floor tiles

[kennzee]

hi guys im new to the forum so a big hello to everyonei have done 5 or 6 wall tiling jobs in the past,ive never done a tiling course or anything but would consider the finish of my jobs to be fairly good,i have a bathroom floor to do my question is how to you find the centre of the room to start your first row or where do i start my first row from(doorway or backend of room):huh2:

 

[DHTiling]

Hello and welcome to tilers forums.............

setting out is similar to walls ...use your tape measure to find the centre of the room and work to suit the biggest cut to the walls........where you centre from depends upon the room shape....

 

[CJ]

Find centre of room...........lay out tiles dry to work out the best layout.

Measure width of room.............and length...........and generally start on or to one side of the centre line

If a small bathroom..........cut ALL tiles and lay dry.............THEN mix up and stick away

 

[kennzee]

Find centre of room...........lay out tiles dry to work out the best layout.

Measure width of room.............and length...........and generally start on or to one side of the centre line

If a small bathroom..........cut ALL tiles and lay dry.............THEN mix up and stick away

was actually thinking of doing a dry layout first,thanks for the help

 

[kennzee]

also when i have say 6 tiles laid do i set the level on top of them to make sure they are perfectly flush?

 

[Spud]

setting out of a bathroom floor ? you can centre the bathroom floor area this as a general rule of thumb is ok as you gain more experience you might like to centre the toilet pan this always looks good or you might like to centre the door this invites you in to the room, obviously dont do either of these if you get slithers or if your walls and floors are modular