Best place to start?

[Pudding]

Hi guys looking for your expert advice on where to start tiling my updated ensuite?
The tiles are approximately 600 x 300. My wife would a full tile above the work top but this would leave a small cut at the top and a half tile at the bottom of the shower tray.

My preference is to start at the bottom of the tray after tiling the tray first which then leaves an approximate half tile above the worktop and a half tile at the ceiling.

Have done plenty of tiling before but always been pretty straight forward

Thanks in advance
Andy

 

[White Room]

Hi guys looking for your expert advice on where to start tiling my updated ensuite?
The tiles are approximately 600 x 300. My wife would a full tile above the work top but this would leave a small cut at the top and a half tile at the bottom of the shower tray.

My preference is to start at the bottom of the tray after tiling the tray first which then leaves an approximate half tile above the worktop and a half tile at the ceiling.

Have done plenty of tiling before but always been pretty straight forward

Thanks in advance
Andy

Is that all you will have above the worktop....

 

[Pudding]

Yes it is. Its about 450mm top of work top to bottom of wall units as suggested in the installation guide

 

[Dougs Third Go]

bit of a toughie really, personally I don't like to see a cut onto the vanity unit top, but it begs the question as to what height (from the shower tray) is the top of the worktop?

 

[Pudding]

My thoughts too! Shower tray to to of vanity/work top is 700mm and from the work top to ceiling is 1500mm approx

 

[Pudding]

Tiles are 293mm x 593mm

 

[Dougs Third Go]

as a compromise you could break the bond and shower screen would hide the break?

 

[Pudding]

The bond? Guess you mean the tile pattern?
Having spent the whole evening planning it on paper with paper cut out of tiles what do you think of this method?
Whole tile above the vanity unit with half tiles in each corner. This would leave me a straight edge running up the vanity wall where there is going to be a mirror. The units are 500mm so mirror was going to be the same width.

With 5mm grout lines this would leave about 10mm gap at the top and an approximate 100mm cut tiles around the shower tray.
One problem with this would be that on the internal wall (1200mm) I would have a full next to a cut half tile on the return side wall. Would this look ok? A way round this is to have a brick bond layout?

Sorry for so many questions!