brick effect

[Alan Davies]

just measured up for a bathroom job 21m2 (walls), customer wants tiles brick effect, i have never done this before so would appreciate any tips or advice. tiles are 330 x 250

cheers

 

[DB-Tiling]

just as any other job. mark your centers of wall and work from there. when going around a corner try to make them look as though its rapping around. look at some pics in the gallery for pointers.

 

[Fred]

I like to keep a half cut from the first cuts to use as a measure for the next row of tiles. You can also mark a second line as a half tile to keep things all lined up.

 

[Dan]

I'd still make a guage staff and mark the heights and widths, maybe marking a smaller mark on the staff where a half tile falls.

Assuming you're ok setting out on walls there shouldn't be much more time consumed setting out in brick fashion.

 

[brummie tiler]

agree with dan, once your used to setting out brick bond its no more time consuming than normal really, I only charge a tiny bit more for this

 

[Varley]

Can be a little daunting your first time but once you start you'll soon realise there is little more work involved.

 

[DHTiling]

:iagree: :clap: :stupid:

 

[Alan Davies]

thanks for the the advice guys.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Only thing Iwould add is that walls need to be pretty flat otherwise tiles can kick out and it is not so easy to hide in brick bond.

Grumpy

 

[tysfoot]

and how much would you chrage labour only for 21sm of brick effect walls

 

[scottish tiler]

420/450 if its pretty plain nice days work then go bk and grout

 

[grumpygrouter]

420/450 if its pretty plain nice days work then go bk and grout

I must be doing something wrong. There is no way I could fix 21m2 of tiles in a day, unless it was something like a straight 5mx4m rectangle with no cuts! Do you have a helper or something?

Grumpy

 

[calculator]

On the guage rod use a different colour to mark the brick effect lot easier to see where the cut will fall

 

[faithhealer]

I'm with grumps on speed there, I'd have to be chucking them on to tile in a day!

 

[scottish tiler]

I must be doing something wrong. There is no way I could fix 21m2 of tiles in a day, unless it was something like a straight 5mx4m rectangle with no cuts! Do you have a helper or something?

Grumpy

no just myself m8, 21 m2 isnt a lot to tile if you think about, if its just the bath/shower and probaly a window maybe a pipe box to, if you start at 8am and work til about 3 it should be done by then, i usualy get my lil cuzzin to help me with the grouting thats about it


edit: when you work for a company that give a **** rate per m2 you tend to become quicker at what you do.

all the older tradesman i learned with would do this quicker than me aswell