Diamond set with border setting out?

Sean fsy · Oct 31, 2009

done the outside first:

hillhead · Oct 31, 2009

I done one this week,i laid the diamond set first,well measured out then put in the square border! nice full and half tiles in centre,customers were delighted

Perry · Nov 1, 2009

CCTiling · Nov 1, 2009

tommyzooom said:
Just watched this on utube Trev, It looks great, Anymore info, prices,where to get it?
TZ

Just purchased Precision Tile - The Ultimate Tile Layout Design Software

£15 for basic program and it worked very well setting out room. May not use it loads but is very useful for this sort of flooring

tommyzooom · Nov 1, 2009

Centre dry laid, then outside laid then border and centre

mistral · Nov 2, 2009

CCTiling said:
Hi all.

How do you guys set out a diamond set floor with a square set border around the perimeter?
Would you lay the perimeter first and then cut the diamond inside or do the diamond set first and then work out the perimeter after?

Cheers

I lay the centre first so that you can end the diagonals on full and half tiles........ looks much neater than having uneven cuts.

CCTiling · Nov 3, 2009

mistral said:
I lay the centre first so that you can end the diagonals on full and half tiles........ looks much neater than having uneven cuts.

Hi Mistral.

By doing it that way I can't see how you can get whole tiles around the diamond set for the square on border. I think it's more important to get whole tiles for the border but make sure you don't get any silly little triangles around the edge of the diamond set. I've been having a play around on the precision tile prog which was recommended by another tiler on this post and it works very well setting out this type of layout. I did try to get whole/half tile in the diamond to start with but then I couldn't get whole border tiles around the outside. O what fun!!

mistral · Nov 3, 2009

CCTiling said:
Hi Mistral.

By doing it that way I can't see how you can get whole tiles around the diamond set for the square on border. I think it's more important to get whole tiles for the border but make sure you don't get any silly little triangles around the edge of the diamond set. I've been having a play around on the precision tile prog which was recommended by another tiler on this post and it works very well setting out this type of layout. I did try to get whole/half tile in the diamond to start with but then I couldn't get whole border tiles around the outside. O what fun!!

You do usually need a cut on the outside. You need to put a full tile on each of the 4 corners and then centre between those tiles as you would for anything else. Not perfect, but you hardly notice the cuts as they are only around the outside - more than made up for by all of the cuts being equal in the main field. This is assuming that it is only a single tile around the edge. A large area outside the centre field and you can't really do it this way.

Sean fsy · Nov 3, 2009

i think the border tile is more important than than getting half and full tiles, a lot of border tiles carry a pattern to them so to cut them would cut the pattern and look a bit wrong if you know what i mean.

CCTiling · Nov 3, 2009

Sean fsy said:
i think the border tile is more important than than getting half and full tiles, a lot of border tiles carry a pattern to them so to cut them would cut the pattern and look a bit wrong if you know what i mean.

I would agree with your comments. I wouldn't like to cut down in size the border tiles. Just personel opinion :smiley2:

mistral · Nov 4, 2009

Sean fsy said:
i think the border tile is more important than than getting half and full tiles, a lot of border tiles carry a pattern to them so to cut them would cut the pattern and look a bit wrong if you know what i mean.

I was talking about when the edge tiles are the same as the diagonal tiles...... not patterned.

CCTiling · Nov 22, 2009

Job completed last weekend so thought I would post some pics

CON5933 · Nov 22, 2009

lovely job mate

Spud · Nov 22, 2009

nice job and nice stone, you should enter jotm

CCTiling · Nov 22, 2009

Thank you for the kind words. Not sure if it will cut it in jotm. Seen some pretty special looking work in there, especially the swimming pool guy!

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