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Hi All,

Long term lurker, first time poster, so be gentle! Cracking site, picked up loads from here, so hats off to you all.

Ok I know you all like a bit of background, so a while ago I did a course after hating my office job and successfully doing some tiling jobs round the house and then for family and mates. I’ve had several paid tiling jobs since officially doing it full time but have been selective and worked within my means.

I’ve pushed the boat out on the latest one and before starting I want to get some advice if poss. It’s a bit of a two pronged query, so here goes.

It’s a bathroom job in the upstairs of a two storey conversion. Floor nice and easy so fine there and doing the splashy in the kitchen below, also no sweat there. The customer wants a brickbond feature wall and the shower enclosure area also tiled. All good so far. However the feature wall tapers in equally both sides at the top in line with the roof. At floor level it’s 3.4 meters wide and at the top it’s 2.4 wide. Will this cause any issues with brickbond?

Second query relates to the shower enclosure. It’s in a corner so the customer wants the walled areas the tray covers at 90 degrees to each other tiled. All fine. They have not got the enclosure bought yet and what I’m wondering is if I just tile plumb in line with the edge of the tray both sides that’s going to be ok or would you overlap that a bit?

Sorry for the lengthy post, any advice appreciated!

Zippy
 

macten

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Overlap a bit is safest.
With regards to the tapering walls just set out as usual and cut to suit - doesn't make a difference that it's on the half bond.
 

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If you just tile to the edge of the tray then make sure you know the type and positioning of the profiles for enclosure. Can be okay with some but others can look bad (profile ends, tiniest visible slither of tile followed by edging trim) not a good look.
 

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