Herringbone feature wall set out

[llevram]

Hello, I’m thinking of Tiling the bath wall in my bathroom as a feature in herringbone 45 using 200 x 100 porcelain tiles.
The witdth of my bath is the same with as the wall.
The wall is flat and has been plastered.
Looking for any advice on,
-Where to start? As in work up from the bath or start in the middle of the wall.
-Is there a way/rule on the set out so the cuts each side are the same size.
-What adhesive/primer would you recommend? S1 powder adhesive or tubbed ready mixed.

Any thing else/tips you think may help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks In advance

 

[llevram]

Finding this information seems to be pretty impossible....

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Possibly because it’s not really a DIY project.

 

[Andy Allen]

Centre the wall and work off a baton.

 

[Tommcd]

I normally dry lay a load of tiles on a flat surface first, using a set square to ensure the angles are exactly 90 degrees. I then measure between the 'peaks' and use this measurement as my tile size for setting out purposes. (Not sure what the correct term is, probably not 'peak'). I then set the wall out using the measurements between the peaks.

I draw vertical lines up the wall at these set distances. It's very easy with a herringbone tile to have a sort of banana effect where you go off the line and it can get very hard/impossible to get back on track (definitely use a slow set adhesive!). So choose a point in the pattern and make sure this point of each tile stays exactly on the line.

I use a laser to ensure the vertical line is kept true, I also use a laser horizontal line to check all my peaks are all level with each other.

I understand this is all extremely hard to visualise, but if you image search for 'setting out herringbone' you'll see lots of ways of doing it. Even if the diagram is for setting out wood herringbone floor, the same principles apply.

 

[llevram]

Cheers for that mate

I normally dry lay a load of tiles on a flat surface first, using a set square to ensure the angles are exactly 90 degrees. I then measure between the 'peaks' and use this measurement as my tile size for setting out purposes. (Not sure what the correct term is, probably not 'peak'). I then set the wall out using the measurements between the peaks.

I draw vertical lines up the wall at these set distances. It's very easy with a herringbone tile to have a sort of banana effect where you go off the line and it can get very hard/impossible to get back on track (definitely use a slow set adhesive!). So choose a point in the pattern and make sure this point of each tile stays exactly on the line.

I use a laser to ensure the vertical line is kept true, I also use a laser horizontal line to check all my peaks are all level with each other.

I understand this is all extremely hard to visualise, but if you image search for 'setting out herringbone' you'll see lots of ways of doing it. Even if the diagram is for setting out wood herringbone floor, the same principles apply.