Setting out multiple rooms advice

[infidel]

Done plenty of floors, but never done any multiple rooms yet.
Can anyone give me some pointers & advice how to go about it.
Do I just find a line down the lenghth of hallway then 90 degrees off into each room?

Thanks for any help

 

[GazTech]

basically yes....make sure you are sqaure on and staff out the markings...the hallway is the focal point so mark it out first to largest cuts and see how it looks in other rooms.....Gaz

 

[Tilestiles]

Did conservatory leading into kitchen then utility room not long ago. 48 square metres in total. Got central starting point in conservatory then dry laid one row into kitchen and utility. Adjusted accordingly until everything looked right then started fixing.

 

[jonesy7]

Did the whole ground floor of a house once 90m2 prick fashion we did each room individually with a mosiac threshold witch fited exactly in the door threshold...... center each room individully looked a lot smarter with big cuts in every room.... whitch you would not get if you tried to do it all in one.....:yes:

 

[GazTech]

Did the whole ground floor of a house once 90m2 prick fashion we did each room individually with a mosiac threshold witch fited exactly in the door threshold...... center each room individully looked a lot smarter with big cuts in every room.... whitch you would not get if you tried to do it all in one.....:yes:

Nice one jonesy,....gr8 way if getting the rooms all to mark well, did a similar thing years back but fitted hardwood thresholds that matched skirtings, doors and stairway.......Gaz

 

[jonesy7]

we did it with a tumble marble mosaic looked well smart when it was sealed.....one of the rooms had a big tumble marble mosaic circle in the middle off the room whitch match the thresholds.......... you have to be make sore your mosic is the same thickness has your tile mind....... if its thiner its a bugger to build up

 

[GazTech]

Bloody right there, had a mosaic to fit in centre of conny once, had to tile the floor and leave a gap for it, then screed it up in layers until the right thickness...bloody nightmare....looked good when done mind....Gaz

 

[Varley]

Did conservatory leading into kitchen then utility room not long ago. 48 square metres in total. Got central starting point in conservatory then dry laid one row into kitchen and utility. Adjusted accordingly until everything looked right then started fixing.

Exactly what I do mate, dry lay a row leading ito each room and cuts can be worked out from there.

 

[jonesy7]

Did this about 2 months ago the fella only paid £60 for it of e-bay how goods that:yes:

 

[GazTech]

Did this about 2 months ago the fella only paid £60 for it of e-bay how goods that:yes:

Nice Romana medallion £99 retail looks very good..and nice cutting.....Gaz

 

[Leatherface]

Chaps...............

I hear that NASTY phrase again ----- "Dry Lay" :furious3: :joker: :joker: :joker: :joker:

If you set out you main focal area, then square off into each room ( use a Rubi square and set of straight edges ), you can use a staff to determine position of your cuts in every room. Adjust accordingly.
Recently did a 170 sq m Limestone floor - 6 rooms, 3 hallways, 3 cupboards - Every single cut size was adjusted and determined prior to fixing using this method.
NO DRY LAYING - WASTE OF TIME - TOO TIME CONSUMING.

Used Sculuter expansion joints where applicable.

 

[Yorkshire Tiling Services]

Exactly what I do mate, dry lay a row leading ito each room and cuts can be worked out from there.[/QUOte

Dry laying is not necessary.
Once you have set out main room you can square off into each adjoining room and use a tile staff...
A lot of dry laying and wasted time if you have many adjoining rooms.

 

[andy8758]

Dry laying is not necessary.
Once you have set out main room you can square off into each adjoining room and use a tile staff...
A lot of dry laying and wasted time if you have many adjoining rooms.

Interesting view about dry laying being unnecessary - I believe it depends on what you are taught and how you apply it. I was taught to always dry lay a bathroom especially when fitting around toilet/sink pedestal - but that is rarely more than 4 sq m.

If you are about to lay 40 sq m in 4 rooms etc. then I believe dry laying that lot is just too time consuming, and there may not be many fiddly cutouts to worry about. So yes a tile batten marked out is gonna be much quicker for setting out. Either way I still reckon its several hours work setting out that lot.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I'm with Nick on this, dry laying is OK for small areas. Small bathrooms etc. I have said many times a staff, good square, good straight edges, chalk line, etc. you can set out multiple rooms very accurately. I have laid floors in excess of 3,500m2 with multiple rooms, with no probs. Never fix your first tile until you know where your last tile will be.