to do what is best pleasing to your eye. From Kiltys photo I would say it is wrong but without knowing the full layout its hard to judge.

[suave]

no set rules i believe

[Wingn]

Using the return of a cut can make the room look terribly off balance and your corner cuts will be all shapes if the wall is in any way raking.

I'd usually centre each wall and match the big cut on one wall to the small cut on the other wall and on the next course the small cut would meet the big cut, so that it usually creates the impression of a full tile wrapping round the corner.

IMO kilty should have swapped one course round.

[davemul]

Wingn... sounds like perfect sense to me mate! thank you!

[Bolter]

I do follow the cuts round corners, but sometimes if the cut is too small (i.e not good!) I will enlarge it somewhat, and it is only me that knows any different. Full tile into the corner and full tile out of the other looks naff aswell imo.

[Mike]

i try and follow a 'full' tile around the corner, this is usually possible on 3 walls but the tiles may not match up where they meet on the last wall

[doug boardley]

generally speaking I centre each wall and if I go into a corner with less than half a tile I try to come out of it with more than a half, but always using my centre line to work from. Things can change from this when windows etc come into play though as I always centre from the centre of a window. Hope that makes sense!

[Dave]

No 2 tilers will set out exactly the same.. but it must look symmetrical and pleasing to the eye..

[tommyzooom]

Using the return of a cut can make the room look terribly off balance and your corner cuts will be all shapes if the wall is in any way raking.

I'd usually centre each wall and match the big cut on one wall to the small cut on the other wall and on the next course the small cut would meet the big cut, so that it usually creates the impression of a full tile wrapping round the corner.

IMO kilty should have swapped one course round.

I tile the same as this, Can't explain it any better

[macten]

I do same as Doug

[davemul]

Thank you all very much! Im a lot more confident now on what to do