Brick Effect

[Kenny C]

Hi All

Advice required Please

Q1
I have done a little tiling in the past which turned out not to bad but I have been working in my bathroom for about the last month replacing roof and floor joists fitting velux windows to the roof over all a re build so this is the final stretch and for the last week have been scratching my head on where to start with these brick effect tiles,I am only tiling 2 walls ie the shower walls but one of the walls also has the door on it, so should I start on the widest part of the wall between the door and corner or should I measure in such a way that I have equal cuts down each side of the door?
Q2
These tiles are 200*100 with a tapered edge should I start with a full tile on top of the shower base and have my cuts to the roof and behind the skirting boards?
Q3
I have also bought some really nice chrome metal edges at a costly sum of 17 Quid a length for round the door frame but one of the walls round the door frame has a very slight run of about 0-5mm its an old house, when applying these edges is there some forgiveness when fixing these to the wall to compensate the run?

Thanks in advance for any advice
Kind regards Kenny
And a very Merry Christmas to you all

[dean39]

Welcome to the forum kenny,its getting late....but your post will be answered by a pro tiler...good luck i your tiling..

[Kenny C]

Thanks for the Welcome Dean

[Home Tiler]

with brick bond style pattern it's important to start at a good focal point in my opinion....check that your corner wall is running vertical as well...if it isn't then you may have to skim some full tiles which can be a pain...the thing is with corners it's abit of an optical illusion so you can get away with the odd full tile being smaller...
now the way you check it....... is place a full tile at the bottom...put your spirit level on edge of first tile.. draw a line and then see if your wall is running out..."which i reckon it will". (or simply place a spirit level on the corner)
if your first tile needs to be skimmed of...make your vertical line is drawn so all of your full tiles have to be skimmed ...you may have to move your vertical line closer to the corner ...not alot though!! just enough for all tiles to be skimmed ...that way you will get your vertical line...once your vertical line is set at the corner...then 2nd row you can half tile ....
check other ends of wall ....and make sure you have good size cuts..if not.... you may have to forfiet the look at one end

just don't spoil your focal point ...!!!!

and of course have a good wet cutter for skimming your full tiles because i'm talking 10 to 15mm slither cuts ,,,of your full tiles..the smaller the better! (if your wall is running out)

it's what i would do
as for the trim..if it's only running out 5mm then don't worry about it...just make sure they join in the corner and run the level out that way ..

Steve

p,s

Please wait for other replies ...this is only my opinion..and others may have a better way of doing it ...

[grumpygrouter]

Am I correct in thinking it is a brick bond vertical, not horizontal?

Grumpy

[etc.tiling]

Q1: You should find your focal point and tile away from it, which usually invilves putting your ****ty cuts at the door frame area, which is rarely (if ever) a focal point. The last thing you want is to be standing in your shower with a whole bunch of crappy cuts in the corner of the shower.

Q2: You should really find your focal point and come off it or in this case come off the shower base and cut into the ceiling and skirting board area as necessary.

Q3: SO long as you're not ending with a full tile into the door you should be able to cut into the trim. If there is enough flex in it that is. 0.5mm over a 2.2m length should be achievable but check carefully first.

Good luck!!