best way to tile brick bond

[diamondtiling]

Good advice there Ed.

 

[Sean Kelly]

Point 2 from AstonTiling should win Tip of the Week (if there was one!). Great tip that I will use in the future.

Also, depending on wall size (horizontal) and tile size, you might not want to start in the middle of the wall. You might have to play around with your centre line (or off-centre line) to get the right cuts into the corners. Just remember that all your cuts should be just less than full & just less than half. I also use a laser level to keep the vertical lines straight. When i'm doing windows I always start in the middle. The window is classed as a 'focal point' so you want the window reveals to be nice and even.
Cheers Sean

 

[DHTiling]

All the top tips come from Elite members..

 

[Ajax123]

Centre line is....well in the centre, and starting point is errrm... the place that you start tiling from, as opposed to finishing point :lol:

Please explain finishing point............just for a laugh

 

[Scott]

All the top tips come from Elite members..

You'd hope so!

 

[nodrog]

Hi i am having problems setting out tiling my bathroom with normal bond i am ok bout with brick bond i am struggleing where to start as one of the walls has a window in it which is not central would you concentrate on the cuts looking fuller around the window or in the corners?
many thanks

 

[mikethetile]

you will have to set out from centre of your window first to keep an even cut up each side and then see how it wraps around the corners of the room, you may need to compromise somewhere but try to keep the window in balance

 

[nodrog]

you will have to set out from centre of your window first to keep an even cut up each side and then see how it wraps around the corners of the room, you may need to compromise somewhere but try to keep the window in balance

setting out from centre of window will give me a small cut (about 25mm) in one corner as the window is not central to the room

 

[Paul]

i have a few tips for brickbond tiling..

1.wrap around as dom says where it allows and lose any breaks in pattern at doorways or where spashbacks meet the fridge etc.....in other words, set out for the priority walls/feature and then work into an area that will be less noticable .

2. i always open a box of tiles and measure the middle of a stack of tiles and run a pencil line right through the tiles so the pencil mark hits ths center edge of the tiles...makes it easier to line up when fixing...(keep the tiles square when doing this tho!!)

3. sometimes you need to center a wall with brickbond because wrapping around doesnt always work out, but aim for a balance regarding the cuts and it wont be as noticable

4. remember brickbond works perfect with bricks and blocks because walls work to a full and half brick when being constructed BUT tiles comes in different sizes to the bricks so its not always possible to achieve the same result regarding lay outs!

5. some people lay in a pyramid format starting from the center line working out wards and then fix their cuts or some like to work one row at a time and fix cuts at each end as they go..

6. tradetiler sells t-shaped spacers if you prefer to use them, its your choice.

ed

Hi ed
Please can you explain number 2 ?
Im not understanding the comment .
The pencil mark on the stack is the centre point of the tile but makes it easier to hit the centre edge of the tiles ? I think it's one of those that is easier explained on the job - visually.
Thankyou !

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I think Ed was taking a stack of tiles and instead of marking them in half individually, he would stack the box and draw the middle line on the edge of a pack i.e. 25 at a time and therefore you have the centre line to allow for accurate spacing of the tiles.

 

[Dan]

Wow. A few names in this thread that go way back I hope they're all doing well.

 

[Lee@emctiles]

Wow. A few names in this thread that go way back I hope they're all doing well.

i was thinking the same

maybe a where are they now thread is needed

 

[Dan]

i was thinking the same

maybe a where are they now thread is needed

We've had a couple of them lol they sometimes came back and said hi too.

 

[Andy Allen]

We've had a couple of them lol they sometimes came back and said hi too.

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