Bathroom tiling help and advice

[Airbus320]

Hi Guys, I'm an average 'DIY'er and have only just found this very useful site and wonder if you can offer me some advice.

I apologise in advance if this topic has been covered before.

I'm going to tile my bathroom and fit a new bathroom suite. :lol:

Should I fit the bath first and then tile onto the bath, ...... or should I tile my walls first and then fit the bath?

What are the advantages or disadvantages of either method?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[d noulton]

from a tiling point of view I would fit the bath and tile off the bath with a whole tile having cut tiles above the bath will not look right cuts should be to the floor & ceiling hope this helps

 

[versatilene]

If you fit the bath first the tiles will but onto the rim. Any water can then run off the tile into the bath rather than down the wall behind it.

 

[steve07472]

hi,
best thing to do is fit bath first and seal with clear silicone between bath and wall,

then tile on bath,make sure you fill bath first before you cut your tile,if not when bath fills you will get a large gap>>>


regards steve....:8:

 

[Turkish]

As above! Just a quick question, why Airbus A320? And welcome to the forums mate!

Turkish

 

[faithhealer]

Welcome to the forum airbus320 (!) Just did a bathroom refit this week. Once I had the bathroom stripped I 'set out' the tiles, ie marked on the wall the bath height would be and all the tiles. Check, for example you are not left with a 'sliver' of a cut at the ceiling! I then fixed a baton to the wall at the height of the second row of tiles and tiled the whole wall BEFORE I fitted the bath. Easier and less nerve wrecking than leaning over a brand new bath. Alternatively put an old quilt or a board of some kind on top. Usually leave the plastic film on as well 'til the last minute. (apart from where you have fitted the taps and waste. Good Luck)
PS use push fit flexis to connect the taps, an absolute godsend!

 

[macten]

Fit bath, silicone, tile, silicone.
Only thing I would add is don't worry too much if full tile from bath doesn't work out, although this is advantageous, it won't always work out like this and a cut tile above bath will still look fine.

 

[nufcjim]

macten has got it spot on you have to contemplate all obsticles that come in your way never come straight of the bath.i think?

 

[Airbus320]

Thanks everyone for all your help. Very useful advice and I'm now feeling more confident about my tiling project. Much appreciated.

Hope you don't mind me asking for further help as the job s-l-o-w-l-y progresses

Best regards.

 

[DHTiling]

Thanks everyone for all your help. Very useful advice and I'm now feeling more confident about my tiling project. Much appreciated.

Hope you don't mind me asking for further help as the job s-l-o-w-l-y progresses

Best regards.

You ask as many questions as you like mate, that's what the forums are for..... .........

 

[philjay]

only versatilene has mentioned filling the bath, as i'm only starting myself do you take this as standard??

 

[GazTech]

Major cosideration when bath is on mallable surface. Concrete substrate, no problems..look and weigh up the movement and solid structure.....Gaz

 

[muffinman]

starting point depends on size of tile to be fixed <, I would NEVER go full tile off a bath , most baths are diffrent shapes and are not level ( TIP)if you are using a 200x200 , then start point would be 3 quarter plus tile as most sink and peds are standard height ,get ya self a laser put it on the sink shoot the line around the room take a tape measure and use

 

[muffinman]

why do I say 3 quarter tile because you will have rip to cut say 10mm around sink toilet with the 3 quarter tile u can ajust to make cuts bigger , 10mm to 20mm off the full tile will not look bad ,but make your life easy,
Dont know how people would work ,so comon guys and girls give me some of your tips :hurray: