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[Stef]

The very last option would be to cut round the sani ware.
By the time you monkey about trying to get it to look good the floor would have been tiled.
Colour match the silicone as it should disguise the cut where as white will stand it out more most probably..

 

[Italy]

good point. You can't see it on my cad drawing, but that how it falls around the basin. But shifting it across to do the same with the loo, would leave a very small slither cut to the wall which I want to avoid.

He's also going for Mapei 113 grout. I know its personal preference but you guys has seen it more often than me. Matching grey silicone around the walls and sanitary or stick to white to match the sanitary, bath panel and skirting?

And any thoughts on the angle finder and the tiger trowel?

Tiger trowel is your last problem.

 

[Tile Shop]

Tiger trowel is your last problem.

You have a unique way of filling someone with confidence

 

[Italy]

the risk, the risk is my life.
who does not risk, no scrapes. (Said Italian, chi non rischia , non raschia)

 

[Andy Allen]

Those tiger trowels are ...

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Assuming the door is at the side of the bath end, why not go square with the tiles off the side of the bath and door, cutting the angle of the tile to the other walls. That way when you walk in the room - ' you are a man of distinction, a real big spender' and it may look better.

 

[Italy]

I have a colleague at work who knows that I want to leave my desk job to pursue tiling. So he has allowed me to use him as a guinea pig this weekend. My payment....... Chinese and an unlimited supply of coffee and bacon butties.

I will be doing his bathroom floor. but the shape of it is.....well....... lets just say I've never come across a room this shape before. the angles are just odd and I think the builder of the house must have been on strong amphetamines. Diagram below. Tiles are 500x330 porcelain

I have ordered one of the Rubi Angle finders (smaller version of the Tiletrade T5) to help me out.

The floor is sand:cement screed which I'm going to give a quick once over with diluted APD. but its perfectly flat. Been having a play around with square notch and round notch trowels recently, looking at coverage. But I have also ordered a tiger trowel try.

So can anyone advise on the difference in area coverage between using the tiger trowel and say a 10x10 square, and also if the rubi angle finder really is that simple for measuring awkward cuts?

If anyone can also advise the best way to mark around pedestals and toilets, i'd be grateful.

Thanks

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you're lucky, there's no bidet

 

[WetSaw]

you're lucky, there's no bidet

It's England, bidets are rare!

 

[Italy]

It's England, bidets are rare!

yes, I know love. was a joke, in fact I put the smile

 

[White Room]

yes, I know love. was a joke, in fact I put the smile