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    How to layout tile in 1/3 offset pattern

    Hello all, I have all the tile I need and the materials to redo my bathroom shower. This is my first time tiling and I have already completed the shower floor. I need help\advice on how to lay the tile on the shower wall. I am using 12 x 24 inch tiles with 1/8 inch grout lines. My shower wall...
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    Layout advice for "brick" layout tiles in walk in shower

    Hello! I am about to lay a walk in shower with 120cm X 20 cm tiles. In general the room will be a "brick" type layout. The walk in shower is closed on 3 sides and borderless on the front. The drain is a hole type drain which is off center, which means I will have to generally cut the 'v...
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    Quartz vinyl floor tiles

    Hi all . I have been given boxes of Rikett Vinyl Quartz Floor Tiles , 300mm x 300mm approx 2 -3mm thick enough for me to lay my kitchen floor what I need to know is do I need to remove old self adhesive floor tiles first or can I lay straight on top or do I need to remove to bare the concrete...
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    Following grout lines on wall/floor

    Afternoon guys, In the process of tiling my bathroom floor and half height walls at the moment. Been regularly referring to this forum, it's been great so far thanks! I've got the walls tiled now and have left the bottom row off while I do the floor. I was hoping to follow the grout lines...
  5. dottigirl

    Grout for a newbie, 23x40 tiles, & layout

    delurks Hi, My late mother did an 'interesting' tiling job, and I now want to make it look a little more finished. There's pics on this thread: Bathroom with peach suite - colour scheme to update please? -...
  6. Micky karma

    Hi folks ,just starting a few bathrooms on a project and after feedback.

    Client can’t make there mind up on this one. So I have a linear drain on a forma , same tiles wall and floor ! What would you guys recommend on the layout. cheers
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    Planning floor tile layout

    Need a bit of advice on planning the floor tile layout for my downstairs cloakroom. The width of the walls run-out by around 10mm as you move from the back wall towards the door way. Tiles are 600x300 with 3mm spacers. ill be laying them longways, i.e the 600mm edge will run the length of...
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    Tile layout on small wall

    Hi all, .... just a question on layout (see pics). Presumably I would start near the bottom on the long wall, centred to the window or dependant upon the size of the cut of the tiles at the corners? My main question is: 1) how to tile the small wall after tiling the large wall? The tile is...
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    Bathroom tile layout

    HI, I'd appreciate any advice on the tile layout below. I"ve planned the left wall from the centre, then the right wall. On the right wall I've centred to the bath then tried to equal the cut of the tiles in the corner, which is dictated by the top/bottom right of the window (avoiding slithers)...
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    My 1st Job Layout dilemma

    Hi Guys, First time tiler but fairly competent DIY'er (in my opinion!) I've finished a shower room project, and have started my bathroom refit. The tiling, on the whole, has gone ok but I have an issue with tile layout on a bath surround that I am tiling. The issue is which tiled wall should...
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    centered floor layout?

    Hello guys, I have a rather general question, but I am trying to learn as much as possible.I know that it all depends. Imagine a rectangular-ish bathroom floor. I do like centered layouts, but I know a lot of people who just start off the doorway or one of the walls and hope for the best. I've...
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    Layout advice/opinion please

    Evening all. I know it’s Saturday night and probably the last thing anybody wants to think about. Buuut. After some help please. Tiles 450x450mm. Floor and now walls as well (different colours) 1. Room height is 27mm over full tile. Could split, will leave 100(ish) cuts over raised shower...
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    300 x 600 Tile layout advice

    I would like some advice on how to best cut 300 x 600 tiles for a 760 wide wall when the desired layout is vertical stacks of 600mm. the bathroom layout is as follows: - wall is 760 x 3200 (x irrelevant height) with 760mm x 1200mm shower tray in corner - 2 different tiles are used on the 3200mm...
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    Layout advice, please. Would this look too bad?

    Hi there! I finally decide to plan the layout from the entry door, with full tiles across the center of the hall and going from there into the adjoining rooms. With the sitting room works perfect but in the kitchen/dinning room tiles would be too small on one side (as seen in pics). The grout...
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    Which layout for my window wall?

    hi guys, I’m all ready to start this wall but I am unsure which layout I should go for. I have attached two drawings (not to exact scale) Basically do I centre from the wall or window ? The wife thinks from the middle of the wall but I’m not sure. 600x300 ceramic tiles. Length of wall is...
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    Laying out on tiled bath panel

    Quick one to check I'm on the right track - I'm planning to do a tiled bath panel (with access panel using some Schluter magnets). Am I right in thinking I should have cuts below the bath rim and cuts down onto the floor? It'll be about 560 mm high, tiles are 200 mm high, so I'm thinking to...
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    Advise on a victorian type layout

    Hi. Calling all experienced Victorian floor fixers and anyone who has come accross this situation before. I am trying to work out a layout for the Gosford/Donard tiles from Armatile. these are on a mesh, panels 285x285, borders 285 x 93 and 93x93 corners and plain tiles. This room goes into a...
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    help with bathroom layout

    Hi, I'm refitting family bathroom, I have taken out all the old plasterboard and fitted marmox boards. I'm now at the stage where I need to plan how the tiles will be laid out. The tiles are 600mm X 300mm and will be laid landscape (600mm horizontal). I hope I have managed to attach a...
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    Following joints through niches.

    Just thought I'd put this out there, I have done both ways with various situations, I mostly follow the joints through like this Does anyone put a full tile in the rear of a niche and on the reveals ? Of course it is nice to work a niche in with in full tiles but not always possible
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    Tile layout advice

    I am choosing for the tiles for my bathroom installation and I would like to use 120cm X 30cm porcelain on the walls. The wall is 2.33 m wide, so it is 7cm short of two full tiles. If the tiles are to be symmetrical on the wall, that's a 3.5cm cut off every tile. I am using a professional...

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