Tiny en-suite advice, - Tile Advice

[Rudy45]

I’ve just finished pitting hardie backer in our very small en-suite, having set the sink and toilet in to see how it looks it’s dreadfully smaller.

Your head is in the sink when sitting on the toilet, it’s that tight.

And it’s going to be worse once tiling is done.

Should I think about tiling around the vainity sink and toilet to save a bit of space.

 

[Waluigi]

I would say not!

WC’s and Vanity Basins should always go in after the tiling. Not only is it a better finish, you have to think if anything ever happened to the WC, the replacement wouldn’t fit properly due to variations in the firing process of the China. The only exception is with fully fitted furniture. Sometimes people like that to go in first.

Do you have any Photos? I design Bathrooms for a living so might be able to offer advise. Sometimes it’s possible to shuffle over the vanity unit if the pipe work allows it within the unit.

 

[Boggs]

What are the room dimensions?

 

[Dumbo]

I would say not!

WC’s and Vanity Basins should always go in after the tiling. Not only is it a better finish, you have to think if anything ever happened to the WC, the replacement wouldn’t fit properly due to variations in the firing process of the China. The only exception is with fully fitted furniture. Sometimes people like that to go in first.

Do you have any Photos? I design Bathrooms for a living so might be able to offer advise. Sometimes it’s possible to shuffle over the vanity unit if the pipe work allows it within the unit.

Stop bigging yourself up , you are a plumber who fits bathrooms

 

[Waluigi]

I’ve been running a Bathroom Design, Supply and Installation business for the past 17 years.

 

[Dumbo]

As I said .

 

[Boggs]

Stop bigging yourself up , you are a plumber who fits bathrooms

Who else would do it then?

 

[Dumbo]

Who else would do it then?

Maybe we should call this the interior designers forum because we all help customers with their choice of tiles and also tile layout

 

[Waluigi]

Sorry but I don’t want to get involved in petty arguments derailing threads so I’m bowing out as I’ve had a great day today so see no reason to spoil it

 

[Dumbo]

I’ve been running a Bathroom Design, Supply and Installation business for the past 17 years.

Make yourself sound grand . Where are your premises , what's it called , how many people do you employ .

 

[On one]

Is the WC a standard sized one? could you get a smaller size(not a plumber by the way)

 

[Rudy45]

Yes the toilet projection is 750mm so that’s gone. I’ve found a 600mm projection so going to install that.

I do think it’s better to tile first all over. But an argument I have for tiling after is the fact the tiles are split face, they are bumpy and uneven, is it a good idea to have a vanity sink up against tiles of this nature.

I’m not too sure what to do but at least new toilet will help somewhat.

Will post a few pictures and dimensions later

 

[WetSaw]

Why not rethink your choice of tile?

 

[On one]

Sort through your split faced tiles before you start and pick the flatest one for behind the sink?

 

[Waluigi]

is it a good idea to have a vanity sink up against tiles of this nature.

It depends on the split face tile and potentially the vanity unit and whether it’s wall mounted or not.

If it is a wall mounted type then it might be difficult getting the unit to ‘hang’ properly and fixing the brackets could be a challenge. Even if it’s a floor standing unit, it might not sit well against the tiles. Probably not an ideal scenario putting the two together.