How best to Tile a room? - Tile Advice

[mp3wizard]

so a closing cut is shortening a tile, where would this be done, the central one by the window to keep it straight all the way up?

what's header n cill?

 

[Spare Tool]

Over to the TA's

 

[Old Mod]

Over to the TA's

You started it! You finish it!

 

[Spare Tool]

You started it! You finish it!

hahaha ok..
And slowly...top of the window is the header, bottom is the cill, move them half a tile to give you very similar cuts to ceiling and floor instead of...well what you have set out.
For the closer cut aprox twenty mill off the centre tiles below and above the window...
Ok TA's?

 

[Old Mod]

What Andy is saying is in effect, start a full tile either side of the window, remembering to allow for the reveal tile also, leaving a space in between.
Then whatever measurement you have between these two tiles, will be the size of your closing cut, remembering to allow for a joint either side of course.
Whilst in theory it's a good 'get out of jail free card' it's easier said than done. Some tiles can be extremely difficult to get an edge acceptable enough to have on show in the middle of the wall and a trial piece should be attempted first.

And obviously, you don't actually leave the space in the middle, you tile as you go, that was just a way of explaining it.

 

[mp3wizard]

would you still use that method looking at these to tiles at either end of the wall?

 

[mp3wizard]

I'm being retarded, I understand what you mean now, it's basically what I was going to do, but doing by the window and then cutting underneath, the issue would be that by doing it that way I'd see the cuts slap bang in the middle and from experience there is slight chipping or roughness which doesn't look at good as the manufacturers machine edge cut.

 

[Old Mod]

With a slither in the middle? No definately not!!
Only if it's a minimal amount or if to make all 3 the same size.

 

[Old Mod]

I'm being retarded, I understand what you mean now, it's basically what I was going to do, but doing by the window and then cutting underneath, the issue would be that by doing it that way I'd see the cuts slap bang in the middle and from experience there is slight chipping or roughness which doesn't look at good as the manufacturers machine edge cut.

That's exactly what I said.

. Some tiles can be extremely difficult to get an edge acceptable enough to have on show in the middle of the wall and a trial piece should be attempted first.

 

[mp3wizard]

yep, i'll go to bed before I embarrass myself further lol

 

[Italy]

try the vertical laying of the tiles?

 

[Old Mod]

yep, i'll go to bed before I embarrass myself further lol

 

[Flintstone]

I think we should have a show us your closing cut thread. I know there was something similar a while ago but, that was then!

 

[Spare Tool]

I'm being retarded, I understand what you mean now, it's basically what I was going to do.

No...its nothing like you were going to do!!

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Good thread, watched from the beginning & chipped in once or twice.

Floor looks like it'll be fine,

A few hours on a Saturday will drag the bathroom job into summer..

So how about 'putting a bit back into the community' and employ someone for the bathroom? Support local business and all that