An out of square room

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Hi guys (and gals).

I'm going to have a go at tiling a 3sq m wc room floor. My issue is that I want to try and have the tiles symmetrical (as far as possible) but the room is far from square. There is about a 5cm difference in width between one end and the other.

This is probably a silly question, but I think I've now over thought things: how would I go about setting out the floor to find the centre of the room.

The floor is floor boards which I was going to over ply with 9mm exterior ply. Tiles are 30 x 30 Jakarta polished porcelain from Tile Giant. I've bought LTP sealer to seal before and after grouting.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Qwerty]

Hi guys (and gals).

I'm going to have a go at tiling a 3sq m wc room floor. My issue is that I want to try and have the tiles symmetrical (as far as possible) but the room is far from square. There is about a 5cm difference in width between one end and the other.

This is probably a silly question, but I think I've now over thought things: how would I go about setting out the floor to find the centre of the room.

The floor is floor boards which I was going to over ply with 9mm exterior ply. Tiles are 30 x 30 Jakarta polished porcelain from Tile Giant. I've bought LTP sealer to seal before and after grouting.

Any help would be appreciated.

First of all, you will not need to seal the Jakarta tiles. I have fitted these and they were just fine. Out of interest which LTP sealer have you purchased as LTP mpg is really the only suitable one. It won't do any harm to use this but I found Jakarta was fine without.

Secondly, don't use ply to overboard. Use a tile backer board such as Marmox, aquapanel or hardibacker.

As for finding centre.......it all depends if the room runs out symmetrically on parallel sides, if it is one wall then is it the one that is less obvious (ie hidden by a doorway or units) or which wall is at near to 90' to the ends.

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[Sean SML Tiling]

Forget the ply and use a cement board unless you want to pay twice.

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Or find a decent local pro to do it