Floor tile patten

[leslie]

Hi
Am starting a floor tiling job in a few weeks.
There are four size tiles 45x45 30x45 30x30 15x15 ,They want them in a certain patten, I have a small diagram of this
The picture shows them at an angle but they want them straight . I know once I lay the first four tiles it should just follow on, but is there a quick way of laying them , instead of thinking about each one , I have laid loads of floor tiles but not in this way. any tip would be grateful , I will be starting in the middle of the room, the area is about 20sm,

Regards
Les

 

[prceramics]

i would set it out like this the blue lines are the chalk lines int the middle of the floor after being centred

 

[nybor62]

pay attention to your spacing or you will find joints will tighten up

 

[Turkish tiler]

when you start setting room think one pattern as one tile it will make it easeir to set up

 

[macken]

i did 70 sq yrds years ago. there is no quick way but as nybor62 says spacing is very important.

 

[Peter]

Set the pattern out dry first as some patterns will need a 3mm space and others are designed for a 5mm space etc.

 

[jonnyc]

google tile patterns and i am sure you will find this pattern shown as a large repeat module which will be easier to follow till you have a few boxes down.

 

[leslie]

have tried to google tile patterns, no luck, was thinking of downloading an app ,so i could enlarge the pattern, any ideas on good apps for this sort of thing.

 

[Gazzer]

Not quite the same but same sizes

 

[Peter]

You'll need to back butter the 6x6's a bit heavier too as they'll sit lower than the rest.

 

[Alan.P]

As has been said, dry lay a set, you'll probably find the smaller tile a tad bigger than it should be so you'll have to play with the joints to get the best result.

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[White Room]

You could set out the floor with the smallest size tile....

 

[Alan.P]

You could set out the floor with the smallest size tile....

How do you mean ?

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[White Room]

I use the smallest size tiles marked on a staff, which allowed good cuts against the walls when a small tile was fixed and good cuts for the larger tiles.

 

[andyb1]

get a pice of cardboard, cut it to the same shape as the four tile pattern, move it around the floor to see where the pattern / cuts go.