pattern

[crazysteve123]

Hi, am starting a kitchen splashback on monday, three different coloured tiles i was wondering whats the best way to start a pattern..

 

[robbo]

or do it random....

 

[DHTiling]

Deffo random..to use a pattern just ends up with diagonal rows of colours...( crap )..if alternating the colours.

Just pic a colour up and place it on to the wall and so on..try not to think about it too much or you will end up repeating...

good luck..

 

[andy-p]

yup do it random, stack 3 equal amounts and mix em up , as dave says dont think too much just fix them as they come...

 

[faithhealer]

Hi Steve if one of the colours is a black or dark tile it sometimes makes the wall look 'zebra', like! As robbo says , random is good but do it to the customers spec or they come back and ,'I would have put that tile over there' etc. Either lay them out somewhere so the customer can say yes or no or use this site IanSharpe.com - Using Excel to produce random tiling patterns Very good because you put in no of colours, and length and height of tiles and it randomly gives you a pattern. Tip, if you see one you half like print it off because there's no 'back' button! Didn't work on my pc for some reason but got it to work on customers!!

 

[theyomper]

I tend to lay them out on the worktop and then with the customer place the tiles. Once the customer is happy, addy on, pick up and set tile. No come backs then.

 

[ryanmc0305]

hey mate ! just open the three packets and shuffle them (like playing cards) ! that should work and would be random ?????